This Week on SOFREP: Iran Put on Notice, Domestic Terror in Tennessee, and Making Space for Space Force
Catch up on the reports from home, abroad and across the military you likely missed this week, December 21st – December 27th.
West Point
73 Army Cadets Get Caught in Massive Honor Code Breach
Scores of first-year cadets at the Army’s Military Academy, West Point, have been accused of cheating during COVID distance learning classes.
COVID-19 Forces Army-Navy Football Game to West Point
The game is usually held in Philadelphia but COVID-19 protocols have forced the game to West Point for the first time in over seventy years.
The Pic of the Day: West Point Class of 2020
Cadets of the class 2020 celebrate their graduation and commissioning ceremony on The Plain in West Point, New York, June 13, 2020
August 1780, Benedict Arnold offers West Point to the British
Whenever the name Benedict Arnold is spoken, it immediately conjures up derision. In the United States, that name has become synonymous with traitor. Before his treachery, Arnold was a general in the Continental Army and a hero who was victorious in early battles. Arnold was dismayed because he was passed over for promotion in favor […]
Sexual assault on the rise at US military academies
A new report from the Department of Defense (DoD) shows an increase in the number of U.S. military academy students reporting incidents of sexual assault and harassment. According to the DoD’s “Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies, Academic Program Year 2017-2018,” 747 students at U.S. service academies reported being the […]
Long Overdue- USMA Gets First Black Superintendent in 216-Year History
One hundred and forty-one years after the Corps of Cadets got its first black graduate and 86 years since it had its first graduate in the 20th century, West Point, the United States Military Academy (USMA), is finally receiving its first African-American Commandant of Cadets. To say that seeing that was a surprise is an […]
Update: Communist Ranger and West Pointer receives an Other Than Honorable discharge
Last September, a West Point cadet’s pictures of himself at his graduation ceremony flaunting his devotion to communism made national headlines and sparked fury from current and former soldiers. Spenser Rapone posted pictures on social media in which he was wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt under his uniform and wrote “communism will win” under his cap. This was […]
Peter Conover Hains: The only known veteran of the Civil War and WWI
It is a notable thing to survive a major war. Veterans of these wars held in the highest esteem among other veterans — they have experienced things most could not imagine. Every once in a while, you will hear of veterans who served in two major conflicts. For example, due to their relatively close proximity […]
Army – Navy is about much more than a game, tradition, respect
The 118th playing of the Army-Navy game was an instant classic, on and off the field. Played in a snowstorm, one could say that the Army finally found a camouflage uniform that worked the way it was supposed to. And in a year where the Army’s West Point came under a lot of scrutiny for […]
Army – Navy Is About Much More Than a Game, Tradition, Respect
The 118th playing of the Army-Navy game was an instant classic, on and off the field. Played in a snowstorm, one could say that the Army finally found a camouflage uniform that worked the way it was supposed to. And in a year where the Army’s West Point came under a lot of scrutiny for […]
Former defense lobbyist, infantry officer confirmed as Secretary of the Army
The Senate confirmed Dr. Mark Esper as the newest Secretary of the Army on Wednesday, bringing an end to a long confirmation fight for the third of President Trump’s nominees for the position. Previous Trump’s first two picks never worked out, withdrawing in part due to controversies with business interests and LGBT activist groups, respectively. […]
