Medal of Honor Monday: Chaplain Emil J. Kapaun
When the line broke at Unsan, Father Emil Kapaun moved toward the fire, pulled the wounded to life, and showed men that leadership starts at the point of impact.
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Morning Brief: US Navy Marks 250th Anniversary, Indirect Gaza Truce Talks Underway, Kim Jong Un Inspects New Destroyer
National Guards in Chicago, Gaza talks in Egypt, Russia pounds Ukraine, more news. Here’s your Monday morning rundown, October 6, 2025.
Evening Brief: Rubio Says Gaza War Not Over Yet, Deadly Shooting in Montgomery, Alabama, Protester Shot in Chicago
From Rubio warning that Gaza’s war is still live and the hostage file will prove it, to Montgomery’s nightlife district turned casualty scene with two dead and twelve wounded, to Chicago’s Brighton Park where a boxed in Border Patrol convoy met ramming cars and gunfire, the weekend showed fragile talks, lethal streets, and truth that lives on tape. It’s Sunday, October 5, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.
A T-shirt Got Me Through Navy SEAL Training Hell Week (Pt. 1)
Visualizing what life will look and feel like after you do something is a powerful experience. I wanted that T-shirt.
Survival Tips from a Special Forces Survival Expert
Readying yourself for a survival situation begins in your mind; begin with these tips from a Special Forces officer and survival expert.
Violence of Action. Take Your Shot the Navy SEAL Way
It amazed me how often I saw SEAL sniper students make the stalk successfully, set up position for firing with time to spare, but never take the shot.
Pic of the Day: The REAL Faces of War
War is not glorious; it is the white hot rattle of a MEDEVAC, two blood slick hands locked after an IED blast near Kandahar, and a young sergeant who learns the hard Latin that war is only sweet for those who have not been through it.
Morning Brief: Judge Blocks Trump’s Plan to Send Troops to Portland, Bombings Continue in Gaza, Billionaire Elected in Czech Republic
As a federal judge slams the brakes on Trump’s Portland troop move and Gaza still shakes under fire despite a White House peace pitch, Andrej Babiš rides a populist surge that could tilt Prague’s compass toward Orbán and away from Brussels and Kyiv in a three front stress test for Western resolve. Welcome to Sunday, October 5th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Sunday Morning Brief.
Evening Brief: Trump May Appear on $1 Coin, Hamas Agrees to Release Hostages, Multiple Drone Sightings Disrupt Denmark
As Treasury flirts with a $1 Trump coin stamped “FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT” and runs into the living portraits rule, Hamas says it will free every hostage under Trump’s 72 hour Gaza plan while ducking disarmament, and drones over Denmark turn Europe’s airspace into a hybrid battlefield that drains NATO’s time, fuel, and focus. It’s Saturday, October 4th, 2025. This is your SOFREP evening brief.
Jon Harrison Abruptly Fired as Navy Chief of Staff
Harrison turned the Navy’s front office into a command post, but when Hung Cao’s confirmation made that turf grab look like a blockade, Hegseth ran the FAFO playbook, pulled the plug, and reminded the E-Ring that power without permission is a short tour.
SOFREP Saturday Cartoon: Tighten the Waist, Ignore the Waste
Command squeezes inches from the ranks and calls it readiness while the real heavyweight, Waste, gulps taxpayer smoothies through a golden straw and rolls past running troops in a golf cart.
Physical Training in a Tier 1 Unit
Discover how functional fitness, encompassing regimes like CrossFit, Gym Jones, Military Athlete, and Mountain Athlete, have revolutionized physical training in elite military units, emphasizing endurance, strength, and specific objectives.
