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Evening Brief: USS Mason Command Relief, Japan’s 100 kW Shipboard Laser, Indonesia Gaza Planning, and USCG in New York Harbor

A U.S. destroyer command relief during certification, Japan’s live testing of a 100 kW shipboard laser, Indonesia’s contingency planning for a Gaza stabilization mission, and a Coast Guard icebreaker visit to New York Harbor highlight shifting maritime security dynamics across multiple theaters.

Buffalo Settlement Reopens Wounds for a Veteran From Conklin

Nearly four years after the Buffalo supermarket massacre, a $1.75 million settlement brings legal accountability, but for a veteran from the shooter’s hometown, the deeper question of how that hate took root still lingers.

We Have Valentine’s Day Because A Roman Emperor Wanted To Banned Marriage, Maybe

Valentine’s day is a day associated with love and sweet things. However, it was a long-winding journey before a gruesome death turned into a day of sweets and roses.

Writing For The Names On My Wrist

A veteran writes about the soldiers he couldn’t save as a way to carry the weight of their loss and keep himself standing.

Remington 870 Express: Steel, Memory, and Twigs Snapping at 0200

My 1988 Remington 870 Express started as my dad’s budget shotgun, and now it rides upgraded in the backcountry with me, a steel-framed reminder that when something snaps in the dark at 0200, reliability beats everything.

Morning Brief: Starlink in Iran, Olympic Ban on Heraskevych, Navy RIMES Drone Push, and Houston Gun Jugging Shootout

From Starlink terminals keeping Iranian protesters online, to a Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over a war memorial helmet, to the Navy’s push for ship-launched long-range strike drones, and a Houston gun-jugging robbery that ended in a shootout.

Accountability Without Collapse: What Professional Enforcement Actually Requires

Public trust survives only when the law is enforced with discipline and restraint, because without professional standards and civic responsibility on both sides of the badge, accountability collapses into noise and the next failure becomes inevitable.

Evening Brief: USS Ford Ordered to Middle East, NATO Launches Arctic Exercise, Greek Soldier Arrested for Espionage

Two carriers surge toward Iran as NATO locks down the Arctic and a Greek colonel’s alleged leak to China reminds everyone that in 2026 the battlefield runs from carrier decks to polar ice to the inside of your own alliance.

SOFREP Cartoon: Great Power Promises Meet Reality

When the promises run out and the bill comes due, every great power suddenly remembers its first priority is getting its own people out the door.

What Gear Did Special Forces Recon Men Carry on the Battlefield?

Ammo was life in Prairie Fire, because when the NVA hit hard and the sky went quiet for hours, the only thing standing between ST Idaho and getting overrun was what we could carry, shoot, and keep running in the dark.

The Boy Who Died Twice …The Inauguration of a Monster

Violence didn’t excuse the man he became, but if you trace the line from the boots on the porch to the needle in his arm, you can see how a boy dies long before the state ever calls it justice.

Morning Brief: Trump Signals Iran Deal, CIA Targets PLA, Ukraine Disrupts Russian Starlink

Trump signals possible Iran deal as Tehran fortifies nuclear sites, CIA targets Chinese military personnel, and Ukraine disrupts Russian Starlink.

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