The Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs assault Utah Beach

U.S. Navy SEALS assigned to Special Warfare Unit 2 re-enact the D-Day mission which Navy Combat Demolition Unit sailors conducted under the cover of darkness to clear the beaches for the main invading force on Utah Beach on June 7, 2019. More than 1,300 U.S. service members, partnered with 950 troops from across Europe and […]

WW2-era bomb explodes in German corn field

German citizens in Ahlbach were unpleasantly surprised at 4 AM one day earlier this week as they were awakened by an explosion. Police were called to inspect the crater. Fox News reports: …It “almost certainly” was a 550-pound dud. “With the former railway depot, we were quite a bomb target at the end of the […]

The Pic of the Day: Ready for takeoff

A C-5M Super Galaxy aircrew member looks out the number 1 escape hatch as the aircraft taxis down the flight line prior to takeoff on June 13, 2019 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The Super Galaxy took off as a rainstorm approached the base. There are 18 C-5Ms assigned to Dover.

The Pic of the Day: Coast Guard SOF smashing it with Thai Navy SEALs

Maritime Law Enforcement Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Maryott, assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team West, conducts a visit, board, search, and seizure drill with Royal Thai Navy SEALs aboard the Quiandaohu-class auxiliary ship HTMS Similan (AOR 871) as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2019. This year marks the […]

The Pic of the Day: Who said all drones are small?

An RQ-4 Global Hawk receives routine maintenance after being refueled on June 12, 2019, at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The Global Hawk mission is one that continues 24/7, 365 days per year, which is made possible via a collective effort of every squadron on base.

The Pic of the Day: Commandos sniping away

U.K. Royal Marines with X-Ray Company, Fire Support Group, 45 Commando conduct a security patrol with Jackals or Mobility Weapon-Mounted Installation Kits during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 at Galloway Lake Training Area on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, California on January 18, 2019. The Royal Marines took advantage of live […]

Remembering Tamatea Teai: MARSOC Fox Company and Recon legend, brother, and friend

Editor’s note: This article was originally written and published by Justin Carroll on RevolverGuy.com. With permission, it is being shared on our site due to the ties that Tamatea Teai had with MARSOC Fox Company during their initial 2007 deployment. NEWSREP has covered the MARSOC 7 saga in depth for many years. After hearing how […]

Son describes what Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau meant to him as a father

Garry Trudeau, born Garretson Beekman Trudeau in 1948, is the creator of the comic strip Doonesbury. He was born in New York City and raised in Saranac Lake, in upstate New York. Doonesbury grew out of a comic Trudeau created while attending Yale University, called Bull Tales. In 1975, he became the first cartoon strip […]

Letter from the editor: Writing and editorial decisions about controversial stories

We certainly live in some tumultuous times, with what appears to be a full-blown culture war erupting between various factions in a highly polarized society. With social media added into the equation, Americans are thrown together into one big pool—one that is often filled with sharks—while the design of said social media apps has the […]

Exclusive: Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was also alleged to have committed murder in Afghanistan

Green Berets assigned to a 3rd Special Forces Group Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) crept forward and took control of the compound ahead of them. The American Special Forces soldiers moved in with Afghan soldiers assigned to the 6th Kandak Commandos, Afghanistan’s frontline counter-terrorism unit. The commandos were not tethered to any one region in Afghanistan […]

Op-Ed: ‘Call of Duty’ peddles us some more amoral nihilism about ‘Modern Warfare’

The “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” video game series has always included scenes that are intentionally controversial. In “Modern Warfare 2,” one level sees the protagonist acting as an undercover operative in a Russian terrorist cell that raids an airport terminal and murders hundreds of civilians. The protagonist, played by the player of the game […]