SOFREP Evening Brief: Trump Confronts South Africa’s Ramaphosa Over White Farmer Killings and Land Seizure Claims
Review the day’s key developments in defense and global affairs with SOFREP’s Evening Brief – Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
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Delta Force Over Fort Bragg: Cloudy Skies and Corn Fields
Bold Bob, with his laptop duct-taped to the plane, dismissed standard procedures and led his team into the clouds.
The Legacy of Black Hawk Down: Operation Gothic Serpent and the Fate of the Crew of Super Six Four
A single RPG hit turned a routine mission into a desperate fight for survival, and Chief Warrant Officer Michael Durant lived to tell the harrowing tale of Super Six Four.
Palmer Luckey’s AI Fighter Jet “Fury” Is Rewriting the Future of War
Fury is so much more than a drone—it’s an extension of Palmer Luckey’s middle finger to the defense industry’s status quo, powered by Lattice and taking out bad guys at the speed of sound.
The Bolduc Brief: The Military’s Recruitment and Retention Crisis – Reflections on Leadership and Policy
When a quarter of recruits are walking away and leaders are still patting themselves on the back, it’s not just a crisis—it’s a refusal to acknowledge reality.
SOFREP Morning Brief: Trump Unveils $175B Defense Plan
Kick off your Wednesday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief – the latest on defense and global affairs, May 21, 2025.
SOFREP Evening Brief: Britain and European Union Impose New Sanctions on Russia, Taiwan’s President Lai Vows Defense Buildup
Review the day’s key developments in defense and global affairs with SOFREP’s Evening Brief – Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
SOFREP Pic of the Day: Indian Air Force Pilot Inspects an Astra Beyond Visual Range Air To Air Missile Mounted on His Flanker-H
Locally built and lethally capable, the Su-30MKI armed with Astra missiles is India’s way of saying, “We make our own monsters now.”
SOFREP Morning Brief: Houthis Threaten Naval Blockade of Israel’s Haifa Port, Egyptian Military Training Aircraft Crashes, Trump Announces Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire Talks
Stay informed with SOFREP’s Morning Brief for Tuesday, May 20, 2025, featuring the latest updates in defense and international affairs.
SOFREP Evening Brief: Israel Intercepts Missile from Yemen as Houthis Target Ben Gurion Airport, Russia Bans Amnesty International
Stay on top of the news with the SOFREP Evening Brief: Top updates on defense and global affairs for Monday, May 19, 2025.
Medal of Honor Monday: The Story of Henry Johnson, The “One Man Army”
Henry Johnson didn’t need elevated rank to prove his worth—just a rifle, a bolo knife, and the guts to take on a German raiding party alone in the dead of night.
Montana Guardsman’s Airborne Antler Heist Gets Them in Hot Water
When you’ve got a $5.9 million Black Hawk at your disposal and a hankering for elk antlers, common sense apparently flies right out the open cockpit door.
