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.

Russia Fears US Weapons In Ukraine, Not Sanctions

President Biden has threatened Russia with economic sanctions but President Putin has more to gain by invading Ukraine than the sanctions would cost his country. If the administration was serious about defending Ukraine from invasion, these are the weapons systems the U.S. should be providing them with for self-defense.

SOFREP Confidential, Crime And COVID In The Big City

Navigating through all the various and often contradictory COVID rules and regulations while travelling can be tedious and more than just a little aggravating. On a recent trip to New York City, the Editor In Chief for SOFREP found its people were rather defiant about enforcing the rules and regulations imposed on them by Mayor Deblasio, and that the city seemed pretty safe in spite of media reports that crime was rampant.

The Pearl Harbor Attack Forced The US To Become A Superpower

A Date Which Will Live In Infamy “…December 7th, 1941. A date which will live in infamy. The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by air and naval forces of the empire of Japan.” These were the opening words of a speech by President Franklin Roosevelt when he appeared before Congress the […]

In the Rittenhouse Case, Lawful Self-Defense Was on Trial

Today, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on the four remaining charges against him by a jury of his peers.  This will be quite a shock to those who believe their ideology of emotions about Rittenhouse ought to be considered the same as evidence in a court of law, but for the rest of us, the acquittal […]

The Forgotten Forever War, a Guest Editorial

Veterans seeking help for the mental health complications that accompany PTSD are turning to untested and potentially dangerous forms of treatment in the absence of timely treatment by the Veterans Administration.