The holidays can be stressful as you try to complete Christmas shopping for friends and family in-between work hours. That’s why NEWSREP put together a quick gift guide which should prove applicable for the man in your life, the veteran, the outdoorsman, or really anyone else who enjoys reading, travel, adventure, and even a few […]
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The CIA Operative’s Guide to Safe Travel
Like many of you, I’ve had my fair share of foreign and domestic travel. The world is on edge today with the anticipation of another terrorist attack. Even in the most hostile environments, you can make yourself a very difficult and less attractive target by applying simple preventive security measures. Terrorists and criminals will always conduct […]
Research & Development Branch of OSS, and America’s “Q”
During World War II, the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) was the United States first foray into the intelligence business. Prior to the war, the intelligence services for the US didn’t exist, much to the chagrin of their British allies just as the war began. It had no overall direction, planning or control and was […]
Recommended Reading, Knowledge is Power
There are some great books on the shelves this holiday season that would make a great gift or stocking stuffer. We have put together a list of recommended reading we thought you might like to get for either yourself or as a gift. Fearless – Available on Amazon Fearless is the story of a man of […]
Brotherhood | Veterans Past and Present
I have been an amputee for almost 12 years now. While in the Army serving with the 10th Mountain Division I was hit by a VBIED (vehicle born improvised explosive device) more commonly known as a suicide car bomb. In my last 12 years, I have been up and I’ve been down and to be […]
Loadout Room & UCO Veterans Day Prize Pack Giveaway
In honor of those who have served our country this Veterans Day, Loadout Room and UCO Gear have teamed up for a special giveaway designed to help you enjoy the great outdoors. Enter below by midnight Friday for a chance to win a prize package featuring 5 UCO products. Titan Matches Sweetfire Tinder Matches Candle […]
Interview with Tim Kolczak, Founder of The Veterans Project
I’ve been following The Veterans Project (TVP) on Facebook and Instagram for a couple years now. For those who are not familiar with TVP it is an online journal profiling the experiences of Veterans via interviews and photographs. It sheds light on their lives, experiences during and after their service, highlighting their struggles and successes. […]
SOFREP Radio: The Odyssean talks music in military life, and disaster preparedness
Editors note: The Odyssean has a great true story about the importance of having a go bag and escape/evasion plan in place. During his stay in Japan he actually had to put his plan into motion and speaks to the relevance of having such a plan. This week marked the annual meetings for Hurricane Group in NYC, […]
The Gear and Gun Labor Day Deals of 2018
1. Palmetto State Armory The first entry in our Gear and Gun labor day deals is from the always affordable Palmetto State Armory. If you are like me you likely open up PSA emails every day and wonder how exactly do they sell stuff so cheap? Are they a money laundering operation? Economy of scale? Who […]
Do you have a cool story from your time in the military? We’d like to hear it!
We’ve done some ‘downtime’ stories in the past where we have written about some good times had in our respective military units. Some of the stories were what we do when bored while others were alcohol-related while on liberty either overseas or off base locally. Most stories of good times in the military had alcohol involved […]