CA, UNITED STATES U.S. Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, use C-4 explosives during a breach at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 18, 2017. Marines train using a variety of breaching equipment and assault vehicles to improve combat readiness, tactical and technical proficiency to ensure mission success. (U.S. Marine Corps photo […]
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SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ is an entertaining glimpse into the dark future of terrorism I approach movies differently if I intend to review them for an audience. When I’m invited to a critic’s screening, I bring a notebook and I approach the story as though I would any other: with intent and an analytical eye. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | SOFREP TV Training Cell in Hawaii
SOFREP TV Training Cell visited Hawaii for a series on jungle warfare tactics. Death by falling, death by drowning using Tactical Rope Work. SOFREP TV Training Cell episode 9 traverses the jungle with the talent of Revac USA. Follow SOFREP TV on Facebook and Instagram to keep up with the latest news, photos and training evolutions. Be sure to check out SOFREP TV, bringing you […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | SOFREP TV Training Cell in Idaho
A modern war machine, the Christini AWD Dirtbike has the flexibility of maneuver that operators need in hostile terrain. SOFREP TV’s Training Cell embarks on a 2 day course with the experts at Tactical Mobility Training. About SOFREP TV SOFREP TV is a subscription-based network run and operated by Special Operations veterans. The platform features multiple channels dedicated […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | MARSOC conducts VBSS training with 160th SOAR
CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES A Marine with the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command climbs aboard a CH-47 helicopter after conducting a helocasting drill as part of Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) training with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment near Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 11. VBSS, […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Through the scope: 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines prepares weapons, Marines for deployment
JACKSONVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES A Marine with Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, fires on a target during a weapons zeroing range at G21, Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 3, 2015. The sniper rifles used during the range included the M110 semi-automatic sniper rifle and M40 bolt-action sniper rifle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | SEALs, Marines use USS George Washington as forward staging base
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, AT SEA Maritime Special Operations Forces prepare for a mission during a training exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). SEALs and Marine Special Operations (MARSOC) forces from Special Operations Command Pacific conducted maritime interoperability training aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington and its embarked […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Special Warfare Medical Group (Airborne) trains special-operations combat medics
FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES Special Forces Medical Sergeant students participate in a field-training exercise focused on performing medical care in a combat zone. The exercise, run by the Special Warfare Medical Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C., tests the medical students’ skills before they graduate the Special Forces Qualification Course and join operational detachment-alphas […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Village clearing
SHAH WALI KOT DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN An Afghan National Army commando from the 3rd Special Operations Kandak looks through his scope during a village clearing operation in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 9. ANA commandos partnered with coalition forces are currently conducting combat operations in order to disrupt insurgent safe havens and promote […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Florida Phase of Ranger School
CAMP RUDDER, FL, UNITED STATES A group U.S. Army Ranger students, assigned to the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade, paddles their zodiac boat down the river to start their their waterborne mission on Camp Rudder, Eglin Air Force Base, Fl., July 7, 2016. The Florida Phase of Ranger School is the third and final phase […]