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Victory isn’t flags on rooftops or borders redrawn—it’s the stubborn act of existing, of speaking your mother tongue in defiance, while the sky falls and the world debates your worth.

Sudanese refugees return home, Russia ramps up drone strikes, and Gaza tensions rise. Here’s your SOFREP Evening Brief for July 22, 2025.

Israeli troops push into central Gaza, Russia strikes Kyiv, and Syria begins evacuations as global tensions rise this Monday evening.

Annapolis is trading polished tradition for combat grit as a decorated Marine aviator takes the helm, marking a historic first and a sharp turn toward warfighting focus.

Reviving talk of the warrior ethos means nothing when the very architects of its erosion remain at the helm, clinging to power and preserving a system designed to reward obedience over accountability.

William Carney didn’t just carry the flag at Fort Wagner—he hauled the soul of a nation on his back through a storm of lead, and never let it fall.

Aid-line carnage in Gaza, Syria’s shaky truce, and a cartel kingpin extradited. Here’s your SOFREP Morning Brief for Monday, July 21, 2025.

As Israeli troops reportedly gunned down starving civilians in a Gaza breadline, ICE agents fought to keep their faces hidden from the American public, and Ukrainian drones forced Moscow to shut its skies ten times in a day, the message was painfully clear: in a world ruled by power plays and paranoia, it’s always the innocent who get trampled first. And that’s our world on Sunday, July 20, 2025. This is your evening brief.

While Trump took a bullet and a patriot died, a not so intrepid reporter mistook side-eye from the bleachers for incoming fire and called it PTSD.

About as sexy as a cardboard box and built for the mud, Taiwan’s micro-drones aren’t headline grabbers—they’re battlefield bloodhounds sniffing out trouble before it starts.

There are no cheat codes or hall passes in Navy SEAL Training. But these three steps will help you along the way.

In thirty-six years of military service, I’ve seen my share of bad ideas—but turning our bases into detention centers ranks high on the list of the most misguided.