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How Chad Robichaux found true strength January 5, 2021 Episode #293 — So many of us have come to a moment where we’ve said, ‘I just wish I was braver.’ Chad Robichaux is one of the bravest people you could ever hope to meet. But his is a story of discovering that even his bravery – by itself – wasn’t enough. And of meeting the One whose strength is so much more than any of us could ever need. Chad served multiple deployments to Afghanistan as a member of the US Marine’s elite Force Recon. He saw firsthand the suffering the Taliban inflicted on the country’s people, but he w...

“The Last Platoon” from Bing West, Outstanding Novel of Afghanistan Share This: In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine  Bing West was born to be a Marine. When he was just two years old, his two uncles were in the Marine Corps and fought on Guadalcanal. Later, his family allowed a baseball team of Marines to use the attic of their Dorchester, Massachusetts home as a kind of clubhouse.  There they’d be able to talk among themselves about things they’d never have been able to say to their families. Bing’s mother thought they’d make...

STREAM IT ON THE PLATFORMS: This week on SOFREP Radio we were joined by Bing West, Marine Force Recon veteran, former Assistant Secretary of Defense to the Reagan administration and prolific author. In this episode, West walks us through his latest book,  The Last Platoon, and talks about the Corps, the war in Afghanistan and much much more. About Bing West During the Vietnam War, he was a platoon leader in Force Recon leading over 100 combat patrols. When his tour (66-68) was completed, the Corps asked him to write a guide for Marines coming into the country. The guide was titled 

Physical in-test During Phase 2, which is also three-weeks-long, candidates continue to face more physical and mental challenges. During this phase, individuals are continuously evaluated to determine if they're the right fit for the MARSOC community. After the completion of Phase 2, candidates are selected for the Individual Training Course. Just because a Marine is selected for ITC, does not guarantee his/her success through the next nine months of training. Individual Training Course: ITC is nine-months-long and is based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Here, CSOs and SOOs receive extensiv...

by SOFREP Mar 10, 2021 Share This: Marine Special Operations Command, better known as MARSOC, officially came into existence on February 24, 2006. The institution of MARSOC and the Marine Raiders was the result of many years of effort. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) was instituted in 1986. At the time, the Marine’s elite unit was known as Force Reconnaissance, they were the predecessors of MARSOC. Back then, Marine leadership did not want to join SOCOM, since they felt it would jeopardize Force Recon and its special capabilities under the direction of the Marine Corps. There was a sense...