STREAM IT ON THE PLATFORMS:
This week on SOFREP Radio we were joined by Bing West, Marine Force Recon veteran, former Assistant Secretary of Defense to the Reagan administration and prolific author. In this episode, West walks us through his latest book,
The Last Platoon, and talks about the Corps, the war in Afghanistan and much much more.
About Bing West
During the Vietnam War, he was a platoon leader in Force Recon leading over 100 combat patrols. When his tour (66-68) was completed, the Corps asked him to write a guide for Marines coming into the country. The guide was titled
By
Paul McLeary on December 17, 2020 at 12:48 PM
A Canadian Coast Guard vessel rendezvous with US Coast Guard icebreaker Healy (foreground) in the Arctic.
WASHINGTON: The defense policy bill sitting on President Trump’s desk would fund new icebreakers the Coast Guard desperately needs, and give Arctic strategy a bigger seat at the decision-making table at the Pentagon.
The 2021 NDAA, passed by the House and Senate with veto-proof majorities last week, authorizes money for six icebreakers, three more than originally planned, which would replace the two currently in service one of which is languishing in port after a devastating fire in August left it in need of a new engine.
December 17, 2020
In a series of articles by its editorial board, media columnist Margaret Sullivan, and former Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett, the Washington Post has mounted a coordinated attack on Robert R. Reilly, the new nominee for VOA director, claiming he is an existential threat to the organization’s mission to provide independent reporting to foreign audiences.
The reason they deem Reilly disqualified to serve as VOA director isn’t about a lack of credentials. He was director from 2001 to 2002 and for a decade before that produced a weekly talk show on VOA. No, according to Bennett and WaPo, Reilly is “dangerous” because he believes what the Catholic Church teaches on sexuality which is ironic, to say the least, given legacy media’s favorable coverage of Joe Biden’s Catholic faith.
There’s a season to everything, including the U.S. presidency. In case you forgot, major media outlets have reported President Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection in both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
Since then, most Texas Republicans have opted to back the president, despite a lack of evidence (so far) that would prove his camp’s frequently bizarre claims of mass voter fraud. Now enter Fort Worth U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, who is among the first Republican politicians expressing worry that Trump’s campaign is attempting to invalidate the election results.
“I have great concerns about it,” she said Friday during an interview with CNN. “I think that it s time to move on.”