Guy D. McCardle

Iran’s generals are dropping faster than bar tabs at a Navy port call, and even the Devil’s starting to lose track.

As Israeli missiles pound Iran’s nuclear sites, Tulsi Gabbard scrambles to clarify shifting intel on Tehran’s bomb ambitions, while JD Vance digs in on keeping troops in L.A.—arguing that from the Middle East to California, failed leadership demands federal muscle. Welcome to Saturday, June 21st, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Israel’s nuclear strategy is like a loaded pistol tucked under the table of a poker game—never acknowledged, always implied, and pointed squarely at anyone thinking about cheating.

Iran did more than fire a missile on June 19th—they sent a message in shrapnel, aimed squarely at civilians, and dared the world to look the other way.

When it comes to leading the most elite warriors in America’s arsenal, Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Krogman is doing more than stepping up—he’s been preparing for this position his entire career.

Established on June 19, 1952 under the leadership of Colonel Aaron Bank, the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) marked the beginning of the Green Berets’ distinguished service.

The MOP wasn’t built to send messages or win hearts—it was built to turn fortified mountains into smoking craters when talking stops working.

Khamenei’s threats land with all the force of a wet firecracker—loud, smoky, and ultimately harmless to anyone not standing in the puddle.

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.