military

Godspeed: Nick Coffman’s farewell to SOFREP

In January of 2016, I was a Marine Corps veteran. I was looking for a way to reconnect with the military community and I stumbled upon an interesting link for a job posting. SOFREP was offering a tryout for a full-time position as a contributing editor. The rules were simple: submit three articles and the […]

Cubic wins contract from SOCOM for satellite and baseband communications

Cubic Corporation announced this week that its Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business division was awarded a follow-on, single-award contract from United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The contract is for delivery of Ground Antenna Transmit and Receive (GATR) inflatable satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals and baseband communications equipment in support of Special Operations Forces (SOF) communications requirements. […]

A review of the Burris Signature HD Spotting Scope

Burris’s signature HD spotting scope is a high-end scope designed for professionals. Obviously, this scope comes at a steep price, but the benefits you will reap from its performance are more than enough to compensate for its hefty price tag. This spotting scope comes supplied with state of the art technologies. Each of its features […]

A coast-to-coast protest in support of justice for Marine Raiders

In a season of peaceful protests and angry riots erupting across the country and in parts of the world in response to the death of George Floyd, one man was quietly taking action for a different cause in a different way. He decided to bring light to a dark corner in our society by taking […]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to ban the military from Esports recruiting

Online gaming and eSports are huge among young people in the United States. Therefore, the military sees it as a recruiting possibility. Yet, one Democratic congresswoman wants to stop the tactic of recruiting through such venues dead in its tracks.  On Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D-NY), introduced an amendment to the House Appropriations bill that […]

Otto Skorzeny: The story of the German scarface

Sensational press accounts were just plain rabid about this man from the time he “escaped” a post-WWII “Officers’” holding camp, until the start of the Vietnam conflict. All he ever really wanted to be was a Mechanical Engineer and to serve his country honorably. Most of us would never have heard of this Commando’s successes […]

A Navy SEAL’s top 10 military transition tips

I lost everything I owned three years after leaving the Navy, including my marriage. Then I picked myself up, dusted off, and built a new life outside of my service. It was a tough, lonely, and sometimes scary, road. As we are experiencing one of the largest migrations of combat veterans to civilian life since […]

Weapon Lights – The 8 best by platform

The big wide world of weapon lights can be quite confusing. There are just so many of them out there, and they come in various sizes, shapes, and designs. Our goal today is to break weapon lights down by category to help you find the right one. The lights here aren’t the cheap, no-name brand […]

The other side: A review of ethical misconduct in the military legal system

Military commanders are responsible for maintaining discipline in their unit. Bestowed absolute power over their subordinates, by the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), they have the final say during criminal cases, even if they have no legal experience. By the mid-twentieth century, Americans who served in the armed forces protested against an unfair military […]