Coronavirus

The wearing of a protective mask is mandated for all DoD personnel. But how long before masks are the norm rather than the exception?

“Keep praying for our incredible, warrior staff and our precious veterans. We are heartbroken over our losses.”

A Soldier assigned to the Ohio National Guard, conducts a COVID-19 test during a pop-up testing drive-thru in Ohio, Oct. 19, 2020.

Spike Ferritin Nanoparticle, or SpFN, is a vaccine front-runner developed by U.S. Army doctors and is being readied for human testing.

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in Syria, the Kurdish people are suffering at a level that some have called a war crime.

Reports confirm what President Donald Trump tweeted early this morning: That he and the First Lady have tested positive for COVID-19.

According to Army and Air Force officials, the isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic is adding stress and contributing to suicides.

The military leaders of Mali have conducted a coup, ousting President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power. The military had had enough: Government corruption, economic mismanagement, the ongoing coronavirus crisis, and the Islamic jihadists’ insurgency have paralyzed and decimated the country’s outlying areas. The military’s frustration was compounded by the poor bad and bad conditions it […]

Scientists with the Emerging Infectious Disease branch at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research conduct studies in order to find a solution for the COVID-19 Coronavirus. The Emerging Infectious Diseases branch, established in 2018, has the explicit mission to survey, anticipate, and counter the mounting threat of emerging infectious diseases of key importance to […]

The leadership at the Soldier’s Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts made some decisions that were “utterly baffling from an infection-control perspective,” according to a probe that was ordered by Governor Charlie Baker and led by former Federal prosecutor Mark Pearlstein. The poor planning and decision-making led to 76 deaths earlier this year. Another 84 veterans and […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the way that the U.S. military does business. Naval Special Warfare has not been immune to these changes. As previously discussed on SOFREP, on March 16, The Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Basic Training Command (BTC) put a hold on BUD/S classes that were in the 1st […]

Feed the Rangers. It’s hard to imagine that one of the U.S. military’s premier Special Operations units would fail to sufficiently feed its troops during an extraordinary time. And yet that’s exactly what is been happening in the 1st Battalion, 75th Regiment, which is based at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. Last week, approximately 300 Rangers […]