Guy D. McCardle

The mob may be screaming for blood, but last I checked, we still valued guts, service, and the kind of flawed honesty that beats silence seven days a week.

As Gaza’s markets burn under airstrikes, Aussie troops drill for war with China, and Putin quietly tries to strip Iran of its nuclear swagger, the world feels less like a chessboard—and more like a powder keg waiting for a spark. Welcome to your Sunday Brief for July 13, 2025.

As U.S. troops recover flood victims in Texas, Russia cozies up to North Korea with nuclear winks, and the PKK drops its guns after 40 years, one thing’s clear—conflict’s shifting, but the uniforms never really leave the picture. Welcome to SOFREP’s Evening Brief for Saturday, July 12, 2025.

Pete Hegseth just kicked the Pentagon’s red tape into a shallow grave and basically told America’s warfighters: “Get drones, get lethal, and get moving.”

In Putin’s Russia, getting fired means exactly that—usually with a 9mm exit interview and a state-issued shovel for the cleanup crew.

Russian drones slam into maternity wards in Ukraine, settlers beat a young American to death in the West Bank, and the Houthis sink ships on camera—war isn’t confined to battlefields anymore, it’s crashing through front doors and cargo holds alike. Welcome to SOFREP’s Morning Brief for Saturday, July 12, 2025.

Aid deaths in Gaza, Sudan fighting escalates, Ukraine strikes Russia, and US warns China—here’s your July 11 SOFREP Evening Brief.

The Green Berets are back in Taiwan—not for a handshake and a photo op, but to train warriors on China’s doorstep for the kind of fight no one wants to talk about, but everyone knows could come.

Iran hits US comms hub, PKK disarms, Netanyahu leaves DC with no truce—here’s your SOFREP Morning Brief this Friday, July 11, 2025.

Stay on top of the news with the SOFREP Evening Brief: Top updates on defense and global affairs for Thursday, July 10, 2025.

In a move that smells more like a bureaucratic slap on the wrist than true accountability, the Secret Service sidelined six agents after a would-be assassin nearly turned Butler, Pennsylvania into Dealey Plaza 2.0.

Sean Duffy running NASA is like handing the keys to a spacecraft over to your cable news commentator—entertaining, sure, but maybe not the guy you want plotting a course to Mars. To be fair, it’s supposed to be a temporary gig. Let’s see who comes next.