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The M224 60mm Mortar – Every Light Infantryman’s Friend

By SOFREP | September 6, 2021 Expert Analysis, Firearms, Weapons

The M224 60mm lightweight mortar is a man-portable, smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for close-in support of ground troops, airborne and special operations forces. It is currently in use with both the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps. It was used extensively along with the M252 81mm mortar in the War in Afghanistan.   Better More »

Special Forces and Entrepreneurship Can Make the Most of Any Bad Situation

By Steve Balestrieri | May 29, 2019 Army, Coalition SOF, History, Inside the Team Room: The Green Berets, Opinion, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM

“How the hell am I going to fill 1000 sandbags…and how did get myself into this mess?” Sometimes life throws her curveballs at you and you have to do your best to sit back in the box and hit it the opposite way. And in doing so, you can take a bad situation and definitely 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 »

Death of David Baez, Green Beret, Sandinista Pt.3

By Steve Balestrieri | February 27, 2019 Army, Coalition SOF, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM

The final installment of Greg Walker’s outstanding piece on the strange tale of David Baez is here today. Baez was born in Nicaragua and his father, a military officer was murdered by the Somoza regime. His hatred of everything that had to do with the Somoza’s stayed with Baez his entire life. He went to More »

David  Baez, Green Beret, Sandinista Officer -Part 2

By Steve Balestrieri | February 26, 2019 Army, Coalition SOF, History, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM

We recently posted the first part in an outstanding three-part series written by former Special Forces NCO Greg Walker on the story of David Arturo Baez, a former Green Beret from the 3rd Bn, 7th SFG in Panama, who left the American military, ostensibly to help his family run a coffee farm. But he instead More »

Don’t Poke the Bear Especially With Special Forces Troops

By Steve Balestrieri | February 12, 2019 Army, Coalition SOF, History, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM, Weapons

“And Don’t Shoot the Goddamn Beanbag Lights” One of the best perks of this position is that in trying to read all the news concerning the military and Special Operations around the globe every day, everyone now and then something triggers. And as you’re reading something having to do with 1158th Special Operations Squadron of More »

Hurricane on the Coast? Meh, For 7th SFG It Was Rubber Boat Training Time

By Steve Balestrieri | September 8, 2017 Admin, Army, History, Navy, Opinion, Physical Fitness, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM

After the disastrous results of Hurricane Harvey that drenched the Houston area with a year’s worth of rain in just a few days and the huge Hurricane Irma that is bearing down on Florida and scheduled to hit this weekend, I see the military is actively involved. As it should be, we wrote here last More »

Team from Honduras Takes 1st Place in Fuerzas Comando Competition

By Special Operations | July 31, 2017 Coalition SOF, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM

The 14th year of the Fuerzas Comando special operations forces competition brought competitors and key leaders from 20 countries together in a difficult training exercise last week in Paraguay. This competition pits the best teams of each countries Special Operations Forces competed against the other nations’ teams in the SOUTHCOM (US Southern Command) area of More »

“Those Green Berets Sure Taught You How to Shoot Straight”

By Steve Balestrieri | June 28, 2017 Army, History, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM, Weapons

“No, sir. This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Sometimes having a reputation can work against you and then there are others when you just do your job and move on. And then there are those times you get treated like a rock More »