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While the world argued over tanks and F-16s, the CIA quietly built a deniable war machine in the Ukrainian shadows—armed to the teeth, fluent in covert chaos, and operating under a silence so deep Congress could barely hear its own heartbeat.

I didn’t end up in that desert by accident—every hardship, every hard lesson, every quiet moment of doubt had been sharpening me for that exact stretch of sand, steel, and responsibility.

UN eyes Red Sea threats, Trump pushes Gaza talks, Russia advances in Ukraine—here’s your SOFREP Morning Brief for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

Gaza hunger soars, Trump backs Ukraine, and Nvidia gets China chip deal. Here’s what you need to know this Tuesday evening, July 15, 2025.

They don’t wear capes or campaign ribbons, but if the apocalypse ever takes a wrong turn, these guys are the last line between your backyard and a mushroom cloud.

Mines don’t care if the war is over—they wait, hidden and patient, to turn a child’s step or a farmer’s plow into another casualty long after the ceasefire is signed.

Citizenship, to me, isn’t defined by bloodlines but by a lifetime of duty—to God, family, and country—just as my grandfather and great-grandfather once lived it.

Kick off your Tuesday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief – the latest on defense and global affairs, July 15, 2025.

Drone down near US base, Israel strikes Syria, Army probes MAGA video—here’s your SOFREP Evening Brief for Monday, July 14, 2025.

The quiet recalibration unfolding in Europe isn’t anti-American—it’s a sober hedge against a superpower that’s proven too erratic to count on.

Trump didn’t start sending missiles because he had a change of heart—he did it because getting outmaneuvered by Putin and boxed in by Europe made doing nothing look worse than pulling the trigger.

Attacking birthright citizenship is like blaming the roof for the rain—it’s not the Constitution that’s failed us, it’s the politicians who refuse to fix the leaks.