Evening Brief: America’s Elite Forces Are Evolving, and Being Stretched Thin

Evening Brief: America’s Elite Forces Are Evolving, and Being Stretched Thin

From AI-driven targeting cells to overstretched operators on Capitol Hill to Green Berets quietly building partner forces in the Caribbean, the same pattern is emerging, the demand for Special Operations keeps rising, the tools are getting sharper, and the margin for error is getting dangerously thin.

23 Years After Iraq, This Is What War With Iran Looks Like Now

23 Years After Iraq, This Is What War With Iran Looks Like Now

Twenty-three years after Iraq, the United States is back in the Middle East, fighting a war while the character of the conflict shifts in real time. In its first weeks, the Iran war has exposed vulnerabilities in air defense, strained regional infrastructure, and pushed the fight into the information space and global energy markets.

SOFREP Cartoon: This Is How It Ends, Or Starts

SOFREP Cartoon: This Is How It Ends, Or Starts

It’s the kind of clean, brutal spectacle that feels satisfying in the moment, right up until you realize the machine doesn’t shut off, it just waits for the next hand to pull the lever.