Everyone carries something different based on their Job or where they live. In the following video I discuss several common items that many tend to carry. This video is a spring board to get you thinking about what you might want to carry.
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Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation 11.3.2017
Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation 11.3.2017 Friday is Leg Day at the gym. Start off with our favorite, Squats – (Front, Dumbbell Goblet, and Barbell), then Lunges and the Weighted Sled Push. Follow it all up with a five-mile run. Mark your progress down in your workout log book and stretch well after the […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Marines stay fit on the road
KHAN NESHIN DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Aguilera, a platoon sergeant with Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Battalion, and 31-year-old native of Los Angeles, works out using portable suspension training equipment during an overnight post here, April 26, 2012. Due to the high operational tempo required of Echo Co., Aguilera and his fellow […]
Rucking for the Green Beret Foundation: My gear selection for rucking
GORUCK and the Green Beret Foundation have partnered for a virtual event known as Rucking for the GBF. This is not an actual rucking event and is on the honor system. Once you choose your distance and make your contribution, it’s on you to put the miles in before they issue the associated patches. You […]
Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation 11.02.2017
Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation 11.02.2017 Back to the gym this morning for a Chest and Triceps workout before heading out for a 4-mile run. Remember to stretch well before and after and to stay hydrated. Mark your progress down in your workout log book. Training: More Preparation for the UBRR: 3 x 12 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Navy SEAL winter warfare
MAMMOTH LAKES, CA, UNITED STATES Navy SEALs demonstrate winter warfare capabilities. Courtesy of DVIDS
Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation 11.01.2017
Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation 11.01.2017 Wednesday is a light Shoulders and Back training day in the gym before heading off to do the SOF (Special Operations Forces) Triathlon. A 3-mile run, a rucksack march, and a swim with fatigues and boots. These are three things that you’ll have to be able to do well […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | SERE survival training tools
Gränsfors and Husqvarna axes used by SERE instructors during training.
6 survival knots you should know how to tie
Here at SOFREP.com we delve into myriad issues beyond news and information on U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) and intelligence agencies.  The topics covered range from everyday carry (EDC) to how to survive a mass shooting.  We touch on nearly everything in between, as well, from personal security and weapons to everyday tactical thinking. We want you, the readers, […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | CBRNE Leaders Course
YAKIMA, WA, UNITED STATES U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Isaac Houston, U.S. Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Specialist, keeps an evasion fire burning during a SERE class at the Yakima Training Center, Yakima, Wash., April 25, 2017. Soldiers from 20th CBRNE Command’s survival training focused on the five basic needs for desert […]
