Life

What would you do if you’re in the middle of the war zone and you suddenly craved pizza? Don’t worry, MRE’s got your back.

What would you do if you’re stranded in the middle of nowhere with nothing but some blocks of wood and your shoelaces?

Green Beret and Medal of Honor recipient Gary Beikirch passed away the day after Christmas after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72. His heroic actions as a Special Forces Medic in an isolated village of Montagnards in Vietnam are the stuff of legends. Badly wounded himself and unable to stand or walk, he had himself carried to various casualties in order to treat their wounds.

Many people will either be hosting or heading out to holiday parties and get-togethers to celebrate Christmas and the upcoming New Year. Others will take the time to rest and recharge their batteries and spend some quiet time at home.  If you are one of the latter and want to spend some quiet time reading […]

Brian Hudson gives a funny take on how deploying to so many bases and so many places make it hard to remember sometimes where you actually are settled in finally.

What are you gonna do if you find yourself out in the wild with nothing but a murky puddle as your water source?

The origins of the National Guard are older than America itself as a country. At 385 years old, the National Guard is the nation’s oldest military branch.

SOFREP’s resident Football expert and Senior Editor Steve Balestrieri gives you the rundown on the 122nd Army-Navy football game.

Under The Influence In one of the stranger, side-stories about Pearl Harbor and the immediate aftermath is the story that when President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his speech to Congress on December 8, 1941, after the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, that he quite possibly was under the influence of cocaine.  The issue was […]

Our homes should be our sanctuaries. But it’s not always so. These tips will you you keep your home safe and secure.

Veterans seeking help for the mental health complications that accompany PTSD are turning to untested and potentially dangerous forms of treatment in the absence of timely treatment by the Veterans Administration.

I started carefully documenting all his bad behavior, every incident I could think of.