A Ranger Goes to College (Part 4)

Part four of this series is about my classmates. Actually, it is about one specific, and particularly annoying, subset of classmates. I made a reference to gay black guys in the first article in this series. I don’t have any problem with gay black guys, or gay guys in general. If you’re gay, be gay. […]

A Ranger Goes to College (Part 3)

The thing you have to understand about Ivy-League institutions is that they masquerade as an intellectual discourse. The school will put itself up on a pedestal and act as if it is a forum of enlightened thought where people of diverse backgrounds come together and discuss the quandaries that plague our times before coming up with […]

A Ranger Goes to College (Part 2)

Believe it or not, the point of these “angry veteran goes to college” posts is not to tell war stories about nubile co-eds. Mostly anyway. Actually, I hope other veterans will read this and will be able to take some of these things into consideration when they get out of the military. I graduated from Columbia […]

A Ranger Goes to College (Part 1)

One fall morning, I skipped up the steps and down the gilded halls of academia to my first class of the day for the semester. As I rounded my way into the class room, I was almost knocked down on my ass by an invisible uppercut to the chin called yoga pants. Yes, you know what […]

Pride: The Story of the First Openly Gay Navy SEAL – A Book Review

Brett Jones is a former Navy SEAL, and — full disclosure — a former SEAL teammate and friend of this author.  He is also gay, and has been his whole life.  In a perfect world, this second point would not need emphasis, nor even mention, given Brett’s service and his accomplished life to date.  However, […]

Transgenders In The Military Exist

We are shocked by the barbaric treatment of women and children by ISIS, and in Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and yet we still have traces of barbarism in how we treat fellow human beings in our own society. A short time ago in America, if you were a woman or African-American you didn’t have […]

Jesse Ventura: Read What SOFREP’s Members Have to Say

After the verdict of Jesse Ventura’s lawsuit against the Kyle estate was read, we asked our members to share their opinions of Jesse Ventura and the trial with us. SOFREP’s members come from all walks of American life – actually, they from countries all over the world – and they are an opinionated bunch. Today […]

The Problem With Dick Measuring

Somewhat in the same vein of Jack’s last post, I’d like to address some of the problems with some of the myths of SOF, and how they’ve affected the rest of the military. From my own personal experience, I can only really address the Marine Corps, but I’m sure those from other services can provide […]

Exclusive: My Name is Brett Jones, I Am A Navy SEAL, And I Am Gay

The people with whom I’ve worked in the Special Operations community are more concerned with an individual’s contribution to the team, and their ability to do their job exceptionally well, than their race or sexual preferences. It’s meritocracy in its purest form, and a wonderful example set by the Special Operations community, from which others can […]

A Critical Look At Caleb Giddings: Insurance Agent, & Self Proclaimed Gun Nut

Caleb Giddings is the self-proclaimed “Boss Man” over at GunNuts.net. Aside from selling insurance, his claim to fame was being eliminated on Top Shot. Apparently he likes to take cheap shots at people without getting his facts straight or reaching out to them for comment. Caleb recently posted two back-to-back editorial hit pieces on yours truly, […]