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If you don’t own the air at five hundred feet and fifty yards, you’re not maneuvering—you’re waiting your turn on the casualty list.

We idled through Al Dujahl’s midnight arteries, numb and hollow, while men in the shadows watched us like witnesses at the thin border between heaven and hell.

This summit between Trump and Putin, held without President Zelensky’s participation, risks trading away Ukraine’s sovereignty while setting a dangerous precedent for sidelining smaller nations in decisions about their own future.

Tradition isn’t getting tossed—it’s getting reloaded, as Black Buffalo hands dippers the same gritty ritual without the leaf, built by Americans who know the watch, the barracks, and the weight of a round can in a back pocket.

VA faces staffing woes, Trump reshapes Kennedy Center, and Mexico hands over cartel bosses. Welcome to your Wednesday Morning Brief.

US releases latest human rights reports, Iran hints at nuclear talks, Israel eyes Gaza resettlement. Here is Tuesday’s SOFREP Evening Brief.

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I’ve seen Agency birds parked in plain sight; these two Basler BT-67s in Tullahoma—matte-gray, unmarked, and papered to a Delaware cutout—fit the pattern.

Planter-turned-mercenary Jean “Black Jack” Schramme carved his legend in the Congo Crisis—a self-styled guardian of order who tried to bind a failing state with Katangan steel and hired guns.

Real security starts on the front porch, not a distant headquarters—when officers belong to the neighborhood, trust, accountability, and safer streets follow.

Coast Guard Icebreaker debut, US-China Panama canal clash, and EU warns Trump ahead of Putin summit. Welcome to your Tuesday Morning Brief.

Hamadeh’s Syria mission, SOF hazard tech, Nigeria gang raid, and Zelenskyy’s warning. It is Monday evening. This is your SOFREP Brief.