Guy D. McCardle

About the author

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.
Zelensky Says US Secretaries of Defense and State to Visit Ukraine

Zelensky Says US Secretaries of Defense and State to Visit Ukraine

Ukrainian President Zelensky tells the world that US Secretary of State Blinken and Defence Secretary Austin are visiting him today in Ukraine saying, “They should not come here with empty hands. We are expecting specific things and specific weapons.”

Claymores: Bringing Russian Convoys to a Dead Halt

Claymores: Bringing Russian Convoys to a Dead Halt

The latest arms package to Ukraine includes the venerable M-18 Claymore Anti-Personnel Mine. We think they may already be over there and used by Ukrainian Special Forces to hit that 40 mile convoy that couldn’t seem to ever get moving.

US Army Parachute Demonstration Team Causes Evacuation of US Capitol Building

US Army Parachute Demonstration Team Causes Evacuation of US Capitol Building

The Navy’s Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds get all the attention when it comes to military demonstration teams. Still, neither can claim that they once invoked a panic in Washington DC that caused the evacuation of the Capitol building. That distinction belongs (perhaps forever) to the US Army’s Golden Knights Parachute Demonstration Team.