Morning Brief: Renewed Violence Erupts Across Syria, Ukrainian Drone Strike Ignites Fire at Russian Oil Depot
Syria clashes erupt, Gaza tensions rise, and Ukraine hits back. Start your week with the key defense and security headlines you need.
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Evening Brief: A Million Youth Flock to See Pope Leo, Hamas Releases Disturbing New Hostage Video, Sochi Burns
From a million faithful in Rome to a drone-blasted oil depot in Sochi, with hostage horror in Gaza and a deadly blaze in the West Bank, this weekend reminded us that faith, fire, and fury are colliding across every front line. Welcome to your Sunday evening brief for August 3rd, 2025.
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SOFREP Sunday Cartoon: Cancel Culture Declares War—Again
We’re one late-night mushroom cloud away from realizing the only fallout shelter most Americans have is their comments section.
The Bolduc Brief: Challenges in Military Leadership – A Call for Reform in Command Selection
When generals trade their moral compass for career preservation, the troops end up navigating the battlefield blind.
Why My Favorite Gun Wasn’t a Sniper Rifle — It Was a Belt-Fed Beast That Made Grown Men Cry
That M60 didn’t shoot — it roared, like it had a vendetta against the atmosphere and wanted everyone within three zip codes to know it.
Morning Brief: China Travel Crackdown, Russia Not Impressed with Trump’s Submarine Moves
From Beijing locking down passports and punishing foreign ties, to Moscow brushing off Trump’s submarine flex, India thumbing its nose at U.S. oil sanctions, and Ukrainians longing for home but waiting for peace, the global chessboard is lit up—and nobody’s playing by the old rules anymore. Welcome to Sunday Morning, August 3rd, 2025. This is your SOFREP Brief.
The Bolduc Brief: Navigating Future Leadership Appointments
Real leaders aren’t forged in echo chambers—they’re the ones who choose principle over promotion, even when the system dares them not to.
The VA’s Chemical Straitjacket: How Polypharmacy Is Drugging Veterans into Silence and Suicide
The VA isn’t treating veterans — it’s sedating them into silence, one cocktail of mind-frying meds at a time.
Morning Brief: Montana Shooting Kills Four, National Transportation Safety Board Releases Causes of Mid-Air DC Collision
From radioactive rhino horns in South Africa to starving children in Gaza, a deadly midair collision over D.C., and a fugitive gunman in Montana, this week’s headlines remind us that whether it’s wildlife, warzones, airspace, or small-town bars—when systems fail, lives hang in the balance. Welcome to your Saturday morning brief. It’s August 2nd, 2025.
Evening Brief: US Envoy Visits Controversial Gaza Aid Site, Trump Deploys US Nuclear Subs After Medvedev’s Nuclear Threat
Catch up on Friday night’s top global and defense headlines, August 1, 2025. US envoy visits Gaza aid site, Cambodia demands troop return, and more.
Former Green Beret Joe Kent Takes The Reigns at the National Counterterrorism Center
Joe Kent steps into the NCTC not as a bureaucrat, but as a combat-tested operator bringing hard edges, deep scars, and a no-nonsense mission mindset to the nation’s counterterror fight.
