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Vice Admiral Cooper is doing more than charting a new course for CENTCOM—he’s steering the whole ship through the storm with a steady hand and his eyes wide open.

He didn’t die a misunderstood young man—he died a coward who lured heroes into the woods and shot them in the back.

Roy Benavidez wasn’t awarded the Medal of Honor because he was fearless—he earned it because he was wounded, outgunned, and still chose to charge straight into hell to bring his brothers home.

Bligh’s not your typical Pentagon paper-pusher—he’s the kind of guy who knows how to draft a legal brief in the morning and call for close air support by noon.

Mastering calm under duress in water is crucial for Navy SEALs, forming their training’s foundation and effectiveness.

Admiral Daryl Caudle isn’t coming to polish brass or shuffle paper—he’s showing up with a warfighter’s résumé, a submariner’s grit, and a battle plan to drag the Navy out of bureaucratic drydock and back into fighting trim.

If generals can wreck billion-dollar programs and still ride off into quiet retirement, then accountability in the Pentagon is little more than a myth.

As Israeli missiles pound Iran’s nuclear sites, Tulsi Gabbard scrambles to clarify shifting intel on Tehran’s bomb ambitions, while JD Vance digs in on keeping troops in L.A.—arguing that from the Middle East to California, failed leadership demands federal muscle. Welcome to Saturday, June 21st, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright didn’t die in combat, but in the unforgiving crucible of preparation—where the Army sharpens its blade and sometimes bleeds in the process.

Turning the Army’s 250th birthday into a $45 million political pageant insults the very soldiers it should be honoring—reducing centuries of sacrifice to a hollow campaign backdrop.

The American flag isn’t merely a symbol—it’s a sacred thread woven through every act of service, every sacrifice, and every inch of freedom we’ve earned and must defend.

On a day when Iran threatens to choke off the world’s oil supply, DC rolls out tanks for a $45 million parade, a Marine vet congressman tells the Secretary of Defense to take a hike, and a fake cop guns down Minnesota lawmakers in cold blood—America feels less like it’s celebrating 250 years and more like it’s holding the line on chaos. Welcome to SOFREP’s Evening Brief for Saturday, June 14, 2025.