Movie review: ‘The Siege of Jadotville’

Movie review: ‘The Siege of Jadotville’

Sometimes while I am working I like to throw in my wireless headphones and either listen to music or watch movies on my non-exploding Samsung Note 5 Android. Most of the time, I am content with really just listening while I work, even to movies, if I have seen them before. (I am on my […]

The Story of How Chief “Chevy” Saved the Life of a Shipmate

The Story of How Chief “Chevy” Saved the Life of a Shipmate

This is the story of US Navy Chief Gilbert “Chevy” Chavaria, as told by 3 of his VF-154 shipmates. They witnessed his heroic actions to save a life on the flight deck of the USS Coral Sea. Working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is one of the most dangerous places in the […]

FighterSweep Interviews Bremont Co-Founder Nick English

FighterSweep Interviews Bremont Co-Founder Nick English

FighterSweep and its parent company, Force12 Media, have recently launched a parternship with Bremont Watch Company. Bremont is now the official time keeper of Fighter Sweep and Force 12 Media. FighterSweep was lucky enough to sit down with Bremont co-founder Nick English to get his thoughts on the new partnership and how the Bremont Watch […]

Interview: Director National Naval Aviation Museum

FighterSweep.com was lucky enough to sit down with CAPT Sterling “Sterls” Gilliam, USN (ret) current Director of the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida to get his thoughts on Naval Aviation and what it is like to run the Navy’s premier museum. CAPT Gilliam has logged more than 4,600 flight hours in 22 different […]

A Fighter Pilot’s Passion: Helping Wounded Vets

A Fighter Pilot’s Passion: Helping Wounded Vets

Everyone sees the need to help Wounded Warriors. But not many people have the guts, desire, and passion to start their own 501(C)3 organization dedicated to helping those who have been severely injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. Well, one man did. Meet Joe Porrazzo, founder of Warrior Passion (www.warriorpassion.org) and retired USMC F-18 fighter pilot […]

Soyuz vs F-14: 6 Questions with Astronaut Reid Wiseman

Soyuz vs F-14: 6 Questions with Astronaut Reid Wiseman

Editor’s note:  In our inaugural “6 Questions” interview, FighterSweep.com was lucky enough to sit down with former F-14 Tomcat pilot and current NASA Astronaut CDR Reid “Tonto” Wiseman, USN, for a quick chat. We hope you enjoy! On May 29, 2014, Reid Wiseman launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station […]

“Unbroken” The Movie: Angelina Jolie Delivers

“Unbroken” The Movie: Angelina Jolie Delivers

“Unbroken” was everything I was expecting from “American Sniper” but didn’t get. If you know me, then you know I don’t do fluff movie reviews just to make studios and their PR firms happy; while an early screening invite is nice, it doesn’t buy my loyalty. I’ll give it to you straight, and I hope […]

American Sniper The Movie: Not What I Was Expecting

American Sniper The Movie: Not What I Was Expecting

As a SEAL sniper instructor who has trained over 300 students, I was really excited to see and expecting so much more from this movie. Cooper delivered an amazing performance as Chris Kyle, but Eastwood’s magic was lost outside of the first and last minutes of American Sniper.

A SEAL Sniper Instructor’s Review of The Movie Lone Survivor

A SEAL Sniper Instructor’s Review of The Movie Lone Survivor

If you don’t want to read on then I’ll just save you the trouble, and get straight to the point. It’s a great movie, go see it. I was invited to attend a screening of Lone Survivor in New York last week, and invited a few friends of SOFREP to attend (including Ian our radio […]