Jonathan Wade

No matter what you think about Instructor Zero, you cannot deny the fact that firing a head shot at 25 meters in .84 seconds is damn fast and VERY accurate. I had the privilege to talk with Instructor Zero on the SOFREP Radio podcast yesterday night. He is a very humble and well thought guy. […]

The new Russian Unified Strategic Command (Obedinonnye Strategicheskoe Komandovanie—OSK) “Sever” was deemed operational on December 1, 2014. It has been created to strengthen the vast border’s security and protect the growing Russian interests in the Arctic. But the question is if the creation of OSK Sever could jeopardize allied security in the Arctic? In October 2013, […]

France’s $1.6 billion deal to sell two Mistral-class warships to Russia has been postponed. The recent downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was the turning point in the sale. However, France was still ready to go forward with the transfer of the first ship, the Vladivostok, if all the conditions were respected. These conditions included a […]

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent a clear message to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit. Harper shook Putin’s hand but told him, openly and in public, “I’ll shake your hand, but I only have one thing to say to you: Get out of Ukraine.” With the recent tension over the Eastern Ukraine […]

Remembrance Day for me is a day where I think about my friends who gave their lives for their flag. Too many times, I saw friends going on deployment and wondering if it would the last time I would see them. Too many times I saw my friends die in my arms in Afghanistan. It is very […]

While Canadians mourn their two soldiers killed by radicalized, homegrown terrorists, the Canadian government is passing a bill to bolster intelligence-agency budgets by improving transparency and communications between Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS) and the American National Security Agency (NSA). The recent lone wolf attacks in Canada were a critical reminder of the need for […]

A new type of war has begun for Canadians. Terrorist attacks are now happening within our own borders. In recent days, two Canadian soldiers were run over by a radicalized Canadian named Martin Ahmad Rouleau. Unfortunately, Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent was killed in the attack. He was 53 years old. This happened right in a Service […]

The conservative Canadian government announced earlier last week that the Royal Canadian Air Force would send six CF-18s, two CP-140 Auroras, and a C-150 Polaris, alongside approximately 600 personnel—most of them working to support the aircraft. When the decision was made, it was clear that Canada would not engage in ground combat nor have their fighter […]

Michael Golembesky, known as ‘Ski’, deployed in Afghanistan in 2009 as a MARSOC JTAC. Deployed to the Bala Murghab Valley in Afghanistan with Marine Special Operation Team (MSOT) 8222, Ski tells the story of extraordinary men fighting to gain a foothold in the middle of the valley to cut the Taliban’s territory in half. It […]

Since the start of the Ukraine situation, and Crimea, the Canadian Government has been pushing for a stronger military response while backing their NATO allies in both Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. However, Canada is amongst the trailing countries who fail to spend NATO’s requirement of 2% of GDP. In fact, the Canadians are […]

Everyone knows that the Arctic is a big land filled with oil, natural resources and, most importantly, water.  It is also the ground of future warfare – the Russian and the Chinese both have their eyes fixed on the rich environment the Arctic’s resources could provide them, while Canada has been claiming most of it […]

Everyone knows that Canada and Russia have been dealing with each other on a lot of issues in the past years. However, both Putin and Harper are racing each other to get the Arctic oil and natural resources. In a SOFREP article I wrote late last year, I clearly demonstrated the lack of Canadian military […]