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Guy D. McCardle is a sixteen-year veteran of the United States Army and most recently served as a Medical Operations Officer during OIF I and OIF II. He holds a degree in Biology from Washington & Jefferson College and is a graduate of the US Army Academy of Health Sciences. Guy has been a contributing writer to Apple News, Business Insider, International Business Times, and Medical Daily. He has over 8,000 answers and more than 30,000 followers on Quora, where he is a top writer on military topics. McCardle is the Managing Editor of the SOFREP News Team, a collective of military journalists.
Well, the Army giveth and the Army taketh away. Late last month, I reported on how the Army decided to remove their requirement for a high school diploma or GED to enlist. They were sitting at 40% of their year recruitment goals and were running out of ways to entice potential recruits. If a bonus […]
So, how did we get from being British subjects to having a holiday where we get to blow stuff up, cook out, and take Monday off of work?
The idea of America was forged into reality around the sound of the musket volley and the smell of gunpowder. The American republic was born of War.
War Fatigue I think Ukrainian war fatigue is starting to set in (to some of us in the west at least), and that is a bad thing. As I was browsing the headlines this morning, I noticed that there were yet more Ukrainian civilians dead from yet another Russian missile strike on another apartment building. […]
Army Captain Christopher Peeples, an Aviation officer, was recently sentenced to four months in prison for failing to follow proper safety precautions at a Fort Campbell, Kentucky, weapons range. His negligence resulted in the death of a soldier.
Russian forces have decided to pull out of Snake Island in a small but strategic win for Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Ministry framed the decision to leave as “a gesture of goodwill” and an attempt to open up a humanitarian corridor to export Ukrainian agricultural products.
Our friends with the Kraken Special Forces unit in Ukraine are at it again. Watch as they target and destroy a building the Russians were using as their local headquarters.
A #whitesupremacist soldier plotted a terrorist act against his own unit.
#SOFREP #neonazi #militarynews #usmilitary
They say losing a child is one of the most difficult experiences a person can go through.
For years, the Army has required a high school diploma or GED to be accepted into the service, but this could be changing soon.
I never knew the men who died on June 28th, 2005 as part of Operation Red Wings, but their loss still moved me greatly. At the time, it was the greatest one-day loss of life in the special operations community. It’s hard to fathom that was 17 years ago today.
A First Thursday marked an Air Force first; a female captain completed the three-month special tactics officer (STO) apprentice course, aka Combat Control School, and earned her scarlet beret. Unfortunately, SOFREP is not releasing the officer’s name due to operational security concerns. We can, however, note that her background is in cyber operations. Not Without […]
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