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.
The referee steps between them now, but the lesson being learned is what happens when there's no one there to blow the whistle. Image by the author.
Be sure to carry some extra flashlights if you’re going to be playing “Follow the Leader” into the mouth of the dragon.
When spite becomes strategy, the only one that wins is the dragon. Bob Lang original cartoon for SOFREP.
Fear is not just a forward-looking threat, it is old, unexamined memory bleeding into the present, quietly rewriting our future until we stop, turn around, and tell the story correctly.
Tony Blauer, calm and unflinching, a man who has spent a lifetime studying fear not to eliminate it, but to harness it when everything is on the line. Image Credit: Authors Equity
The Epstein files expose not just elite depravity, but a system of leverage and extortion that thrived on silence, access, and institutional failure.
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein are photographed together in the 1990s. (Photo credit: unknown)
House Republicans press contempt resolutions tied to the Epstein probe, Ukraine outlines a ceasefire enforcement plan, and Iran summons EU envoys over the IRGC terror listing.
Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and Bill Clinton, then president of the United States, at the White House in Washington, DC, in 1993. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo.
From the Justice Department dumping millions of Epstein intel, to NATO testing Europe without American boots, to a Russian cargo jet stirring Caribbean ghosts, the world feels like it’s flipping through raw, unfiltered intelligence and asking who’s really in control.
A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft (this one happens to be in China). Image Credit: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg via Getty Images
The 1st CIG’s greatest expertise lies in precisely locating American hostages held by foreign terrorist groups and pinpointing high-value terrorist leaders, a capability they demonstrated when helping track down Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in December 2003, al-Qa’ida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011, and ISIS terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria in October 2019.
The administration’s reflexive reach for military force, led by leaders who’ve never shouldered a rifle or smelled cordite, betrays a dangerous detachment from the grotesque arithmetic of war that every combat veteran carries home.
In this riveting fourth interview of the series, “Demo” Dick Marcinko recounts the birth of SEAL Team Six during the aftermath of Operation Eagle Claw, detailing his role in crafting this elite unit from the ground up under the directive of Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, against the backdrop of a critical period in U.S. military history.
From a quiet Mississippi upbringing to a rooftop in Marjah, Kyle Carpenter’s life is a study in what happens when ordinary resolve collides with an extraordinary moment.
Iran warns of escalation as Ukraine faces winter strain; gold plunges on rate resets, Starlink curbs Russian use, and markets reprice risk.
Alex Pretti’s killing is driving a rush of left‑leaning Americans to get guns, Iran is talking, Balochistan saw a major coordinated assault on security forces, and Nigeria’s Army hit a major terrorist stronghold in the northeast.
Demo Dick Marcinko talks about being caught off guard near the Cambodian border during the Tet Offensive of 1968.
Mental health issues in the military should be openly addressed. We’ve talked to some experts to open up these discussions.
A combat veteran reflects on how a rescued cat became his emotional support animal long before he understood how much he needed one.
More than a book review, this is a portrait of David Petraeus as a great but imperfect man whose service and ideas shaped modern American warfare.
MS‑13 killer nabbed in Virginia as new governor limits ICE cooperation, mass protests in Tel Aviv over Arab crime, SDF–Damascus ceasefire already under fire in Syria, and the Army is back on track with up recruiting, retention, and higher standards.
Gaza sees heavy Israeli fire around Khan Younis and a Rafah crossing reopening, Iran ups the ante in the Strait of Hormuz as the Abraham Lincoln arrives, ISWAP overruns a Nigerian base in Borno, and a federal judge lets ICE’s “Operation Metro Surge” continue in Minnesota despite state opposition.
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