Steve Balestrieri

About the author

Steve is a SOFREP Senior Editor. He has served as a Special Forces NCO and Warrant Officer before injuries forced his early separation. He writes for SOFREP and covers the NFL for PatsFans.com and his work was regularly featured in the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and Grafton News newspapers.
Turkish troops attack Syrian forces outside of Aleppo

Turkish troops attack Syrian forces outside of Aleppo

The fighting in Syria between Turkish Syrian government troops has once again reignited. Turkish military forces have launched a new attack against the Syrian Army in the northern area outside of Aleppo. Meanwhile, Syrian troops are massing in the Jabal Al-Zawiya area as they seem to be preparing to resume offensive operations. According to a […]

US military finally moves Patriot missile batteries in Iraq

US military finally moves Patriot missile batteries in Iraq

The United States is finally moving some air defense systems into place in Iraq after bases that house U.S. troops have been attacked with rocket and missile fire for months. The Pentagon didn’t specify which bases the air defense systems will be deployed to.  However, Al Jazeera reported that according to Iraqi and U.S. military […]

US Navy deploys counter-narcotics vessels off the Venezuelan coast

US Navy deploys counter-narcotics vessels off the Venezuelan coast

The Trump administration announced earlier this week that the U.S. is moving newly-deployed naval ships toward the coast of Venezuela as it will be beefing up counter-narcotic operations in the Caribbean.  Not so coincidentally this new deployment follows an indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on narcoterrorist conspiracy charges, Maduro is accused of aiding in […]

Lebanon: The next Middle East powder keg waiting to explode

Lebanon: The next Middle East powder keg waiting to explode

Lebanon isn’t in the news much these days but has the potential to blow up into a major conflict.  The country is facing a couple of big problems right now Firstly, Lebanon is going through one of the deepest economic crises in the world today — a crisis that puts it in the precipice of […]

Venezuela rejects US offer to ease economic sanctions

Venezuela rejects US offer to ease economic sanctions

The Venezuelan government has rejected a United States offer to ease the crippling economic sanctions if the country accepts a U.S. proposal for a transitional government.  The plan, called “Democratic Transition Framework for Venezuela” was put forth and promoted by Pompeo. It consisted of a power-sharing government that would be made up of the opposition […]

Coercive Acts paved the way for the American Revolution

Coercive Acts paved the way for the American Revolution

Two hundred and forty-six years ago, the British Empire was reeling mad at the people of Massachusetts. And fed up with the hotheads from the Colonies, they were going to show all of them that the Crown had parliamentary authority over them and would reverse the trend of resistance coming from America.   In March of […]

Israeli Air Force strikes Syrian airbase believed to house Iranian troops

Israeli Air Force strikes Syrian airbase believed to house Iranian troops

The Israeli Air Force conducted another airstrike inside Syria, at the al-Shayrat airbase located in Homs. The Syrian state-run television channel, SANA, reported that their air defense systems fired on what they identified as Israeli warplanes flying over Lebanese airspace.  SANA media, quoting an Army official said that “the air defenses shot down a number […]

Yemeni Civil War: Saudis hit Iranian troops at missile sites

Yemeni Civil War: Saudis hit Iranian troops at missile sites

Saudi Arabia and its coalitions fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi movement in neighboring Yemen announced that they conducted airstrikes targeting rebel missile sites and Iranian military personnel stationed at these sites. On Monday, the Saudi-led coalition launched several of these airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, which is occupied by the Houthi rebels. This comes just two days […]

Over one century ago the US Army adopted the M1911 pistol

Over one century ago the US Army adopted the M1911 pistol

 The United States Army on March 29, 1911, adopted arguably the greatest combat pistol in history. The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge.  The ubiquitous M1911 served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Armed Forces for over 75 years, from 1911 to 1986. The pistol, […]

U.S.S. Indianapolis: A terrible and needless tragedy

U.S.S. Indianapolis: A terrible and needless tragedy

On July 30, 1945, in the closing days of World War II, the cruiser Indianapolis (CA-35), unescorted in the Pacific Ocean, was steaming for Leyte, having left Guam after just delivering the components for the atomic bomb to Tinian. The Indianapolis’ orders were to rendezvous with the battleship U.S.S. Idaho (BB-42), in the Leyte Gulf […]

Terrorist attack devastates Chadian Army base, hundreds of casualties

Terrorist attack devastates Chadian Army base, hundreds of casualties

Boko Haram has targeted a Chadian army base located on an island and inflicted the deadliest attack on Chad’s military forces yet. At 05:00 on Saturday, the terrorist group attacked the isolated Chadian base. The base is located across the Bohoma peninsula in Lac Province amid the large, marshy area bordering Lake Chad. The seven-hour […]

Stuck at home because of Coronavirus quarantine? Watch TV as a family

Stuck at home because of Coronavirus quarantine? Watch TV as a family

So, we’re all stuck at home without anywhere to go — although cars continue to zip past my house, which has a blind driveway, at twice the posted speed limit like they’re actually late for something important. But I digress… What to do when we’re all stuck at home and we’re trying to do the […]