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Inside the Team Room: Navy SEAL Snipers – Charlie Melton Talks to Brandon Webb About his Sniper Kill With a .50 Cal
Today in SOFREP’s Team Room, Rad delves into the gritty realities of being a Navy SEAL sniper, probing the deep and often unspoken memories of warfare that define the lives and legacies of Brandon Webb and Charlie Melton.
Russian Española Paramilitary Group with Kalashnikov’s Latest Weapons
The so-called “Española” brigade—born from Russia’s football hooligan underworld—has become both a neo-Nazi mercenary force and a combat testbed for Moscow’s newest assault rifles in Ukraine.
Medal of Honor Monday: “Prepared to Give All”: The Story of SFC Paul R. Smith, The War on Terror’s First Medal of Honor
When the courtyard turned into a killing ground at Baghdad Airport, Paul R. Smith climbed into the turret, took the fight on his shoulders, and made damn sure his men walked away alive.
Morning Brief: Russian Arctic Missile Launch, Drone Incursion Over Romania, Qatar Wants Accountability from Israel
From hypersonic launches in the Arctic and drone incursions over NATO skies to Qatar’s fury at an airstrike on its soil and Beijing branding Trump’s tariffs as economic blackmail, the world is staring down a storm of flashpoints that prove great powers are testing every boundary at once. Welcome to Monday, September 15th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
Evening Brief: Suspected Kirk Shooter Uncooperative With Authorities, Arab Officials Meet in Doha, London Erupts in Violence
From Utah to Doha, London to Kyiv, we’re staring down a world where meme-fueled lone wolves, missile strikes on supposed safe havens, street mobs gone feral, and Russia’s industrial-scale bombardments all scream the same thing: chaos is winning ground while order fights to keep its footing. Welcome to your Sunday Evening SOFREP brief, it’s September 14th, 2025.
China’s Victory Day Parade Was a Live-Fire Syllabus for Future War
Beijing’s parade wasn’t a nostalgia act—it was a live-fire syllabus on how China plans to fight: with massed autonomy, spectrum dominance, and algorithms woven into steel.
Delta Force’s Colin “Chainsaw” Rich Shot in the Head a Second Time, Survives
Vegas may be a city that never sleeps, but that day, standing in front of Chainsaw with his broken cane and unwavering grin, I knew that some connections run deeper than any lights, noise, or the ghosts we carry in our heads.
SOFREP Sunday Cartoon: Crocodile Tears in the Swamp
You can smell the insincerity from a mile away—their grief isn’t real, it’s a performance polished over decades of double standards.
SOFREP Interviews Chelsea Walsh: The Nurse Who Reported Red Flags About Trump’s Would Be Assassin
Chelsea Walsh saw through the façade—beneath Ryan Routh’s flag-waving antics lurked a calculated, vengeful psychopath ready to make his mark on history.
Morning Brief: Charlie Kirk Memorial Service To Be Held Next Sunday, Rubio Heads to Israel, Lance Twiggs, What’s Next For Ryan Routh?
A memorial for slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is set for Sept. 21 in Arizona as Secretary of State Marco Rubio navigates a spiraling Gaza crisis, key witness Lance Twiggs emerges in the Kirk assassination case, and the trial of Trump would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh veers into chaos. Welcome to Sunday morning. It is September 14th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
Evening Brief: Erika Kirk’s Moving Speech, Second Trump Would-Be Assassin Acts as His Own Attorney, Sanctions on Russia May Grow
Erika Kirk vows to carry on her slain husband’s work as Tyler Robinson faces charges for the Utah killing, Ryan Routh flails in court over his alleged Trump assassination attempt, and President Trump pressures NATO to unite on sanctions against Russia and tariffs on China. It’s Saturday, September 13th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.
