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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 »

Veterans Twice as Likely To Die By Suicide as Civilians

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The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday released its latest report on Suicides and the results, while shocking is not quite unexpected. As we have known of the veteran suicide rate for some time, however, veterans are twice as likely to die by suicide as civilians. Veterans make up more than 14 percent of all suicides, although they account for only 8 percent of the total population, the VA report said. While the trend hasn’t changed since 2014, deaths by suicide are increasing among veterans just as they are in the general population, the VA found. Data for the study was obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Death Index. “After adjusting for differences in age, the rate of suicide in 2015 was 2.1 times higher among veterans compared with nonveteran adults,” the report reads. Data for 2015 was the latest complete set of numbers available. The rate was 1.3 times higher for male veterans compared with civilians and twice as high for female vets, the report found. “In 2015, an average of 20.6 active-duty service members, nonactivated Guard or Reserve members, and other veterans died by suicide each day,” it said. Suicides are up across the MORE »