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.

SOFREP Will Be At SHOT Show 2022 In Las Vegas

SHOT Show is the largest convention of its kind in the world. 2,400 exhibitors and 43,000 attendees representing the sports shooting, hunting, and outdoors industries. SOFREP will be covering the newest products and innovations coming in 2022.

Was John Wayne A ‘Draft Dodger’ During WWII?

So I got into a brief exchange on Twitter the other day About John Wayne being a draft dodger in WWII. These claims go back for decades, leveled by biographers, some historians, and some who hate John Wayne for the image he enjoys as the expression of American manhood: Stoic, fair-minded, moral, and forthright. In […]

Panic In A Drum. The 9D5 Helo Dunker

The 9D5 Helo Dunker was a staple of training helicopter aircrew safety training for decades. It enjoyed a dread reputation though. Here is a first-]hand account of what that training was like for a Helicopter Rescue Swimmer while attending Aircrewman Candidate School in Pensacola.

Federal Injunction Claims Navy Process For Handling Religious Waivers Is A Farce

A federal judge in Texas has just stopped the COVID vaccine mandate in its tracks when it comes to punishing service members for requesting religious waivers against taking the vaccination. The judge charges in the injunction that the Navy system used to process religious waivers is a farce with rejection already predetermined.