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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.
Pentagon tightens message control, B-52s fly near Venezuela, UN to rule on Gaza aid. Here’s your Wednesday morning rundown, October 22, 2025.
Trump-Putin meeting on hold, immigration crackdown, China flares near Aussie jet. Here’s what’s making headlines this Tuesday evening.
At Grafenwoehr, a steady breath, a buddy brace and a clean trigger squeeze turn practice into battlefield readiness.
Barrett’s 30×42 PGS family arrives like a sledgehammer for the squad: programmable air bursts, proximity fused rounds to punch drones out of the sky, and a staged Mod rollout that turns a grenadier into a squad level fire support hub.
Trump eyes China deal, Europe rejects land-for-peace, Japan elects first woman PM. Here’s your Tuesday morning rundown, October 21, 2025.
AWS outage hits major apps, Trump targets Colombia, Sahel violence surges again. Here’s what’s making headlines this Monday evening.
Two and a half centuries on, the few and the proud still storm the breach with grit, gallows humor, and zero hesitation to kick in the next door, whatever waits on the other side.
From Waikiki surf to Red Beach fire, Francis Brown Wai fused Chinese Hawaiian roots, Punahou grit, and UCLA discipline into a calm, relentless charge that broke the deadlock on Leyte.
Trump targets Colombia, Gaza ceasefire falters, Xi unveils China’s new plan. Here’s your Monday morning rundown, October 20, 2025.
On a day when the Secret Service discovered a suspicious hunting stand with a line of sight to Air Force One in West Palm Beach, Israel struck Gaza amid a fragile truce after fire near Rafah, a North Korean soldier crossed the DMZ to defect, and Tehran declared JCPOA restraints over. It’s Sunday, October 19th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.
Trump rattled the saber then slid it back in the scabbard, as a disputed breach strains Gaza’s shaky ceasefire and one careless trigger pull could light the whole map.
From Red Beach where Marine Vice President JD Vance saluted a roaring 250th birthday, to Caribbean waters where a Navy strike sank a narco sub and sent its survivors home into a legal gray sea, to the Durand Line where guns fell quiet under Qatari and Turkish mediation, the week showed American power flexing while policy and peace try to keep pace. Welcome to Sunday, October 19, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
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