J. W. Sotak

About the author

J. W. Sotak is Editor-in-Chief of SOFREP. He is a former U.S. Army Civil Affairs Staff Sergeant. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Arabic Literature and the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (Arabic). He previously worked on the National Desk of the New York Times, as Editor-in-Chief of SHIFTed Magazine and as Commerce Director of Gear Patrol.

Why Kamala Harris could be the boost Biden needs to challenge Trump

Yesterday, former Vice President and presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden announced that Senator Kamala Harris would join his ticket as the candidate for Vice President of the United States. The decision came after months of speculation about who would join Biden in his campaign against President Trump in the November 3rd election. The Biden […]

Jacob Sotak: Why I Enlisted in the United States Army

Editor’s note: What a better way to celebrate the Military Appreciation Month than with some “Why I Joined” stories? I was skipping class the morning of September 11th.  It was three days after my 17th birthday and I was a cocksure senior with a buddy who had a car. I was making my way to […]