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.

SOFREP Cartoon: Tactical Malfunction at the Bar

In a world where Russia bellows bravado and breaks treaties, the U.S. answers with silent, deep-sea patience—four to five Ohio-class submarines are lurking in the shadows, each armed with dozens of warheads, holding the still-fragile threads of deterrence tight as New START’s expiration looms next year.

US Pulls Out of Three Forward Operating Bases in Syria

U.S. and coalition forces have withdrawn from three forward operating bases in northeastern Syria—Mission Support Site Green Village, Mission Support Site Euphrates (often called the Conoco gas-field base), and a third smaller facility—sometime in May 2025, according to the latest Department of Defense Inspector General quarterly report. These closures represent a mass exodus from the […]

Why Your Grandparents Once Rendered the Nazi Salute to the American Flag

In a moment that feels ripped from dystopian fiction, American schoolkids in 1940 stood with outstretched arms—Nazi-style—saluting the flag under a Pledge written by a Christian Socialist, in a bizarre collision of patriotism, forgotten history, and unintended symbolism.

Morning Brief: China Travel Crackdown, Russia Not Impressed with Trump’s Submarine Moves

From Beijing locking down passports and punishing foreign ties, to Moscow brushing off Trump’s submarine flex, India thumbing its nose at U.S. oil sanctions, and Ukrainians longing for home but waiting for peace, the global chessboard is lit up—and nobody’s playing by the old rules anymore. Welcome to Sunday Morning, August 3rd, 2025. This is your SOFREP Brief.