Author: Guy D. McCardle

You don’t surge tankers, raise force protection levels, and send the Marines east unless somebody, somewhere, just greenlit the next chapter.

Woody Williams didn’t just carry a flamethrower into the jaws of hell—he carried the weight of his fallen brothers, and somehow kept walking.

In a weekend that felt more like the prologue to a Tom Clancy novel than a news cycle, President Trump floated the idea of U.S. boots joining Israel’s war against Iran, a fake-cop gunman hunted down Minnesota lawmakers in their homes, and a Salt Lake City protest against authoritarianism ended in gunfire and blood on the pavement. Welcome to the SOFREP Sunday Evening Brief for June 15, 2025.

Bob Lang’s cartoon is a bayonet-sharp jab at a culture where shouting over ceremony has become the new form of patriotism.

On a day meant to celebrate American might—from Abrams tanks rolling through D.C. to Musk’s satellites lighting up Tehran—Minnesota was jolted awake by the cold truth that political violence isn’t something we watch overseas anymore; it’s parked on our front porch wearing a badge and carrying a hit list. Welcome to Sunday, June 15, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

On a day when Iran threatens to choke off the world’s oil supply, DC rolls out tanks for a $45 million parade, a Marine vet congressman tells the Secretary of Defense to take a hike, and a fake cop guns down Minnesota lawmakers in cold blood—America feels less like it’s celebrating 250 years and more like it’s holding the line on chaos. Welcome to SOFREP’s Evening Brief for Saturday, June 14, 2025.

Sasquatch Tea doesn’t just wake you up—it grabs you by the flannel and reminds you why you still own a hatchet.

If Gavin Newsom’s idea of leadership is grinning through the smoke while LA burns, then I guess all it takes to run California these days is a flak vest, a hair gel sponsorship, and a complete disregard for reality.

As Israel and Iran trade missiles in the Middle East, Washington, D.C. braces for a politically charged military parade met with veteran-led protests and arrests, while 200 Marines are quietly deployed to Los Angeles in a historic and controversial mission to guard federal buildings amid growing unrest at home. Welcome to Saturday, June 14, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Mike Day, former Navy SEAL, Silver Star recipient, and exceptional human being, left us on March 27th, 2023.

Israel won the first round in this fight, now time will tell if Iran can regroup or if they’ll be taken down for the count in round two.

Israel lit the night sky over Iran like the Vegas strip on fire, and now the whole region’s holding its breath, waiting to see who strikes the next match.