Guy McCardle

3 days ago | sofrep.com | Guy McCardle

Good evening, and welcome to SOFREP’s Evening Brief for Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Despite rising tensions in the Middle East, oil prices have plummeted amid a global oversupply. Iran suspends nuclear oversight, Gaza violence surges, and the US Air Force sharpens its war posture. NATO bows to Trump’s defense demands, the UK revives its airborne nuclear deterrent, and Russia intensifies strikes on Ukraine.

3 days ago | sofrep.com | Guy McCardle

Brandon Webb doesn’t need much of an intro (especially to the SOFREP crowd), but in this episode of Brian Dickinson’s Calm in the Chaos, he gives us one heck of a reminder of what he has done in a thoroughly exciting life and career. From setting sniper overwatch in Yemen after the USS Cole bombing to nearly going down with a helicopter in the Persian Gulf, Webb walks us through his Navy years with the clarity of a man who’s danced with chaos and lived to write about it.

3 days ago | sofrep.com | Guy McCardle

Today’s SOFREP Pic of the Day shows the last moment of an American-built Northrop F-5E Tiger II light fighter jet from the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIAF) before it was destroyed by an Israeli Air Force (IAF) strike on Dezful Airport on June 22, 2025. Be sure to watch the full kinetic action below on X:חיל-האוויר תקף לפני זמן קצר שני מטוסי קרב מסוג F5 של הכוחות הצבאיים האיראניים בשדה התעופה דזפול שבאיראן.

3 days ago | sofrep.com | Guy McCardle

Have you wondered what other options the US military had instead of dropping more than a dozen 30,000 lb bunker buster bombs on the nuclear sites in Iran? Do we happen to have a group of highly trained troops wielding ultra-specialized equipment to take care of problems just like this one? Yes, dear reader, we do, but you won’t hear about them in the mainstream media. Sit back, grab a cold one, and I’ll tell you all about the US Army Nuclear Disablement Teams.

4 days ago | sofrep.com | Guy McCardle

President Donald “F-Bomb” Trump has nominated Admiral Daryl L. Caudle—an old-school Cold Warrior with a doctorate in organizational leadership and a résumé full of submerged steel—to be the next Chief of Naval Operations. Caudle isn’t your average desk jockey. He once ran fast-attack subs in the Pacific and now looks poised to shake the barnacles off the brass in D.C.He replaces Admiral Lisa Franchetti, whose short reign ended like a busted catapult launch—high hopes, low trajectory.