Medal of Honor Monday: Command Sergeant Major Matthew O. Williams – A Green Beret’s Relentless Courage
He didn’t chase glory; he ran toward gunfire because that’s where his brothers were, and that’s where duty called.
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He didn’t chase glory; he ran toward gunfire because that’s where his brothers were, and that’s where duty called.
Trump forced a Gaza ceasefire with a “hold my beer” shrug, exposing the hollowness of our rules-based priesthood while Congress, gelded and drowsy, watched power act and then tried to explain it.
The FN FAL, known as ‘The Right Arm of the Free World,’ defined Cold War battlefields with its 7.62x51mm firepower, earning a place in military history as a symbol of freedom in the face of Soviet aggression.
Born from the failure at Eagle Claw and forged by handpicked shooters, DEVGRU is more than a test bed, it is the Navy’s quiet, exacting blade that takes the best of the SEALs, breaks them again in Green Team, and sends them to do the nation’s hardest work from the sea, air, or land.
US tensions rise near Venezuela as Trump lands in Japan for key talks. Here’s your Monday morning rundown, October 27, 2025.
As gunfire shattered Lincoln University’s homecoming and an air traffic controller shortage tied to the shutdown forced a ground stop at LAX, Trump and Xi moved toward a TikTok deal that could recalibrate tech and trade at a volatile moment. It’s Sunday, October 26, 2025. You made it through your weekend, now here’s your SOFREP Evening Brief.
New York doesn’t need a free stuff messiah with a bullhorn; it needs a budget hawk who can show the receipt and keep the lights on.
Flying low and hard over the Somme on April 21, 1918, the Red Baron chased a green Camel into Australian guns until Sergeant Cedric Popkin’s cool 200 round burst sent a single .303 round through his heart and the legend hit the beet field eight seconds later.
With Marco Rubio serving as both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, the Trump White House is steering toward another costly small war in Venezuela, an echo chamber for regime change that dismisses sovereignty, sidesteps a cowed Congress, and forgets Powell’s warning that if you break it, you own it.
From Paris, where police hauled in two Louvre jewel thieves, to Virginia, where a DNA swab and a blunt confession closed a murder, to Caracas, where Maduro cries war at a carrier offshore, the week belonged to hard pressure and harder truths. Welcome to Sunday, October 26th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.
Ballots, bullets, and brinkmanship: as NYC voters line up early for Mamdani, Cuomo, and Sliwa, Robeson County counts the wounded from a Halloween party shooting, and President Trump says he is 100 percent open to a Kim Jong Un meeting as his Asia trip begins. It’s Saturday, October 25th 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.
I came for wheel-to-wheel combat and got a choreographed runway show where Saturday crowns the winner and Sunday parades the cars.