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West Point cadets at the United States Military Academy from the school’s Irregular Warfare Group recently learned some good lessons on Unconventional Warfare. In a recent exercise in New York, the cadets got a first-hand taste in the complex world of UW and how their thinking will have to be creative when operating in the […]
Flying over Panjwai in early March was an apocalyptic image. No signs of vegetation or life, just barren fields for miles, consisting of deep farm rows, bordered by thick mud walls, with grape huts jutting out unnaturally from the landscape every few hundred meters. When I landed at VSP (Village Stability Platform) Belambai, the ODA […]
Sexual assaults increased at two of the three U.S. military academies last year, and surveys show sexual misconduct reports increased at all three, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The new data represent the latest setback for the military in its efforts to reduce sexual misconduct. The services have struggled to explain a series of recent problems, including disclosure of Marines […]
This short fictional story explores what would happen in the event of a war between Russia and Europe with the United States having reduced their commitment to NATO. -Vasilis Chronopoulos. The major general had forged his 31-year career in the British Army by sheer will, be it through SAS selection, stultifying desk jobs, Iraq, Afghanistan, a PhD in […]
West Point is now extending gender equality to its campus by making the female cadets take the once elective boxing course. As of 2020, it will be a mandatory course for everyone. According to this article by the Washington Post the change took quite a few students by surprise. 2020 is also the year the academy is […]
This week, the Navy honors San Francisco politician and boy-lover Harvey Milk, a general gets busted for adultery, and the Air Force accepts old guys.
West Point is investigating a photograph showing 16 female cadets posing with their fists raised outside a US Military Academy barracks, the Army Times reports. A raised fist is a gesture that has been associated with political movements for centuries. Suffragettes, union activists, and civil-rights activists have all marched with and displayed raised fists. The […]
President Barack Obama nominated the 1982 West Point graduate Colonel Cindy Jebb for the position of dean for the prestigious military academy following the announced retirement of current dean Brigadier General Tim Trainor. If Congress approves Obama’s nomination, Jebb will become West Point’s first female dean. Despite opening the doors over two centuries ago, West […]
I do not like when Clinton supporters do that, and I do not like when Carson supporters do it, either. It is a prime example of intellectual dishonesty.
In this week’s SOFREP news roundup, BK covers Ben Carson’s fib, the dangers of flirtation, naked gasoline thieves, and knife-wielding Palestinian moms.
This week’s SOFREP News Roundup showcases bribes, a naked homeless guy, a Bolivian Air Force pilot toting loads of blow, and presidential selfie sticks.
The SOFREP News Roundup: Double-plus badthink abounds.
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