Sean Spoonts

About the author

Sean Spoonts is a former Navy Anti-submarine Warfare Operator and Search and Rescue Aircrewman in SH-2f LAMPS II Sea Sprite. Graduate of Naval Aircrewman Candidate School Pensacola, AW "A" School NATTC Millington, HS-1 SAR School NAS Jacksonville, FASOTRAGRUDET SERE NAS Brunswick. Duty with HSL-30, NAS Norfolk and HSL-36, NAF Mayport.

Praesidus A-11 Commemorative Watches: Recreating WWII History

When watchmaker Praesidus reached out to us about their watches, I had to admit I was intrigued. But, they didn’t just have a watch they wanted us to see; they wanted to tell us a story about the watch and the paratroopers who inspired Praesidus to make them. Tom Rice was an accomplished athlete at […]

Ukraine SITREP for April 12th

Our Ukraine SITREP for April 12th. Continued offensive operations by both Ukraine and Russia, Turkey not playing the role of a NATO partner, chemical weapons use, and a brief report from a wounded American fighting in Ukraine.

Navy Quiet on Alleged Vandalism to US Submarine at Drydock in Kittery Maine

The Navy’s Criminal Investigative Service is seeking information regarding the destruction of government property aboard the nuclear attack submarine USS Texas on or about March 29th while the boat was at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. USS Texas (SSN 775) is a Virginia-class attack submarine commissioned in September 2006.   These vessels are tasked […]

Ukraine SITREP for April 8th

Today’s Ukraine SITREP is about harpoons, hard-learned lessons about an infantry squad bunching up, and Russian military movements in the country.

Ukraine SITREP For April 6th

Our Ukraine SITREP for April 6th. President Biden walks back his walk back on regime change in Russia, Zelensky can’t count on the US for a security guarantee, Sean Penn and Mig 29s for Ukraine, and General Milley’s murky crystal ball gazings.

Mass Graves Mark the Dismal Failure That is the Russian Army

The Russian Army is a Uniformed Rabble, Not A Professional Army In November of 2001, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov announced plans for long-overdue reforms to the Russian Army.  The new army would be a scaled-down and and more professional army of armored forces who would be paid well, equipped well, and trained well.  This […]

Ukraine SITREP for April 3rd (Graphic Content)

SOFREP is on Telegram, joining the ‘Information Terrorists’ plaguing Russia Given the news blackout in Russia on anything critical of the Putin regime and the difficulty in getting news into that country that doesn’t pass through the filters of state-controlled media like Sputnik, Russia Today(RT), and Pradva. Putin slammed a law through that makes it […]

Ukraine SITREP March 27th

President Biden’s dangerous gaffs, Russian flag officer losses continue and Russia asserts its right to use nuclear weapons in today’s SITREP on Ukraine