Swiss bar fire kills dozens, Mamdani sworn in, Ukraine strike hits Kherson. Here’s what’s making headlines this Thursday evening.
Emergency responders search debris after a bar fire in the alpine resort of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, during New Year celebrations. Image grab via X.
From ancient Greek fire to flamethrower drones in 2024, fire’s legacy as a weapon blazes on. Who knew tech could reignite the past?
An American soldier using a flamethrower circa 1945. (Wikimedia Commons)
America did not lose its strength or its soul; it lost its nerve, and 2026 is the year we either reclaim it with clarity and backbone or admit we were too comfortable to fight for what we inherited.
A father shoulders his sleeping son during a bicentennial celebration event. Image Credit: Ohio Memory
It is time to stop ducking, stop passing the hourglass, and grab the helm with both hands, because 2026 can either crouch in the splash zone of other people’s mistakes or steer this ship straight into calmer water by choosing bold, disciplined action over another year of survival advice.
One year bleeds to buy time, the next is told to duck, and the arrows keep coming whether anyone is ready or not. SOFREP original cartoon by Bob Lang.
America First, stripped of the noise and put back on the rails of our founding principles, means building a stronger economy, securing the nation with fairness and resolve, guaranteeing real access to healthcare, defending human rights, and protecting public health so every American has a stake in the country’s future.
Brigadier General (Ret.) Donald C. Bolduc, former US Army Special Forces Commander. (US Army)
New year opens with global unrest, US pullbacks, and rising security tensions. Here’s your Thursday morning brief for January 1st, 2026.
A SOUTHCOM-released video screengrab shows a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel allegedly operated by designated terrorist organizations, January 1, 2026. Image Credit: @Southcom/X
Navy boosts fitness rules as global crises escalate from Gaza to Darfur. Here’s what’s making headlines this Wednesday evening.
The faceted black jet was dragged across a Saudi ramp like contraband in broad daylight, and if you listen closely you can hear the old rules of air war cracking in half.
Vietkanization is deliberate political warfare that keeps regimes standing while hollowing them out, outsourcing coercion to criminal proxies, capturing courts and elections under false anti-corruption banners, and locking the hemisphere into managed instability that slowly bleeds United States influence without firing a conventional shot.
Selective skepticism is not accountability; it is a loyalty test disguised as truth-seeking, and when veterans wield it against each other, credibility stops being a standard and becomes a weapon.
America First, as I see it, is not a slogan for exclusion or division, but a demand that our leaders put the American people first through servant leadership, transparent accountability, and a steady commitment to prosperity, security, fair healthcare, and basic human rights.
CIA strike, Epstein delays, West Africa bans Americans, Ukraine hits refinery. Here’s your Wednesday morning brief for December 31st, 2025.
US hits ISIS fighters in Syria, tensions rise in Iran, Gaza aid suspended, and more. Here’s what’s making headlines this Tuesday evening.
The SIG Sauer M7 is not simply a new rifle, it is a full-stack fighting package where the optic does the math, the suppressor manages the signature, and the shooter gets more time to concentrate on putting lead on target.
In the heat of action, our careful plans often collide with the unpredictable, reminding us that control is just an illusion.
America First is not a slogan borrowed from the moment, but a throughline from the Founders’ hard-earned lessons that a nation survives and thrives only when it puts the safety, prosperity, equal justice, and unalienable rights of its own citizens at the center of every decision.
The Wall Street Journal reports that intelligence files recovered in Damascus after Assad’s fall reveal how Syria’s secret police built a society-wide informant system that drove brutal detentions, torture, and deaths, including cases where relatives and spouses were used to target their own.
US strikes, Saudi-Yemen clash, Turkey raids, Russia claims drone plot. Here’s your Tuesday morning brief for December 30th, 2025.
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