US Navy

Admiral Caudle didn’t claw his way through four decades of steel and saltwater to babysit broken programs—he’s here to punch holes in bureaucracy and light a fire under the Navy’s keel.

It’s 1980. My UDT is tasked with a training op to assault a docked vessel from the open ocean. The trick? It’s guarded by Navy dolphins.

After 38 years of chasing rust, herding sailors, and calling it like he saw it, Honea’s stepping off the deck with his head high and his boots clean—leaving behind a Navy that’s faster, meaner, and still full of problems worth fighting for.

Ceasefire collapses in Syria, US expands migrant detention, and more. Here’s what you need to know this Friday evening, July 18, 2025.

Syria eyes calm, Gaza aid site turns deadly, Trump hosts Gulf leaders—here’s your SOFREP Evening Brief for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

Gaza hunger soars, Trump backs Ukraine, and Nvidia gets China chip deal. Here’s what you need to know this Tuesday evening, July 15, 2025.

Stay on top of the news with the SOFREP Evening Brief: Top updates on defense and global affairs for Thursday, July 10, 2025.

Stay on top of the news with the SOFREP Evening Brief: Top updates on defense and global affairs for Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

Ceasefires, spy arrests, and shifting fronts—Wednesday, July 2, 2025, opens with high stakes from Gaza to Ukraine and beyond.

Vice Admiral Cooper is doing more than charting a new course for CENTCOM—he’s steering the whole ship through the storm with a steady hand and his eyes wide open.

Admiral Daryl Caudle isn’t coming to polish brass or shuffle paper—he’s showing up with a warfighter’s résumé, a submariner’s grit, and a battle plan to drag the Navy out of bureaucratic drydock and back into fighting trim.

Captain William McGonagle didn’t just hold the line aboard the USS Liberty—he held it while bleeding out, commanding a shattered crew through hell, and then kept his mouth shut for thirty years before finally telling the truth.