Paul Szoldra
@paulszoldra
Managing Editor @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social 🇺🇸 Marine vet. National security reporter & editor. Former EIC @taskandpurpose.com. Founder of @duffelblog.com. More:
I love that We Are The Mighty tracked down Delta Force legend Mike Vining and talked to him about his career. This was a fun and fascinating read www.wearethemighty.com/military-new...
New CRS report: 42 U.S. aircraft lost/damaged in Iran War, including 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones, 7 KC-135 tankers, 4 F-15Es, 2 MC-130Js, and an E-3 AWACS. The cost of the war currently stands at $29 billion, according to the Pentagon Comptroller. www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
Insane (unconfirmed) video with what appears to be US troops in a bunker as an Iranian missile strikes close by. Uploaded today to funker530.com, a popular website where veterans upload combat footage.
Today’s edition of words the Secretary of Defense will come to regret
Pentagon memo 2020: Troops shouldn't follow illegal orders ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/L...
Democrats: Troops shouldn't follow illegal orders. Republicans: SEDITION! US Army lawyers: Troops shouldn't follow illegal orders. tjaglcs.army.mil/Periodicals/...
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
The AUMF... the forever war gift that keeps on giving presidents a blank check to kill anybody they want www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
The all-new Department of War apparently has a bunch of bases in Russia and China. Top notch
So glad President Trump is protecting our nation's most precious secrets apnews.com/article/trum...
Substack just made it very hard to leave their platform in the future, since creators are about to lose access to their paid subscribers’ billing information. open.substack.com/pub/on/p/in-...