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The famous Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu once wrote that you should always make it appear that an avenue of retreat is open to an encircled enemy to prevent them from fighting to the death with the courage of despair. The Biden administration and western European leadership need to give Putin a dignified off-ramp, or […]
Reading lists issued by military commanders is nothing new, but what may be new is the shift away from subjects related to winning wars and battles to books about sociology to subjects like Critical Race Theory, anti-racism, and managing bureaucracies.
(Editor Note; SOFREP invites our readers to submit articles for consideration for publication. Today we bring you this fascinating essay by Marine and law enforcement officer Jeff Takeda on how meditation helped him to become a better cop in situations of extreme stress on the job. Send your submissions to [email protected] and please include a […]
Former Navy SEAL and officer Kaj Larsen tells us the recent death of a sailor at Navy SEALs Bud/s training with the hospitalization of another following Hell Week reminds us of an important lesson about the economic theory behind brutally this tough training and why it has to be in order to be cost-effective in terms of human lives.
SOFREP member Marcie was at home with her child and pregnant with her second when two home invaders broke into her house. What happened next totally changed her views on gun ownership in America.
Marijuana is still a contentious issue. Although 37 states have legalized it in some form the VA has a very uneasy relationship with it.
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.
The breach of the U.S. Embassy grounds in Yemen casts President Biden’s overtures to the Houthis in a bad light.
People join the Armed Forces for a variety of reasons, but no one knows what it really means to serve till after they go through the wash.
Either mandate the vaccine across the board or don’t. Either make punishment equal across the military or forget the whole thing.
We have to think about what we can learn from this tragic accident to prevent it from happening again, instead of going after Alec Baldwin.
The regional balance allows Iran to move its pieces against the Golan Heights. Israel is determined to stop that and aims to repopulate the area.
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Have you ever tried to wear a fleece hoodie in bad weather? We don’t recommend it. That’s why we founded BÆRSkin in 2019 – to create the world’s best outdoor gear that’s just as comfortable at home as it is durable outdoors. “Bad fitting, bulky, and boring” is how we felt about 1000’s of regular fleece hoodies we tested.
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