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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.
For Outstanding Valor and Courage: The Roy Benavidez Story “If the story of his heroism were a movie script, you would not believe it.” — Ronald Reagan, February 24th, 1981, during the Medal of Honor speech for Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez Selfless Service On a trip through dense jungle undergrowth to recover more wounded, […]
When the war began, some private businesses in Ukraine transformed into armaments factories almost overnight. Here is the story of two small companies that went into the war business almost immediately.
Amid false rumors of the Canadian sniper’s demise, it seems that he is alive and well along with his trusty friend, the Sako TRG-42 sniper rifle.
The war in Ukraine isn’t going to be over for a long time. Not the conventional war, anyway. This is much in the same way the war in Iraq wasn’t over when George W. Bush declared victory against the Hussein regime on May 1, 2003, from aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. No, I see a […]
With major shipping companies like UPS and DHL suspending operations in Russia as well as Ukraine a complicated supply issue is created that private individuals are stepping in to fill.
News editor Marina Ovsyannikova was fined for breaking Russian law following her onscreen protest on the country’s most-watched evening news broadcast.
Eight US Army Special Forces (SF) soldiers have been issued memoranda of reprimand in the 2018 death of an Afghan commando who perpetrated a Green on Blue attack which resulted in the death of a Coalition soldier.
What if we fielded an Army, and nobody joined? That’s the 2022 version of the 1966 anti-war slogan, “Suppose they gave a War and Nobody Came,” penned by Charlotte Keys. Help Wanted We’ve all seen the “help wanted” signs all over our communities. It’s a sign of the times (literally). According to the US Bureau of […]
Forgive me if I wax nostalgic for a moment. As soon as I heard of Putin’s hinting at the possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine and saw the corresponding massive spike in the sale of bunkers, the following ’80s song popped into my head: … Six o’clock, TV hour, don’t get caught in foreign […]
Whether you say “zee” or “zed,” Vladimir Zelensky wants the letter Z banned from global usage immediately. Yes, he’s serious. A Big Ask That’s right, Ukraine is asking the world to criminalize the use of the letter Z when used as a symbol of support for Russian aggression against their country. The irony isn’t lost […]
The recent attack on a Russian oil storage facility could have far-reaching effects in this conflict. Some are claiming it is a false flag attack by Russia itself. We take a look at the evidence so far.
Russian troops have returned control of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early Friday. According to Ukrainian sources familiar with the matter, their retreat occurred approximately one month after taking it over. However, heavy fighting continues in and around the capital of Kyiv and other fronts. […]
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