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Remembering Adm. John Thach, Naval Aviator, Died on This Day 1981

By Steve Balestrieri | April 15, 2019 Air Power, History, Military Aviation, Navy, Weapons

In the annals of Naval Aviation for the U.S. Navy, one of the pioneers for combat tactics was John “Jimmy” Thach who, during World War II not only came up with one successful tactic but two. He was credited with the “Thatch Weave” where U.S. fighters could successfully counter the better maneuverability and climbing ability More »

AFSOC Commando Awarded Silver Star For Danger Close Air Support Mission

By Steve Balestrieri | April 12, 2019 Air Force, Army, Coalition SOF, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM, Weapons

An AFSOC combat controller was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his bravery during a raid with the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in Afghanistan in 2018. Tech Sgt Cam Kelsch, of the 17th Special Tactics Squadron, Hunter Army Airfield, was honored on Tuesday during a ceremony at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in More »

Three U.S. Marines Killed in IED Suicide Bombing Identified

By Steve Balestrieri | April 10, 2019 Coalition SOF, History, SOFREP News, USMC, Weapons

On Monday, a suicide bomber set off an IED that killed three U.S. Marines and wounded several others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Those Marines killed in the attack have now been identified. The Taliban suicide bombing of the U.S. convoy just outside of Bagram airbase killed Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, 43, of More »

“I Can Put That Range Fire Out…” Tales of the Green Beret

By Steve Balestrieri | April 5, 2019 Army, Coalition SOF, History, Inside the Team Room: The Green Berets, Opinion, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM, Weapons

It is amazing sometimes to think back on some of the good funny, ridiculous, and at times unbelievable stories from your time under a Green Beret. And as always, SF stories like fishing tales, as you grow older, get better with age. Now I am not saying that any of these stories are BS, but More »

Remembering Simo Häyhä, The Deadliest Sniper in History

By Steve Balestrieri | April 1, 2019 Army, History, SOF, SpecOps, Weapons

Today marks the 17th anniversary of the passing of the deadliest sniper in history. During the Ruso-Finnish Winter War of 1939-40, Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper and competitive shooter, racked up 505 confirmed kills, some put the number as high as 542 in just 100 days of combat. The Finnish soldiers called him “The Magical More »

Tunnel-mapping tech may be the most important special operations gear of the 21st century

By Alex Hollings | March 31, 2019 SOF, Weapons

Recently, NEWSREP Editor-in-chief Jack Murphy reported on the U.S. military’s standing plan to infiltrate Iranian underground bunkers housing integral elements of the nation’s nuclear apparatus. If war between the United States and Iran were ever to come to fruition, these facilities (commonly referred to as hardened and deeply buried targets, or HDBTs) would be among More »

Israelis Blast Hamas Targets in Gaza After Latest Rocket Attacks

By Steve Balestrieri | March 28, 2019 Air Force, Air Power, Army, Coalition SOF, History, Israel, Military Aviation, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Weapons

The Israeli Defense Forces launched a series of airstrikes in Gaza after the latest round of rocket attacks launched by militants in Gaza streamed toward Israel. Tensions are rising in the area as Israel called up some of their reserve Air Force, Intelligence and Special Forces units. Things began badly on Monday when Hamas launched More »

USASOC Takes Top Honors in 2019 Sniper Competition

By Steve Balestrieri | March 27, 2019 Coalition SOF, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, Inside the Team Room: The Green Berets, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM, Weapons

Two sniper teams from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) took home the top honors in the 10th Annual USASOC International Sniper Competition. This year’s event had 21 teams from allied countries around the world, shooting, moving and communicating thru a series of intense events that were intended to simulate combat as closely as More »

Particle Ray Missile Defense? DOD Plans on Fielding Weapon by 2023

By Steve Balestrieri | March 22, 2019 Air Force, Air Power, History, Military Aviation, SOF, SOFREP News, Weapons

While a lot of the futuristic weapons talk seems like pie in the sky stuff from Marvel Comics, it seems that there is an increasing chance for many of these types of weapons to be actually fielded in the very near future. NEWSREP’s Alex Hollings penned in an intriguing piece on what the Defense Department More »

On This Day in 1942, Gen. Douglas MacArthur Gives the “I Shall Return” Speech

By Steve Balestrieri | March 21, 2019 Air Power, Army, History, Military Aviation, Navy, Sea Power, Weapons

In the early, dark days of World War II, the United States military in the Pacific theater was reeling. After the disastrous sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, the Japanese forces began a series of invasions across the Pacific and extended their empire nearly to the edges of Hawaii. American and Filipino More »

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