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.

Morning Brief: Charlie Kirk Memorialized, Trump Slaps $100,000 Fee on New H-1B Visa Applications, Cyberattacks At Major European Airports

From a stadium-sized farewell to Charlie Kirk, to Trump’s $100K H-1B shockwave rattling boardrooms, and Europe’s airports grinding down under a cyberattack, this week proves that politics, policy, and code can all go down hard—and when they do, the fallout hits real people first. Welcome to your SOFREP Sunday Morning Brief. It’s September 21st, 2025.

How We’ll Be Protecting US Bases From Drone Attacks

A quick reaction force bristling with jammers, radars, and interceptors is the Pentagon’s answer to rogue drones buzzing our bases, a muscle car idling at the curb with orders to hit the gas the second trouble appears.