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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.
Black Hawk crash, TikTok talks, and MI6 hunts Russian spies. It’s Friday, September 19, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
Trump eyes Bagram base, Ukraine gains ground, China threatens Taiwan again. Here’s what’s making headlines this Thursday evening.
Congress can treat this report like a weather brief before a combat jump—ignore the winds at your peril, because landing in the wrong county means the mission’s blown before the first shot’s fired.
The U.S. didn’t board the go-fast this time—it erased it, trading cuffs and chain-of-custody for a flash of whitewater and a legal hangover that won’t wash off.
FBI gate crash, Trump meets Starmer, China stirs tensions. It’s Thursday, September 18, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
US sinks drug boat, EU eyes Israel sanctions, Gaza toll tops 65K, Pak-Saudi sign pact. Here’s what’s making headlines this Wednesday evening.
Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke’s fall from the Navy’s upper deck to a prison cell shows how the revolving door between four stars and six-figure “leadership training” gigs can turn honor into collateral.
Midshipman’s threat sparks Naval Academy lockdown, leads to federal charge. It’s Wednesday, September 17, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
Fade may be stitched back together by science and sheer stubbornness, but every move he makes reminds you the real fight isn’t in the muscles — it’s in the will to keep pushing forward.
From Capitol Hill’s grilling of FBI Director Kash Patel over Charlie Kirk’s assassination, to U.S. officers quietly observing Russia-Belarus war games, and Donald Trump’s reversal on TikTok, the week showed Washington balancing political firestorms, military brinkmanship, and digital-age dealmaking all at once. Here is your Tuesday evening SOFREP News Brief for September 16th, 2025.
A state judge may have stripped the terrorism label from Luigi Mangione’s indictment, but with murder charges intact in New York and a federal death-penalty case looming, his legal storm is only beginning.
Medal of Honor recipient Navy SEAL Michael Murphy surprises his parents with one last moving phone call.
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