Veteran Culture

India’s Military Chief of Staff Killed In Helicopter Crash

General Bipin Rawat the Chief of Staff of the Indian military has been killed with at least eleven others in a fiery helicopter crash in northern India. General Rawat, was traveling with his wife and staff to the Defense Services Staff College in Wellington in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to deliver a lecture. He was sixty-three years old and came from a family of distinguished military service.

SOFREP Confidential, Crime And COVID In The Big City

Navigating through all the various and often contradictory COVID rules and regulations while travelling can be tedious and more than just a little aggravating. On a recent trip to New York City, the Editor In Chief for SOFREP found its people were rather defiant about enforcing the rules and regulations imposed on them by Mayor Deblasio, and that the city seemed pretty safe in spite of media reports that crime was rampant.

What Being a Veteran Means to Me

I do not define myself by my military service. It was the longest job I’ve ever held, with some of the proudest and most horrible moments I’ve ever had.

‘Here I Am, Send Me’

On Veterans Day we remember those who when their country asked, “Who will give their very lives to defend us?” raised their hands and said, “Here am I, send me.”