Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, conducts a dismounted patrol through a village in Northeast Syria, circa 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff. Sgt. Emma Scearce) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Iowa Guardsmen Killed in ISIS Ambush in Syria Two Iowa National Guard soldiers and an American civilian interpreter were killed when an ISIS-linked gunman opened fire during a U.S. patrol in the Syrian town of...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! A U.S. Airman boards an HC-130J Combat King II before a routine sortie over U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Nov. 26, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jackson Manske) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Combat Rescue Aircraft Arrive in Caribbean as Trump Again Signals Land Strikes President Trump recently stated that the U.S. will soon begin strikes targeting drug shipments from Venezuela via land routes, claiming a 92% reduction in maritime...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 209, taxis on the flight line prior to take off from the Air Dominance Center (ADC) (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Caila Arahood) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Ukraine Hits Caspian Oil Platform in Mass Drone Attack Ukraine struck the Lukoil-operated Filanovsky oil rig, one of Russia’s largest offshore assets in the Caspian Sea. The attack, reportedly carried out...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! A U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutter (U.S. Army photo by Spc. William Hunter) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES U.S. Seizes Sanctioned Tanker off Venezuela’s Coast U.S. forces seized a sanctioned oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, calling it “the largest one ever seized.” The Skipper, previously known as the Adisa, had been sanctioned for involvement in Iranian oil trading. Attorney General Pam Bondi...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) F-16 with 20th anniversary tail paint (Bluebearwing / Shutterstock) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Renewed Fighting Along Thailand–Cambodia Border Kills Dozens Renewed fighting along the Thailand–Cambodia border has killed at least 13 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. Cambodia’s Defence Ministry said nine civilians were killed and 20 injured, while Thailand reported four soldiers dead and 68 wounded. Thai forces said...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! (Photo: Mohammad Bash / Shutterstock) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Russian Soldiers Jailed for Torturing Pro-Kremlin American to Death Four Russian soldiers have been sentenced for torturing and killing Russell “Texas” Bentley, a pro-Moscow American who fought alongside Kremlin-backed forces in eastern Ukraine. Investigators said the men mistook Bentley for a U.S. spy, beat him to death, and blew up his body in a car to hide the evidence. Two officers...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! Three Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15J Eagles fly alongside a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 14, 2022 (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Yosselin Campos) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Japan Accuses Chinese Jets of Directing Fire-Control Radar at Its Aircraft Japan accused Chinese military jets of twice locking their fire-control radar on Air Self-Defense Force aircraft over international waters near Okinawa. Prime...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! A screengrab from the video released by U.S. Southern Command showing the strike on the narcotics smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific (Photo: U.S. Southern Command via X) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Pentagon Strikes Another Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific Following Brief Pause U.S. Southern Command killed four in a strike on a suspected narcotics vessel Thursday in the Eastern Pacific. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics...
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Hi everyone, in today’s #1 story spot we published comments from Sam Havelock in response to a Substack post made by Joe Lonsdale, titled “Taking Thiel Seriously on the Antichrist.” Though this is a slight break from our regular broadcasts, we have previously made clear and reaffirm that a core driving principle at SOFX is encapsulated in the SOF truth - “Humans are more important than hardware.” Sam Havelock CEO, SOFX Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! Ukraine's "Prymary" unit from...
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