MINDFULNESS  |  

Why The #1 Rule At SOFLETE Should Be Your #1 Rule In Life

One of the common traits we see from people of all walks of life, career paths, and ages is that…

FITNESS  |  

Programming For Combat

It would be great to always have access to a completely outfitted facility when training, but some of us don’…

FITNESS  |  

Training For Combat

Everything you know about tactical fitness is wrong. For the majority of the coaches and trainers reading this, this is…

OP-ED  |  

Surfers, Hippies, Hipsters, and Snowflakes — Counterculture In Special Operations

Special Forces students huddle together loosely in the cool grey light of dawn. Breath hangs on crisp morning air, as…

OP-ED  |  

How to Turn a Fleet of Main Battle Tanks into a Graveyard of Fossils

With victory of the forces of ISIS, the Government of Iraq has a window of opportunity to rest, refit, and…

ADVENTURE  |  

Never a Dull Moment in West Africa

Stay frosty out there boys and girls, you never know when the natives will get restless. Last time the SOFLETE…

OP-ED  |  

Does Bigger = Stronger? Not Usually

Americans vision of strength and fitness shifted in the late 1970s. When guys like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno began…