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1 week ago | 
sofrep.com | Guy McCardle |Don Bolduc
Imagine a device no larger than a quarter that, when attached to a Glock pistol, transforms it from a semi-automatic firearm into a fully automatic machine gun. Known as a “Glock switch,” this small attachment overrides the pistol’s standard firing mechanism, allowing it to discharge multiple rounds with a single trigger pull. The result is a weapon capable of firing at rates up to 1,200 rounds per minute, emptying a standard magazine in mere seconds.See below. How Do They Work?
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1 week ago | 
sofrep.com | Guy McCardle |Don Bolduc
The 41st annual Best Ranger Competition concluded this weekend, showcasing the pinnacle of military endurance and skill. Among the 52 elite two-man teams, First Lt. Gabrielle White made history as the first female soldier to compete in this grueling event.The Ultimate Test of SoldieringThe 2025 Best Ranger Competition, held from April 11 to 13 at Fort Benning, Georgia, was a brutal three-day test of endurance, skill, and grit.
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1 week ago | 
sofrep.com | Guy McCardle |Don Bolduc
After turning on my TV this morning, the first news story to hit my ears was about how Colorado had just passed the most restrictive gun laws in the United States. I must admit it made me both a bit sad and angry at the same time. My last duty station was at FT Carson in Colorado, just outside of beautiful Colorado Springs. It was a gunslinger’s paradise.
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1 week ago | 
sofrep.com | Guy McCardle |Don Bolduc
A Young Ohioan EnlistsBorn on July 17, 1843, in Fairfield County, Ohio, Jacob Wilson Parrott was a cabinetmaker by trade before he joined the Union Army in 1861. He enlisted as a private in Company K of the 33rd Ohio Infantry, a unit that would soon be thrust into one of the most audacious missions of the Civil War.
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1 week ago | 
sofrep.com | Guy McCardle |Don Bolduc
On April 10, 2025, Sean Johnson, a 36-year-old former Navy veteran turned commercial pilot, embarked on what would be his final flight. Piloting a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV for New York Helicopter, Johnson was conducting a sightseeing tour over Manhattan for a Spanish family of five. Approximately 18 minutes into the flight, the helicopter suffered a catastrophic in-flight breakup, causing it to crash upside-down into the Hudson River near Newport, Jersey City.
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1 week ago | 
sofrep.com | Guy McCardle |Don Bolduc
This is going to be a different kind of article for me. Back in 2012, about the same time Brandon founded SOFREP, I began answering military-type questions on Quora. If you are not familiar with the platform, it was started back in 2010 by two former Facebook employees to be a place where people could go to ask questions and provide answers on a wide range of topics.
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2 weeks ago | 
sofrep.com | Guy McCardle |Don Bolduc
We’ve all been there…you’re touring a huge cavernous museum in North Korea with a few close friends when you make a small joke under your breath about how that morning’s breakfast of rice and kimchi is making you a little more gassy than usual. All of a sudden, WHACK!!, your state-mandated minder smacks you hard on the wrist like some kind of sadistic nun. WTF! You think, upset at the sudden wake-up call. But one look in her eyes lets you know she is more pissed than you.
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2 weeks ago | 
sofrep.com | Guy McCardle |Don Bolduc
Did you used to be in the Navy but stuck to your guns and refused the jab? Good for you. Guess what? The Navy wants you back. The U.S. Navy is calling its lost sheep home. Not the slackers or the shipwrecked, but the ones it pushed out during the COVID hysteria. Executive Order 14184, signed by President Trump in January, cracks the door open for discharged sailors to return to active duty with full rank, back pay, and benefits. If that sounds surreal, it is. But it’s real—and it’s happening.
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2 weeks ago | 
sofrep.com | Guy McCardle |Don Bolduc
In an impressive demonstration of international military cooperation, U.S. Navy SEALs and Special Warfare Combat Crewmen (SWCC) recently conducted a comprehensive two-week training exercise alongside Lithuanian and German special operations forces in the Baltic region. This joint endeavor aimed to bolster NATO alliances, enhance warfighting readiness, and showcase the collective lethality of these elite units.
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2 weeks ago | 
sofrep.com | Guy McCardle |Don Bolduc
The day is blazing hot, and you’re already a bit tired from the five-mile run you just finished. Still, you know a timed evolution for push-ups is headed your way in a few seconds, and you do your best to psych yourself up. You drop in the dirt to the front leaning rest position (for the uninitiated, that is face down on the ground with your hands shoulder-width apart and your body aligned in a straight line from head to heels). You wait for the command.
