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.

What Makes A Classified Document Classified?

Just because someone mentions nukes or troop movements in a group chat doesn’t automatically make it “classified”—there’s a whole process for that, and trust me, it’s not done by accident.

U.S. Drops Bounties on Top Taliban Leaders—What’s the Real Cost?

The U.S. decision to lift bounties on top Taliban leaders—just days after the release of an American hostage—raises serious questions about whether Washington is quietly shifting from a stance of pressure to one of pragmatic negotiation with a regime still designated as a terrorist organization.