Since we are in the midst of the Coronavirus season, I figured it would be a great time to talk about the Veterans Affairs health care system. Since I got out of the Navy, I’ve been taking advantage of the VA health care benefits that I’m entitled to. All military members with an honorable discharge […]
Editor’s note: One of our friends and readers at SOFREP, Heath Hansen, has frequently contributed to our site with his experiences. Here is another story of his, and you’ll no doubt enjoy this one as much as his other fine work. November 1st, 2017. I get a call from my buddy — my buddy rarely […]
Editor’s note. This article was written by our dear friend Alex Hollings for and published at Sandboxx. SOFREP old-timers will find another familiar face in the piece. When it comes to motivation, Navy SEALs have plenty to spare, but we know one guy that could even make some SEALs look lazy. Earning your place among […]
Everything, it seems, has been shut down in an attempt to curtail the spread of COVID-19. So it seemed like a really bad time to hold a fundraiser for cancer this past Sunday. But things have a way of working out. While no one could have predicted what is now transpiring with the virus’ spread […]
Frank Buckles lived an amazing and long life. He joined the Army at only 16 years old to fight in World War I, and later as a civilian, working in the Philippines, was captured by the Japanese at the outset of World War II. He survived three hellish years as a POW at Los Banos […]
In an intriguing move earlier last week, the Pentagon decided to cut the government funding for the Stars and Stripes newspaper as part of the 2021 FY budget. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said that the newspaper “is not a priority.” Esper, speaking to the press at NATO headquarters, defended the move: “So, we trimmed […]
Jim Sursely wouldn’t have it any other way. He’s been mentoring and helping wounded veterans, such as himself, for the past 50 years. He still helps veterans although now he’s semi-retired in the Orlando, FL area. He grew up in Rochester, MN and graduated from high school in May of 1966. By his own admission, […]
We’ve had the privilege to be able to sit down with a number of veterans who have represented our country and the veteran community well. Too often it seems, that only the negative side of the veteran community gets attention these days, while the vast majority is doing tremendous work both in uniform and when […]
Bobby Barrera always wanted to be in the military, and once he got in, he wanted to go to Vietnam. But he’d only been there for six weeks when his entire world and life would change forever in a huge fireball. As his armored personnel carrier was crossing a rice paddy and the Viet Cong […]
There is a certain culture found in the special operations community. These guys are considered to be some of the toughest, strongest, smartest, and most capable individuals in the U.S. military. It is common knowledge that if you need to make a bad guy disappear or to rescue someone from a hostile environment, that one […]
This is the type of phone call you never want to receive…”I’ve got some bad news for you.” Oh shit, those never are the first words you want to hear out of an old SF friend’s mouth when you get a call early on a weekend morning. My buddy “S.” was a friend from some […]
Many times we only hear about NFL players in the news for the wrong reasons: when they run afoul of the law; when they are sued for bad behavior; or when they utter something on social media that makes people cringe. But Alejandro Villanueva is not one of those people. The former West Point cadet […]
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