Coalition Special Forces on Trial, War Crimes or Witch Hunt?
The BBC can spin their tale, but war ain’t a BBC documentary—it’s blood, chaos, and split-second calls made by men the government’s too cowardly to defend once the smoke clears.
Author: Guy D. McCardle
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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.
Meet Russia’s S8000 Banderol Cruise Missile: Cheap, Lethal, and Born for the Drone Age
The S8000 Banderol is what you get when a cash-strapped Kremlin raids the global hobby shop and slaps a warhead on it.
MAGA Media Rebels Against Trump’s Golden Qatari Jet Deal
Trump’s gilded jet from Qatar might look like a ride fit for a king, but to some of his own MAGA loyalists, it reeks of foreign strings, backroom deals, and the kind of swamp stench he once promised to drain.
Tenafly New Jersey Native Edan Alexander Freed by Hamas After 19 Months of Captivity
Edan Alexander’s story is about more than surviving a Hamas hellhole—it’s a brutal, bullet-pointed reminder that when hope is armed with grit, noise, and a ticked-off mom, even terrorists can be forced to blink.
Medal of Honor Monday: Major General Patrick Henry Brady – A Lifetime of Courage in the Skies Over Vietnam
Patrick Henry Brady didn’t earn the Medal of Honor by taking lives—he earned it by repeatedly risking his own to save them, one harrowing mission at a time.
SOFREP Evening Brief: Pope Refers to Current Global Situation as ‘Third World War’, Transportation Secretary Announces Fewer Flights To and From Newark, Trump to Use Gifted Qatari Jet as Air Force One
Welcome to the SOFREP Evening Brief for Sunday May 11th, 2025. As Pope Leo calls for global peace, Newark struggles to keep planes in the air, and Trump prepares to fly a Qatari palace through American skies, the lines between tradition and disruption have never been thinner.
SOFREP Morning Brief: Putin Proposes ‘Direct Talks’ With Ukraine, Hegseth Eliminates Race Considerations For Admission to Service Academies, North Korea and Russia Flaunt Alliance
Good Morning! Welcome to Sunday, May 11th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief: Putin calls for direct peace talks in Istanbul just as Ukraine and its allies—including President Trump—push for a 30-day ceasefire, while SECDEF Hegseth dismantles DEI at U.S. service academies and Russia flaunts its battlefield alliance with North Korea in a bold propaganda campaign.
SOFREP Evening Brief: Trump Announces Ceasefire Between India and Pakistan, Putin Show Defiance as Ceasefire Talks Continue, Sudan Ravaged After Two Years of Civil War
Welcome to SOFREP’s Evening Brief for Saturday May 10th, 2025. While the world watches India, Pakistan and Ukraine, Sudan quietly bleeds out—its cities in ruins, its people starving, and its warlords too busy chasing total victory to bother with peace.
SOFREP Morning Brief: India and Pakistan Conflict Escalates Rapidly, European Leaders Descend on Kyiv, First American-Born Pope Elected
Good Morning. Here is the SOFREP Daily Brief for Saturday, May 10th, 2025. As nuclear tensions flare between India and Pakistan, European leaders rally in Kyiv to push for peace, while the first American pope, Leo XIV, steps onto the world stage preaching diplomacy, unity, and moral clarity in a time of global upheaval.
SOFREP Evening Brief: Trump Annoys 1.4 Billon Catholics by Posting Pic of Himself As Pope, Putin Says He Hopes He Won’t Have to Use Nukes in Ukraine, Mexico Rejects US Offer to Send Troops Across the Border
Stay on top of the news with the SOFREP Evening Brief: Top updates on defense and global affairs for Sunday, May 4, 2025.Trump posted a photo of himself dressed as the pope after his funeral, Putin says he hopes nukes won’t be needed in Ukraine, Mexico slammed the door on U.S. troops crossing the border, and the UK just busted two Iranian-linked terror plots—all reminders that diplomacy, ego, and national security are clashing on the world stage.
SOFREP Morning Brief: Ukraine Takes Out Russian Jets With Maritime Drones, Houthi Missile Strikes Near Tel Aviv Airport, ‘Starbase’ Close to Becoming Official Texas City
Catch up with SOFREP’s Morning Brief for Sunday, May 4, 2025, covering the latest in defense and global affairs. In a historic week, Ukraine used missile-equipped sea drones to down Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea, Houthi rebels struck near Israel’s main airport in a rare breach of its air defenses, and Elon Musk’s Starbase took a major leap toward becoming an official city after a landslide vote by SpaceX-affiliated residents.
SOFREP Evening Brief: Greek Woman Killed By Bomb She Was Carrying, Israel Launches Airstrikes Against Syria, Houthis Launch Missiles Into Israel, Islamists Rally Against Women’s Rights in Bangladesh
Here is your SOFREP Evening Brief: From Thessaloniki to Tel Aviv to Dhaka, May 3, 2025, exposed a grim trifecta of violence and extremism—homegrown terrorism in Greece, cross-border missile attacks from Yemen, and a mass Islamist rally in Bangladesh rallying against women’s rights.
