Evening Brief: Secret Service Finds Hunting Stand with Line of Site to Air Force One, Israel Fires on Gaza, North Korean Soldier Defects

Evening Brief: Secret Service Finds Hunting Stand with Line of Site to Air Force One, Israel Fires on Gaza, North Korean Soldier Defects

On a day when the Secret Service discovered a suspicious hunting stand with a line of sight to Air Force One in West Palm Beach, Israel struck Gaza amid a fragile truce after fire near Rafah, a North Korean soldier crossed the DMZ to defect, and Tehran declared JCPOA restraints over. It’s Sunday, October 19th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.

Morning Brief: Vance Addresses Marines For Corps Birthday, US Repatriates Alleged Drug Traffickers, Durand Line Goes Quiet

Morning Brief: Vance Addresses Marines For Corps Birthday, US Repatriates Alleged Drug Traffickers, Durand Line Goes Quiet

From Red Beach where Marine Vice President JD Vance saluted a roaring 250th birthday, to Caribbean waters where a Navy strike sank a narco sub and sent its survivors home into a legal gray sea, to the Durand Line where guns fell quiet under Qatari and Turkish mediation, the week showed American power flexing while policy and peace try to keep pace. Welcome to Sunday, October 19, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Evening Brief: Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Under Repair, Tenth Hostage Body Returned, Army Colonel is New President of Madagascar

Evening Brief: Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Under Repair, Tenth Hostage Body Returned, Army Colonel is New President of Madagascar

In a week when a rare frontline truce let crews re-string Zaporizhzhia’s lifeline and Gaza’s fragile ceasefire yielded a tenth fallen hostage, Madagascar’s colonel-turned-president took the oath while the crowds that toppled Rajoelina wait to see if power, water, and promises finally show up. It’s Saturday, October 18th, 2025. This is your evening brief.