As Marines and soldiers redeploy to Afghanistan to provide support to coalition allies and Afghan National Security Forces, there’s one weapon system that’s remained a stalwart workhorse in the ...

The M252 81mm mortar is a crew-served, medium weight mortar which is highly accurate and provides for a greater range and lethality than the previous 81mm mortar. The M252 system consists of the M253 ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Dec. 10, 2014) -- Following the successful fielding of the lightweight 60mm mortar system, Picatinny has begun delivering the new lightweight 81mm system to troops. The new ...

I came across this cool photo today, and I thought I’d share it with Team SOFREP. Here we see Navy SEAL Tommy Richardson helping out guys from the 82nd Airborne by standing on the base plate of one of ...

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Parra, a fires direction center coordinator with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force--Crisis ...

The Marine Corps is introducing virtual training simulators for infantrymen whose work subjects them to repeated blasts, which growing research indicates is a risk factor for brain injury and suicide.

FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines — Soldiers of the Philippine Army 5th and 7th Infantry Divisions and U.S. Army Soldiers from the Cross-Domain Effects Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment (Task ...