Sully’s Squad book excerpt: Flashback to December 7, 1941

Editor’s note: Enjoy this excerpt from SOFREP author Kevin Wilson’s book, Sully’s Squad. The book will be published on May 25, 2020. The main characters of Sully’s Squad are rooted locally to upstate New York and the novel is partially based and dedicated to a local war hero. Sully’s Squad is not only a WWII […]

The Pic of the Day: Security Forces Airmen remember their fallen

Staff Sgt. Alexa Ammerman 60th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, carries the guidon on the final lap of the 24-hour ruck march at the Duck Pond on Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Members of the 60th Security Forces Squadron and the 821st Contingency Response Group ran behind her to conclude the memorial run […]

The Pic of the Day: What’s going on with USS Theodore Roosevelt?

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is moored pier side at Naval Base Guam May 15, 2020. Theodore Roosevelt’s COVID-negative crew returned from quarantine beginning on April 29 and is making preparations to return to sea to continue their scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. The aircraft carrier was rocked by some hot drama […]

Weekend News Roundup: C’mon Iran, Wonder Woman, Rebel lockdown protesters in Raleigh

Attention: this essay contains language and images that may be offensive to some. Maskless Madman Menaces McDonald’s, Amasses Malice, Makes Mockery of Metropolis Jason Daddario of Brooklyn, Conn. It wasn’t exactly that he came, he saw, he conquered… It was more like he came to McDonald’s, threw a hissy bitch-fit, smashed a window, then stole […]

The Video of the Week: Greek Navy SEALs

In the following video, Hellenic Navy SEALs conduct training somewhere in the Aegean. During the exercise, the SEALs honed their over-the-beach, quick-reaction, close-quarters-combat, and sniper capabilities.

The Pic of the Day: Thunderbirds inbound!

The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, “Thunderbirds”, fly over the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Mercy’s transit to San Diego. Mercy deployed to Los Angeles in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and served as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allowed shore-based hospitals to focus […]

The Pic of the Day: Airmen and firemen

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Adrianna Hopkins, 312th Training Squadron instructor, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, and Senior Airman Christian Hibner, 7th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, Dyess AFB, Texas, participate in a burn exercise at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, October, 2018. The 52nd FES Airmen stay mission ready through the COVID-19 pandemic with consistent training to […]

The Pic of the Day: Monitoring air traffic from the inside of a battleship

Air Traffic Controller 2nd Class Ronnie Bullard, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), observes flight patterns May 7, 2020. Bataan is the flagship for the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and, with embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet in support of naval operations to help ensure […]

The Pic of the Day: Nice wheels, mate

British Soldiers, assigned to the Legion Troop, C Squadron, also known as the Light Dragoons, conduct a reconnaissance exercise during NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group-Poland mission in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, May 6, 2020. NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence consists of four battalion-sized battle groups deploying on a persistent rotational basis to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and […]

Brandon Webb: Why I joined the Navy SEAL Teams

When I was 16, my father and I had a huge argument which resulted in my leaving home. I don’t remember what I said that finally set him off, but whatever it was, it brought to an end not only my trip with my family but also my life with my family. Suddenly my dad […]

The Pic of the Day: French commandos carry their fallen

On May 11, 2019, French naval commandos carried out a hostage rescue operation in Burkina Faso. Four men, including one American, had been captured by terrorists. During the operation, two French operators were killed: Petty Officer First Class Cedric de Pierrepont, age 32, and Petty Officer First Class  Alain Bertoncello, age 27. All the hostages […]

A Navy SEAL’s top 5 post-apocalyptic books that should be films

This article was written by Frumentarius and originally published on Sandboxx. If you are strange like me, and dealing with today’s pandemic-saddled world by devouring novels, television shows, and movies about the apocalypse, pandemics, and post-apocalyptic existence, then you have probably come across these five novels. All five describe either the threat of human extinction […]