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Guy D. McCardle
Morning Brief: Brown Shooting Suspect Still at Large, Trump Expands Travel Ban to 20 More Countries, Sydney Charges Suspect in Bondi Beach Massacre
Brown shooter hunt widens as FAA, White House and Venezuela moves dominate. Here’s your Wednesday morning brief, December 17, 2025.
Evening Brief: Pentagon to Review Vaccine-Related Discharges, M23 Rebels Agree to Withdraw From Eastern Congo, Hunger Crisis Deepens in Afghanistan
Pentagon reviews vaccine discharges, EU eyes Russian assets, M23 rebels to withdraw. Here’s what’s making headlines this Tuesday evening.
SIG Sauer’s M250: Why the Military Needs a New Squad Automatic Weapon
The SIG Sauer M250 is the Army admitting that the next fight is farther out, tougher targets are the baseline, and the squad needs a belt-fed gun that brings real overmatch instead of hoping 5.56 and good intentions will carry the day.
Morning Brief: US Military Strikes Drug-Smuggling Boats in the Eastern Pacific, USS Nimitz Returns Home, Türkiye Shoots Down Drone Near Black Sea
US strikes drug-smuggling boats, USS Nimitz returns, France convicts ex-rebel leader. Here’s your Tuesday morning brief, December 16, 2025.
Evening Brief: Iowa National Guard Identifies Soldiers Killed in Syria, Trinidad Opens Airports to US Military, US Jewish Groups Urge Tighter Security
ISIS kills two US troops, Brown gunman still loose, Ukraine peace talks stall. Here’s what’s making headlines this Monday evening.
Legends M1A1 .177 Full-Auto Blowback CO2 Air Rifle: A Modern “Chicago Typewriter” for the Backyard Battlefield
The Legends M1A1 .177 turns your backyard into a full-auto grin factory, marrying Thompson swagger with blowback bite and thirty-round bursts that make soda cans disappear in a hurry.
Morning Brief: Police Release Detainee in Brown Shooting, Extremist Groups Turn to AI, New MI6 Chief Warns Putin’s ‘Export of Chaos’
Brown shooting probe shifts as ISIS kills US troops and Zelenskyy resists concessions. Here’s your Monday morning brief, December 15, 2025.
Evening Brief: Bondi Beach Hanukkah Attack, Hamas Strike, Zelensky NATO Shift
From gunfire ripping through a Hanukkah crowd at Bondi Beach, to Hamas confirming the loss of a top commander under Israeli fire, to Zelensky signaling he will trade a NATO dream for enforceable security guarantees, December 14 delivered a blunt reminder that terrorism, war, and deterrence are colliding across continents at the same moment. It’s Sunday, December 14th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.
US Special Operations Forces Board a China-to-Iran Ship in the Indian Ocean
Some operations are designed to make headlines, but this one was built to make deadlines slip, shipments vanish from the ledger, and an assembly line in Iran go quiet weeks later when the missing parts never show.
ISIS Kills Two US Soldiers and an American Interpreter in Syria
Gunfire cracked a routine engagement into chaos outside Palmyra, killing two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter and proving that even stripped of territory, ISIS still knows how to reach out and draw blood.
Evening Brief: US SOUTHCOM Chief Retires Early, Germany Probes Laser Incidents, Kremlin Signals Postwar Security Grip on Donbas
US SOUTHCOM shifts leadership as Russia tightens its grip on Donbas. Here’s what’s making headlines this Friday evening.
