Guy D. McCardle

Guy D. McCardle

Guy D. McCardle is a sixteen-year veteran of the United States Army and most recently served as a Medical Operations Officer during OIF I and OIF II. He holds a degree in Biology from Washington & Jefferson College and is a graduate of the US Army Academy of Health Sciences. Guy has been a contributing writer to Apple News, Business Insider, International Business Times, and Medical Daily. He has over 8,000 answers and more than 30,000 followers on Quora, where he is a top writer on military topics. McCardle is the Managing Editor of the SOFREP News Team, a collective of military journalists.

US Speaker Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan Despite Threats of Chinese Retaliation

Travel in the Face of Threats Late Tuesday evening, local time, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China) despite multiple warnings from the government in mainland China against the visit. Before her trip, the Chinese said they would shoot down her plane if it entered […]

Russia and Ukraine Blame Each Other for Deadly Attack on POW Prison

Both sides in the ongoing war in Ukraine have blamed each other for shelling a military prison in a separatist region in the east of the embattled country. Ukrainian prisoners of war, captured following the fall of Mariupol, had been kept at the facility in Olenivka following the fall of the city. Finger Pointing Russia […]

Russia to Quit International Space Station After 2024

End of an Era Russia plans to leave its decades-long partnership with NASA after 2024 and leave the International Space Station (ISS) for good. This is according to the newly appointed head of the Russian space agency, Yury Borisov. The new Roscosmos chief announced that “the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been […]

Army Welcomes Those Who Exceed Body Fat Standards

Just a couple of weeks after the Army reneged on its pledge to accept recruits without high school diplomas; they came up with another scheme to meet their already low recruitment goals. On June 29th, I wrote about how the Army was miserably failing to meet its recruitment goals, so they dropped the educational requirements […]

Russia Breaks Treaty Before the Ink Dries, Blasting Black Sea Ports in Ukraine

Promises Made, Promises Broken Russia has continued to launch artillery strikes on Ukraine’s Black Sea port cities of Odessa and Mykolaiv on June 26, 2022, just days after signing documents in Turkey, promising they would not do so. These latest attacks follow those on the same region initiated three days ago. In this most recent […]

Russia Attacks Ukrainian Port Less Than One Day After Agreeing Not To

Russian forces fired four Kaliber missiles at the Ukrainian port city of Odesa less than 24 hours after an agreement was made Friday to allow grain exports to resume. The US Secretary of State condemned the attack stating that it undermined Russia’s commitment to the deal. He described the attack as “outrageous.” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry […]

Russians Hack Ukraine’s Largest Private Energy Firm

There are numerous ways to fight a war. Cyber-attacks have been a growing concern during recent conflicts. Russian hackers are among the best in the world, and they just carried out a cyber attack on Ukraine’s largest private energy conglomerate.