4-star liars: What is happening to our senior military leaders?

4-star liars: What is happening to our senior military leaders?

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on October 27, 2017. It is being republished in conjunction with the announcement that Army General John Nicholson is relinquishing command of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan today (September 9, 2018). Like the various senior officers mentioned below, General Nicholson’s questionable track record deserves to be highlighted […]

Marine Recon: Surviving war only to battle invisible injuries at home

Marine Recon: Surviving war only to battle invisible injuries at home

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by SOFREP.com on April 24, 2017. This updated version of the article is being published due to the recent news that now-Colonel Homiak has been selected as the Commander of the Marine Raider Support Group based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. All accounts in this article are based on […]

Global oil market steady despite uncertainty in Tehran

Global oil market steady despite uncertainty in Tehran

The global oil market is remaining steady, in part due to the loss of supply from Iran thanks to U.S. sanctions. According to a report from Reuters, energy traders are enthusiastic about the upcoming sanctions, which are set to target the Iranian oil industry in November of this year. Iranian oil production appears to be […]

The commander who was willing to sacrifice our own for the ‘greater good’

The commander who was willing to sacrifice our own for the ‘greater good’

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by SOFREP.com on June 13, 2016. A week prior to the article’s publication, the author reached out to Travis Homiak directly via DoD email to ask for comment on information in this article only to be redirected to the Marine Corps Public Affairs Office. A follow-up request was made […]

Bangladesh to stop labeling refugees ‘forcibly displaced’ due to Myanmar request

Bangladesh to stop labeling refugees ‘forcibly displaced’ due to Myanmar request

Until now, the Bangladesh government has been labeling Rohingya refugees out of Myanmar as “forcibly displaced” since October of last year. At that point in time, approximately 500,000 people had fled from the military violence in Myanmar across the border and into Bangladesh. Since then, an additional 200,000 has made for a total of 700,000 […]

Analysis: At least 48 killed in suicide attack in Kabul, likely the Islamic State

Analysis: At least 48 killed in suicide attack in Kabul, likely the Islamic State

An explosion ripped through an education center in Kabul, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive strapped to their person, killing at least 48 and wounding approximately 67 — these numbers are still coming in and will likely change as more details become apparent. The mass majority of the victims, who were civilians, were young […]

Old Man Fitness: Just go to the damn doctor

Old Man Fitness: Just go to the damn doctor

We’re all tough guys/gals here, right? We work through achy joints and old injuries, we push ourselves past old limits, and when we get hurt, we push through that too. If you’re anything like me, you probably derive some level of pride from your ability to withstand punishment, your willingness to work through the hurt, […]

Analysis: 14 dead in attempted Taliban city assault

Analysis: 14 dead in attempted Taliban city assault

The Taliban conducted an all-out assault on Ghazni, the capital of the Ghazni province on Friday. Though the attack failed, they killed at least 14 Afghan police officers in the process, wounding another 20. They hit the city from several points of ingress, attempting to overrun it and expel U.S.-backed forces from the city. The […]

SYRIZA government in Greece in trouble after poorly handling wildfires

SYRIZA government in Greece in trouble after poorly handling wildfires

The shock and anger that the Greek public is feeling is bad news for the government and their clumsy “damage control” isn’t helping at all. It went bad from the start, and the general feeling is that the government was more interested in saving face than accepting responsibility for whatever mistakes might have been made. […]

Man accused of trafficking over 80 women in Ohio

Man accused of trafficking over 80 women in Ohio

Law enforcement officials have potentially uncovered a sex trafficking ring involving approximately 80 women, which has been operational for around 15 years. Ronald Hellman, 50, is set to go on trial, and his bond is set at $100,000. Hellman reportedly was planning on skipping town, upon discovering that his cohort Charles Krusak, 77, had been arrested […]