Author: Steve Balestrieri

Editor’s Update: After this article was published, Timothy Parlatore, Chief Gallagher’s lawyer, contacted SOFREP about some factual errors in the NYT article — which we had quoted. With respect to the stabbing incident, Parlatore said that SO1 Corey Scott didn’t change his testimony on the stand. Additionally, Chief Gallagher’s lawyer stated that SO2 Ivan Villanueva, […]

What we’re seeing here in the United States and elsewhere in the world is a huge problem, and it is growing. Attacks on people of the Jewish faith are getting worse and the mainstream media here in the U.S. is turning a blind eye to it all.  The latest violent incident took place in Monsey, […]

A missile attack on a parade for graduating Yemeni recruits of the Security Belt Forces on Sunday killed at least 10 people and wounded 21. The attack occurred in the town of al-Dhalea that is a frequent battleground between the forces of the government and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Terrorists from al-Qaeda are also active […]

A Mexican Director of Public Safety in Janos, Mexico has been arrested in the murder investigation of members of a Mormon family, the LeBarons. The family, which held dual U.S. and Mexican citizenships, was ambushed and nine of its members were murdered on a highway in Mexico in November. Fidel Alejandro Villegas was the police […]

On Sunday, the United States hit back with airstrikes at Kata’ib Hezbollah — an Iranian proxy militia — in Iraq and Syria. The airstrikes were in retaliation to the terrorist group’s hit of a U.S. base outside Kirkuk, Iraq, with a missile attack on Friday. The attack killed one contractor and wounded four American soldiers. […]

Most Americans today don’t recognize the name Billy Mitchell, but he is considered the father of the United States Air Force. Mitchell was a very early proponent of airpower and was the commander of all American air forces in France during World War I.  Mitchell was a forward thinker who predicted decades before World War […]

The Islamic State has released a disturbing video showing them behead 10 Christians that the group claims to have captured in Nigeria. An 11th captive, shown in the video in the middle of the group, was shot in the head.  ISIS didn’t release any details, but claimed that the men were all captured in the […]

Sometimes it pays to have friends in high places. And in the case of the United States Naval Academy, they can thank their relationship with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick, both of whom have close ties to Annapolis. The Patriots came to the aid of the Midshipmen football team […]

As anyone who has read about the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) and SOE (Special Operations Executive) of World War II knows, Virginia Hall is one of the true rock stars of the clandestine services for both Britain and the United States.  In the outstanding book, “A Woman of No Importance,” Sonia Purnell tells a […]

In a move that sounds like something from the playbook of the Czars or like the purges of Stalin when “enemies of the state” were exiled to Siberia, the government of Vladimir Putin has dusted off those tactics. Ruslan Shaveddinov a close ally of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was arrested, forcibly conscripted in the […]

Islamic terrorists attacked the town of Arbinda and its military base in the northern Soum province of Burkina Faso. The attack resulted in the killing of 35 civilians — 31 of them women — who were fetching water at the time of the attack. After several hours of fighting, the military was able to successfully […]

The Pentagon has issued a directive advising military members to beware of the growing popularity of the home DNA and ancestry kits, as they pose a higher security risk for military members than for their civilian counterparts. The home kits are growing in popularity and are at this time of year a popular Christmas gift […]