What is a Smock, and when is a Smock not a Smock? The military smock is a durable, four-pocket, loose-fitting outer layer garment. Modern smocks often have wind and water-resistant properties and can be found in almost every NATO camouflage pattern – as well as leading commercial patterns like MultiCam and PenCott. Hugely adaptable, smocks […]
US Special Operations Forces in Europe training with members of Italy’s ‘Folgore’ parachute regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Whitney Hughes […]
A rare shot – they mostly come at night… Location: Bishop Airfield outside of Scottsdale, Arizona. If you know, you know. 😉 Photo credit: Complete Parachute Solutions. […]
Ukrainian Maj. Gen. Hryhoriy Halahan, Commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukrainian Politician, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. David Tabor, Special Operations Command Europe Commanding General, sit on the ramp of an MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing during a low-level flight […]
U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators, assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing, prepare to conduct a simulated medevac mission on March 2, 2020, near Constanta, Romania, using the 352 SOW’s CV-22B Osprey. The training event was part of a larger special operations air-land integrations (SOALI) exercise with Romanian and Polish SOF. The exercise marked […]
L3Harris Technologies and Air Tractor have teamed up to deliver the AT-802U Sky Warden™, an affordable, production-ready aircraft designed for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and other missions in extreme combat environments. The AT-802U Sky Warden is based on the rugged and capable Air Tractor AT-802, which features the largest payload capacity of any […]
Students from Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader Course (RSLC) Class 04-21 execute a Field Training Exercise (FTX). Teams conduct student planned and executed reconnaissance and surveillance operations to collect and report priority intelligence requirements in support of their commanders reconnaissance guidance while being evaluated by RSLC cadre. Photo credit: US Army, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader Course […]
The IDF knows a thing or two about what a soldier needs to carry into combat, and Israeli tactical gear supremos Agilite know a thing or two about how to make great gear for carrying that load. With that in mind, today Agilite revealed the long-awaited AMAP III Assault Pack – which they are calling […]
Women making history. Finland’s Utti Jaeger Regiment has begun to recruit women, who completed their basic military service, for special operations forces reserve positions. Reservists play an important role in complementing the performance of the Finnish SOF units composed of professional soldiers, and the training and selection of personnel for the SOF reserves is one […]
Have you got what it takes? The UF PRO Pro’s Guide to Special Forces Assessment & Selection video series will dive deep into how to prepare yourself to find out. Michael Strauch from Project Archangel will explain, what are the challenges will lie ahead of you and how to prepare your body and mind to […]