Category: Security

An Army sleep scientist is pushing for Trauma-Associated Sleep Disorder to be officially recognized.

On the afternoon of March 12, 2014, Jennifer Collins checked her phone and found a message from her husband, Dave Collins, a retired Navy SEAL. He’d texted to say that she should pick up their son from kindergarten, and then this: “So sorry baby. I love you all.” Hours later, two police officers showed up […]

As sometimes happens in rural America, someone has shot up a road sign. Given the gape of the hole and the fact that the road traverses Aberdeen Proving Ground, there’s a good chance it wasn’t made by a bullet. A proving ground is a spread of high-security acreage set aside for testing weapons and the […]

Kids this age love to claim their freedom of speech, Rahm says. But she also reminds them “that freedom really starts with self-control.”

Researchers at MIT and Princeton have built a new laser-powered terahertz spectroscopy system capable of detecting chemicals used in explosives. Terahertz spectroscopy is the measurement of electromagnetic radiation between the frequencies of microwaves and infrared. Scientists have long realized the radiation’s potential for bomb detection, but traditional terahertz spectroscopy systems are bulky and use lots […]

Obscured beyond installation gates, an understated brown building here houses a state-of-the-art lab where a team of scientific researchers investigates “invisible war wounds” — long- and short-term effects of blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury, which has become increasingly prevalent in recent military conflicts. Thuvan Piehler, a research chemist with the Army Research Laboratory’s Explosive Technology […]

Amy Quinn loved serving in the US navy but after she reported a series of sexual assaults, she was forced out of the military at 22 with claims she had a personality disorder. The mental health ruling by her superiors, which her current psychiatrist says is unfounded, ruined her hope of a second career in the […]

The AR-15 and its ancestor, the select-fire-capable M-16, have served the United States Armed Forces and their allies for nearly 50 years. Many of us know the history behind its selection and implementation, complete with all its growing pains. Today’s M-4 Carbine is similar to the original M16A1, but advancements in machining, design, materials, and powder make today’s […]

Once an enemy combatant is on the ground, Jim West says this is the time to “put them out of business.”

The best part of this video is watching Jim West break a board mid-air.

Reddit recently asked an interesting question, and I decided to expand on it here, at SOFREP. You’re in the CIA and you suspect a fellow agent to be a spy. They’re 25-35 and speak perfect English. What question do you ask to determine whether they grew up in the U.S.? Isaac Asimov once answered this questions […]

Even if you regularly use mind-altering substances, you probably still have that annoying friend or roommate who’s a little too into it. We’re talking about the guys who insist their weed is preventing cancer or who insist they’ve had spiritual, life-altering experiences on ecstasy (“Molly,” or whatever name MDMA goes by these days). It’s like it’s not […]