Category: Navy

From reported strikes on Ali Khamenei’s compound to ballistic missile salvos arcing over Tel Aviv and Gulf bases bracing under drone swarms, Operation Epic Fury has ignited a multi-domain fight stretching from Tehran to the Red Sea, where confirmation is scarce, interceptors are finite, and the next 24 hours will decide whether this becomes a decapitation strike or the opening phase of a regional systems war.

The United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran targeting senior leadership and military infrastructure, as Tehran responded with missile attacks on Israel and Gulf states hosting U.S. forces, expanding the conflict across the region.

The United States and Israel launched major combat operations against Iran as Tehran retaliated across Israel and the Gulf, while the Army placed a $186 million order for Switchblade drones, DOD schools saw a leadership shakeup, and West Virginia’s machine gun bill died in committee.

A clogged toilet on a $13-billion aircraft carrier makes for easy propaganda, but it doesn’t ground the air wing, sideline the strike group, or signal the fall of American sea power — it just means sailors are fixing pipes while the ship stays on mission.

A U.S. submarine surfaced off Greenland for an emergency medical evacuation, an armed man was shot after breaching Mar-a-Lago’s perimeter, DHS reversed a TSA PreCheck suspension during the shutdown, and Greenland declined President Trump’s offer of a U.S. hospital ship.

After an MH-60S Seahawk sank nearly four miles into the Philippine Sea in January 2020, the U.S. Navy executed a record-setting deep-water recovery in March 2021 to retrieve critical components for the mishap investigation and prevent sensitive equipment from remaining on the ocean floor.

U.S. naval forces mass near Iran as tensions rise, while fighting intensifies in Tigray and Myanmar and new allegations shake Ukraine’s foreign legion.

A U.S. destroyer command relief during certification, Japan’s live testing of a 100 kW shipboard laser, Indonesia’s contingency planning for a Gaza stabilization mission, and a Coast Guard icebreaker visit to New York Harbor highlight shifting maritime security dynamics across multiple theaters.

From Starlink terminals keeping Iranian protesters online, to a Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over a war memorial helmet, to the Navy’s push for ship-launched long-range strike drones, and a Houston gun-jugging robbery that ended in a shootout.

BROTHERS rips Yaël Sion out of the warm, so‑called safety of the team, strips her down past rank, résumé, and operator ego, and dares you to suck it up and ride shotgun while she bleeds, breaks, and still brings unholy hell to the world that cut her loose.

Second phase of BUD/S doesn’t just test your body—it tries to crush your soul, your sanity, and, occasionally, your ability to keep your reproductive organs in their rightful place.

This is part one of a nine-part series of interviews SOFREP conducted with SEAL Team-Six founder Richard “Demo Dick” Marcinko