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10 Ways Navy SEAL (BUD/S) Dive Phase Almost Killed Me

Second phase of BUD/S doesn’t just test your body—it tries to crush your soul, your sanity, and, occasionally, your ability to keep your reproductive organs in their rightful place.

SOFREP Cartoon: The National Guard – America’s Most Well-Armed Babysitter

When America’s political arguments devolve into screaming from the backseat, the job of keeping the car on the road keeps falling to people who never volunteered to be the babysitter.

SOFREP Video Interview with SEAL Team Six Founder Dick Marcinko – Episode 6: Teaching Enlisted SEALs to Fly

In a bold and controversial move, Marcinko transformed his operators into skilled pilots, acquiring civilian planes for rapid response to hijacking crises, embodying the essence of a self-sufficient, covert unit.

Morning Brief: Ukraine Peace Talks Resume; Nigeria Reels From Deadly Attacks

Ukraine and Russia resume U.S.-brokered peace talks as Washington expands missile production and Nigeria reels from a mass-casualty attack amid regional insecurity.

Evening Brief: ICE Performs a Tactical Recoil, Routh Sentenced to Life Plus 84 Months, Staten Island’s Michael Ollis Awarded Medal of Honor

From Minnesota to Florida to Staten Island, the country watched federal power recalibrate, justice exacted, and valor honored, a reminder that control, consequence, and courage each demand their own reckoning.

Green Beret Lieutenant General Joshua Rudd Tapped To Lead NSA and US Cyber Command

Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd’s decades of Special Forces experience and Indo-Pacific operations could soon shape the nation’s most sensitive cyber missions at NSA and U.S. Cyber Command.

The Bolduc Brief: United in Service – Respect and Recognition of NATO Allies

I have stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO warriors in Afghanistan and beyond, watched them bleed and die for a shared mission, and any leader who diminishes their courage, sacrifice, or honor insults not politics but the very brotherhood and duty that war demands.

SOFREP Video Interview with SEAL Team Six Founder Dick Marcinko – Episode 5: Pick of the Litter

In part 5, Marcinko talks about grooming standards and how he had “pick of the litter” when choosing the original members of SEAL Team Six.

Quiet Badassery: The Machiavellian Power of Shutting the Hell Up

Silence, held with intent, is not weakness or retreat, it is the moment when the loud man realizes he has already lost because he has shown everything he has and you have shown nothing at all.

Morning Brief: Russia Intensifies Missile Campaign in Ukraine as Vietnam Recalibrates Defense and Libya Closes a Gaddafi Chapter

Russia intensified missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid as Vietnam recalibrated its defense posture and Libya closed a final chapter of the Gaddafi era.

Evening Brief: US Shoots Down Iranian Drone, Unidentified Biological Agents Found in Las Vegas Home, Iranian Gunboat Approaches US Tanker

Tonight, from the Arabian Sea to a quiet Las Vegas street and back through the Strait of Hormuz, American forces and investigators navigated drones, gunboats, and thousands of mysterious vials, each a reminder that danger often hides in plain sight, and volatility waits in every corner.

Do Good Guys Cheat to Win? When Working from Behind the 8-Ball Changes How You Think

When the other side operates without limits, adapting and getting creative isn’t abandoning your principles, it’s the only way to get within striking distance of a fair fight.

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