SOFREP NewsFlash: Iran, Trump, Putin, Ukraine and the War in Gaza
The global board’s flipped, and while the diplomats fumble for pieces, the strongmen are already playing a new game with live ammo.
The global board’s flipped, and while the diplomats fumble for pieces, the strongmen are already playing a new game with live ammo.
You want a passport? Shoulder a rifle, code for Space Force, or fix a jet—bleed a little red, white, and blue first, then we’ll talk.
F1 doesn’t waste time asking for your attention—it hotwires your pulse, slams the throttle, and dares your adrenal glands to keep up.
America used to carry a big stick—now we’re stuck writing strongly worded emails while the world lights up like a Fourth of July test range.
You don’t build nuclear bunkers for TED Talks—Trump knew it, Tehran knew it, and now the crater where a centrifuge used to be says the quiet part out loud.
The following is an event that happened leading up to Hell Week. It was one of those life moments where we have a choice to make.
Trump’s not looking to invade Iran—he’s watching it unravel, poker-faced behind sanctions and stealth strikes, daring the mullahs to blink again while Israel warms up the bunker busters.
This ain’t a ballet recital—it’s Ana de Armas turning tactical carnage into performance art, and brother, she doesn’t miss a step or a headshot.
Iran’s circling the drain while Putin sips oil-funded cabernet and Israel rewrites the spy playbook in real time—welcome to geopolitics in the age of cracked iPhones and drone diplomacy.
I joined the Navy chasing a SEAL dream, got detoured into Search and Rescue by a well-meaning but clueless recruiter, and ended up earning my place in one of the toughest, most elite programs in the fleet — all while figuring out manhood, loyalty, and what it means to save someone who once saved you.
If Red Cell were reborn today with Ukraine’s drone doctrine and a box of GoPros, we wouldn’t be asking if our bases are vulnerable—we’d be counting the craters.
For the first time in years, the Army stopped chasing quotas with TikTok dances and started pulling in recruits with something far more potent—purpose.