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Starting to get more miles under our feet. At selection you’ll be expected to withstand great distance with weight on your back. Preparation is everything. Try to land on your mid-foot, right at the arch of the boot and slightly forward towards the balls of your feet. Don’t let your feet linger on the ground […]
At age 96, Cyrus Porter is a devoted Taylor Swift fan. He’s traveled from his rural Missouri home to St. Louis and Memphis, Tennessee, to see her in concert. On Monday, in the midst of a thunderstorm, the concert came to the World War II combat veteran, a surprise visit from the singer and her […]
Feature Image, Norwood, SOFREP Award-Winning Contributing Editor I am a decent writer, so I fancy, but I no longer consider myself the best writer in SOFREP, so went an essay I jokingly wrote months ago to brag on other writers in the organization. I no longer consider myself the best, because in fact Mr. Norwood […]
How did we do this Christmas? There are a few books I received that I wanted to point out as something special. I was able to review a few chapters of my friend Paul Ciolino’s new book about the history of paramedics prior to publication, and highly recommend it. It is a story largely unwritten until […]
I hope you had a great Xmas and holiday break – which I hope for you is on-going until the new year. Myself, among of series of gifts one thing that might be interesting to you is the Fitbit Charge 2. Honestly, I like it. It’s connected with some other apps and monitors by heart […]
President Barack Obama has granted 78 people pre-Christmas pardons, more than doubling the amount allowed during his eight-year tenure. But accused Army deserter Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was not among them. The White House announced the pardons Monday afternoon alongside Obama’s decision to commute the sentences of 153 other individuals. White House Counsel Neil Eggleston left […]
I was in my senior year of high school when 9/11 happened. Al-Qaeda was behind the attack, and we were now at war. I joined the Army and served in American special operations units in Iraq and Afghanistan. There, I got to see the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and other jihadi militants up close, confirming beyond any […]
The continent of Africa in the 1990s was a cauldron of warlords, failed states, and genocide. From the Rwandan genocide in the east to the decades-long civil war in Angola in the west, to the changes in post-apartheid government of South Africa, people were dying, dictators oppressed their own people, and the continent cried out for solutions. The […]
A very Merry Christmas to all of the SOFREP readers out there! I was going to do the regular news roundup, but everything has pretty much shut down for the week, so there wasn’t much in the way of news anyway. Even the social justice warriors have all gone home to lecture grandma about their preferred gender […]
It might be trite – annoying -unwanted, but Christmas is as good a day as any other to review our place in the world as Americans. Mostly, how lucky we are – there are profound civil wars underway in Syria and Ukraine. Venezuela is destabilizing at a meteoric rate. Jordan has been overwhelmed and under siege […]
Hey SOFREP Mafia! We hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Here are some Christmas wishes from the writers of SOFREP.- Desiree May 2017 be nothing like 2016…fuckers – Vasilis Chronopoulos Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and whatever else you celebrate…best wishes for a safe and prosperous 2017 from the only chocolate […]
A fairy tale. Nestled deep in a dark and foreboding forest, a village exists. This village is special. Its inhabitants are virtuous and good, for the most part, and in their walled and protected village, they shelter from the horrors that abound in the surrounding woods. In those woods live two-headed wolves, bears as tall […]
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Have you ever tried to wear a fleece hoodie in bad weather? We don’t recommend it. That’s why we founded BÆRSkin in 2019 – to create the world’s best outdoor gear that’s just as comfortable at home as it is durable outdoors. “Bad fitting, bulky, and boring” is how we felt about 1000’s of regular fleece hoodies we tested.
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Our roots in shooting sports started off back in 1996 with our founder and CEO, Josh Ungier. His love of airguns took hold of our company from day one and we became the first e-commerce retailer dedicated to airguns, optics, ammo, and accessories. Over the next 25 years, customers turned to us for our unmatched product selection, great advice, education, and continued support of the sport and airgun industry.
