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Retired BG Bolduc discusses the outcomes of the Trump-Putin summit, noting it did not lead to progress toward peace in Ukraine.

Trump dangles “peace” like bait while Putin crushes Ukraine, turning foreign policy into caveman logic written in blood.

Trump floats a domestic Quick Reaction Force: 600 Guard troops on standby to quell unrest fast—praised as safety, feared as overreach.

Trump pushes full Ukraine peace deal as DC protests federal takeover, while conflicts rage from Sudan to Myanmar. It Sunday, August 17th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Putin walks out of Alaska with the optics he wanted, West Virginia’s Guard rolls into D.C. to stiffen the perimeter, and New Orleans’ mayor gets hit with a federal indictment—power projection abroad, domestic muscle at home, and accountability snapping at the heels. It Saturday, August 16 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.

I succeeded in Professional Military Education by treating it as an opportunity and a responsibility—checking my ego, preparing before day one, doing the reading, organizing relentlessly, and using every spare minute to learn for the soldiers who would depend on me.

Between Hamas’s butchery, Israel’s grinding war, and a fog of propaganda that makes truth provisional, Gaza is where civilians are crushed while Washington looks away.

When the nation’s capital needs Kevlar to feel safe, call it what it is—a war zone with better press passes.

Anchorage wasn’t pageantry—it was the tell that with Europe folding and Washington hedging, Zelensky is bluffing a low pair at a high-stakes table where Trump and Putin rake the chips.

Anchorage was a stage, Washington has to be a workshop, and Gaza City is teed up for a brutal urban fight—with civilians poised to pay the highest price. Welcome to Saturday morning, August 16, 2025. This if your SOFREP Brief.

Trump meets Putin in Alaska, UN warns of rising war crimes, Serbia protests turn violent. Here’s what’s making headlines this Friday evening.

At Alaska’s icy table, two nuclear heavyweights have a clean shot to freeze the slide—keep New START’s caps alive, put numbers on tac nukes, and fence Europe off from new land-based missiles.