Steve Balestrieri

Steve Balestrieri

Steve is a SOFREP Senior Editor. He has served as a Special Forces NCO and Warrant Officer before injuries forced his early separation. He writes for SOFREP and covers the NFL for PatsFans.com and his work was regularly featured in the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and Grafton News newspapers.

Plan to Read A Good Book During Christmas? Here Are Some Recommended Ones

Many people will either be hosting or heading out to holiday parties and get-togethers to celebrate Christmas and the upcoming New Year. Others will take the time to rest and recharge their batteries and spend some quiet time at home.  If you are one of the latter and want to spend some quiet time reading […]

Report: Israeli Airstrikes Targeted Syrian Chemical Weapons Facilities

Israel has been bombing targets in Syria for decades that it perceives as a threat to its own security. Most famously, their 2007 raid that destroyed a North Korean-built nuclear reactor in Deir al-Zour province. A story in the Washington Post now claims that Israeli aircraft have made repeated strikes on chemical weapons productions and storage facilities within Syria.

Remembering Tech SGT Forrest L. Vosler, MOH, Dec. 20, 1943

The air war over Europe was a bloody affair for Allied pilots flying bombing missions over occupied Europe and Germany. Large bomber formations were savaged by flak and/or German fighters. Losses were so heavy that any crew that survived 25 missions were sent home. Few did. Things would soon change, however, as the P-51 Mustang […]

C-RAM Defenses Shoot Down Rocket Fired at US Embassy in Baghdad

C-Ram Intercepts One Rocket While Another Lands In Civilian Neighborhood Two Katyusha rockets were fired towards the Green Zone where the US embassy is located in Baghdad on Saturday night, according to Iraq’s state-run news service quoting Iraqi security officials. The U.S. Embassy’s C-RAM defense system was activated to intercept the rocket fire. One rocket […]

‘Adieu Timbuktu,’ French Forces Withdraw From Mali After Nine Years

After nine years, French forces will be leaving the troubled nation of Mali where Islamist terrorists attempted to gain a foothold. France is saying that its presence there is not totally ended but will take on a different posture, presumably in the form of military advisors and other military assistance.