Col (Ret.) Nate Slate: The War of Feelings
The war of terror is not fought with bombs or bullets, but in the human heart, where fear seeks to claim ground that only we can choose to surrender.
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Four Stars to Six Years: Why Former Adm. Robert Burke Is Headed to Federal Prison
Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke’s fall from the Navy’s upper deck to a prison cell shows how the revolving door between four stars and six-figure “leadership training” gigs can turn honor into collateral.
Morning Brief: Ex-Midshipman Charged After Lockdown, Zelenskyy Urges Europe Air Shield, China-Philippines Standoff at Scarborough Shoal
Midshipman’s threat sparks Naval Academy lockdown, leads to federal charge. It’s Wednesday, September 17, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
Russian Española Paramilitary Group with Kalashnikov’s Latest Weapons
The so-called “Española” brigade—born from Russia’s football hooligan underworld—has become both a neo-Nazi mercenary force and a combat testbed for Moscow’s newest assault rifles in Ukraine.
Medal of Honor Monday: “Prepared to Give All”: The Story of SFC Paul R. Smith, The War on Terror’s First Medal of Honor
When the courtyard turned into a killing ground at Baghdad Airport, Paul R. Smith climbed into the turret, took the fight on his shoulders, and made damn sure his men walked away alive.
China’s Victory Day Parade Was a Live-Fire Syllabus for Future War
Beijing’s parade wasn’t a nostalgia act—it was a live-fire syllabus on how China plans to fight: with massed autonomy, spectrum dominance, and algorithms woven into steel.
Delta Force’s Colin “Chainsaw” Rich Shot in the Head a Second Time, Survives
Vegas may be a city that never sleeps, but that day, standing in front of Chainsaw with his broken cane and unwavering grin, I knew that some connections run deeper than any lights, noise, or the ghosts we carry in our heads.
Naval Academy Lockdown: How a False Threat Turned Into Real Gunfire
A bogus online threat spun Annapolis into chaos, ending with a midshipman mistakenly attacking a police officer and getting shot in the confusion.
Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: In Praise of a Cruel God
Years of envy and humiliation had hardened into a poverty of consciousness, where cruelty was mistaken for devotion and crime disguised itself as holy war.
Lockdown at the U.S. Naval Academy: What We Know—and What We Don’t
When the smoke of rumor is thicker than the facts, you steer by the brightest light—and right now, that’s the Navy’s plain statement: lockdown for threats, details still unknown.
Morning Brief: US Marks 24 Years Since 9/11 Attacks, Qatar Says Israeli Strike ‘Killed Any Hope’ for Gaza Hostage Release
US marks 24 years since 9/11, Charlie Kirk assassination, Russian drones breach Poland. Your SOFREP brief for Thursday, September 11, 2025.
SOF Pic of the Day: From Geo Hand’s Private Stash-Delta Operators and a Special Operations Military Working Dog
Delta Force operators pose with a Special Operations Military Working Dog.
