Category: North America

As regular readers of this author will know, I have a soft spot for those who go from the world of U.S. special operations to the fire service.  Likewise, I admire those who stand out as parents and raise their kids using the skills, principals, and traits they developed in their professional lives within the […]

Hate groups are on the rise in the US, prompting questions over how to stop the spread of such ideologies. A former white supremacist says violence against these activists is unlikely to convince them to leave movements. He says “compassion” is the key to changing minds. The deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has laid bare […]

The United States Marine Corps is no stranger to high-profile guests.  Katy Perry once filmed an entire music video, that aside from insinuating women should shave their heads prior to enlistment, served as much as a recruiting commercial as it did a chance for Perry to strut her stuff.  These kinds of deals are beneficial […]

In recent months, North Korea’s efforts to build and arm a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile have garnered significant attention, but it’s important to remember that Kim Jong-un isn’t the only nuclear player on the block.  Another nation the United States has found itself butting heads with increasing frequency already possesses a massive nuclear stockpile (the […]

Recently an article on the Huffington Post posited that service in the United States military leads to the “unfortunate side effect” of developing racial prejudices, a stance the writer supported by explaining that his uncle was a police officer in the NYPD, and also prejudiced.  I wish I could offer you a more logical explanation […]

As Hurricane Harvey closes in on Texas, where some portions of the state are predicted to receive as much as 35 inches of rain, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called on the Texas Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Texas State Guard, and Texas Military Department to activate and proposition assets and personnel around the […]

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday night that the White House is preparing to send guidance to the Pentagon to implement President Trump’s ban on transgender people being allowed to serve in the U.S. military. According to the memo, which SOFREP was not able to independently verify, the new regulations will include barring transgender applicants […]

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended Thursday that President Trump alter at least three national monuments established by his immediate predecessors, including two in Utah, a move expected to reshape federal land and water protections and certain to trigger major legal fights. In a report Zinke submitted to the White House, the secretary recommended reducing the size […]

One person has been wounded and a hostage situation is in progress at a restaurant on King Street, a tourist area of Charleston. Multiple police units including SWAT and a bomb squad are on scene. A man said to be an employee walked into Virginia’s restaurant with what’s described as a small-caliber revolver and declared […]

Even before the demonstration in Virginia began last weekend, the police there knew they weren’t going to be able to handle what was coming. Charlottesville police officers, including Sgt. Jake Via of the investigations bureau, had been contacting organizers and scanning social media to figure out how many demonstrators were headed their way and whether […]

How many of you saw the solar eclipse? How many of you would have loved seeing the eclipse from an airplane! Here is your opportunity to do just that. This article is courtesy of Fighter Sweep.

“What are you?” a member of the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston asked at the trial of the white man who killed eight of her fellow black parishioners and their pastor. “What kind of subhuman miscreant could commit such evil?… What happened to you, Dylann?” Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah spent months in South Carolina searching […]