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The Team House Livestream and other updates

December 16, 2019 by Jack Murphy

I’ve been a bit remiss in updating my website so there are quite a few developments to mention here, including my new livestream called The Team House. Bottom line up front: I quit my job with NEWSREP back in July I now host a new livestream and podcast with my friend Dave Parke I have […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 75th Ranger Regiment, books, CIA, Dave Parke, Deckard, Green Berets, Jack Murphy, JSOC, Livestream, podcast, Rangers, SOF, Special Forces, Special Operations, The Team House, writing, youtube

How the Leahy Law interferes with US Special Forces missions in Nigeria, Syria, and the Philippines

July 10, 2017 by Jack Murphy

In many ways the battle for Marawi has been a curious event which has seen bandits belonging to the allegedly ISIS affiliated Maute Group attacking a Muslim city in order to raise their public profile and demonstrate their power to the Philippine government.  Philippine SOF units and Marines worked hard to cordon the enemy into a small neighborhood […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: China, CIA, DOD, Green Berets, Jordan, Leahy Law, Light Reaction Regiment, Marawi, Nigeria, Philippines, SOF, Special Forces, Syria

The Light Reaction Regiment’s Trojan Horse mission in Sulu

June 20, 2017 by Jack Murphy

I sat across from a Light Reaction Regiment operator at a restaurant where we tried in vain to escape some of the humidity.  He’s smoking a cigarette while we discuss his unit and their operations.  He is a quiet man, quick to tell me that his job is to execute the mission rather than complain […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: AFP, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Direct Action, High Value Target, HVT, Light Reaction Regiment, LRB, LRC, LRR, Philippines, SOCOM, SOF, Special Operations, Sulu, Trojan Horse

Liaison Control Element: US Special Forces in Marawi

June 13, 2017 by Jack Murphy

The usual breathless media reports have emerged from the Philippines latest security crisis in regards to American Special Operations units present in the area.  To be sure, the siege of Marawi has spun into a serious attack which bares some resemblance to the 2013 siege of Zamboanga.  Philippine SOF units such as the Light Reaction […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: AFP, CIA, drones, ISR, LCE, Light Reaction Company, LRC, LRR, Marawi, MARSOC, Maute Group, OEF-P, OGA, Philippines, RA, Regional Affairs, SOF, Special Forces, Special Operations

A never before seen look inside the Light Reaction Regiment of the Philippines

June 9, 2017 by Jack Murphy

On any given day in the Philippines, the front page of your daily newspaper can be treated like the sports pages as the public follows along and keeps score between the various terrorist groups and the Armed Forces of the Philippines. A typical day’s headlines in the Philippine Star read: “Sayyaf kidnaps soldier.” “3 killed […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Abu Sayaf, Bohol, Dizon, Light Reaction Company, Light Reaction Regiment, Llamas, LRB, LRC, LRR, Philippine Armed Forces, Philippine Scout-Rangers, Philippines, Scout Rangers, SOCOM, SOF, Special Forces

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