// IN TODAY’S EDITION
Armed father stops school gunman
UKR drone downs attack helicopter
Op-ed: Who guards the bunker?
US contractor's Gaza base stalled
MV-75 tiltrotors due in 2027
// ALERT LINE
Hi Everyone. Many of you enjoy SOFX Contributor, and Crucible Journal Founder Dino Garner's frequent article contributions to SOFX. Today we are publishing another. We are happy to consider other original articles that are a strong fit for our audience and the topics we cover, so feel free to submit them to [email protected] for publication consideration.
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File image: Aerial view of Bend, Oregon, along the Deschutes River (Credit: Nicholas J Klein / Shutterstock)
Armed Father Stops Gunman After Three Children and a Teacher Are Killed in Oregon School Shooting
An armed father shot and killed a 16-year-old gunman at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday after seeing him enter the school and following him inside. The teen had killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher. His brother identified the man as Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter with a concealed-carry permit whose two daughters attend the school. A second teacher and a 7-year-old are in critical condition. MORE ›
Video: Ukrainian Interceptor Drone Strikes Russian Mi-28 Attack Helicopter
A Ukrainian interceptor drone destroyed a Russian Mi-28NM attack helicopter, Ukraine's 115th Mechanized Brigade said. Its video shows the drone closing on the gunship in flight. Open-source researchers placed the strike near Yasnozorenskoye in Russia's Belgorod region. The Ukrainian outlet United24 said the helicopter carried new sensors that may belong to an anti-drone system. MORE ›
Army Sends 10th Mountain Troops to Latin America as Counter-Cartel Campaign Expands
The Army is sending several hundred 10th Mountain Division soldiers to Latin America as the US military widens its campaign against drug cartels. About 500 from the division's 3rd Brigade at Fort Polk, Louisiana, will train with partner forces in the region. About 100 more will provide command, intelligence, planning and communications support to Joint Task Force-Western Hemisphere. MORE ›
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The Servant Problem: What the Billionaire Bunker Builders Think of the Men They Hire to Guard Them
By Dino Garner, former Army Ranger and founder of CRUCIBEL Journal
In 2017, five very wealthy men asked the media theorist Douglas Rushkoff how they could keep control of the Navy SEALs guarding their bunkers once money was worthless. Their ideas included combination locks on the food, disciplinary collars and robots.
Garner, who ran private security missions in hostile countries for years, argues that loyalty can't be forced. Guards stay at their posts because they trust the men beside them, their leaders share the danger and their own families are safe, not because the food is locked away.
Many of the people these shelters hire will be veterans, and Garner says the plans leave them carrying most of the risk, with owners underground and guards outside. Some shelters also have holding cells for unruly residents, and the guard who locks an owner inside could face legal trouble.
His advice to veterans offered this work is to settle the terms before signing, including whether their families can shelter with them and who is responsible if someone has to be detained.
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| UPDATES |
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The Houthis claimed a missile damaged a Saudi Eurofighter Typhoon over northern Yemen. Their infrared video shows a blast just ahead of the jet and a possible fuel trail from its wing, consistent with shrapnel from a near miss. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed the incident. More
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Gunmen killed at least two security personnel in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province on Wednesday, including a women's Basij militia commander shot outside her home. The rights group HRANA has counted at least 94 people killed in 63 armed incidents in southeastern Iran since late March. More
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Israel has reportedly not let a US contractor begin building a Gaza base for international stabilization troops. The Board of Peace hired Louisiana-based Arkel International more than two months ago for a site that would house about 150 Moroccan and Kosovan troops. More
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The order to slow Starshield service for Ukraine's military came from inside the White House, two US officials and a Western official told Reuters, without saying who made the decision. President Trump said Friday, "It wasn't me, and I don't think it was Elon." More
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Stratolaunch's Boeing 747 was photographed carrying an unidentified rocket under its left wing. The aircraft was landing at California's Mojave Air & Space Port with a chase plane, and the company, which flies hypersonic tests for the Pentagon, has not said what the rocket is. More
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The Army's first MV-75 tiltrotors are due in 2027 at Fort Campbell's 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, though Bell called the accelerated schedule "tough." The aircraft, which will replace some Black Hawks, flies faster than 300 mph with up to 14 soldiers. More
| SPECAT |
➤ The military has awarded 202 Purple Hearts in the Iran war, a figure not previously disclosed, Task & Purpose reported. Soldiers received 184 of them, including 11 posthumous awards, and the total covers about a quarter of the 865 casualties the Pentagon has recorded.
➤ Tesla showed off its long-delayed second-generation Roadster Thursday at SpaceX's Texas test site, where cars fitted with cold-gas thrusters vaulted over a row of Tesla vehicles and flipped midair before landing. Production is set to begin in 2028, eight years later than first promised.
➤ Researchers tracking a fleet of AI agents scraping a Chinese mapping service got a reply when a New York Times reporter asked who it was. The answer, traced to Tencent's cloud, claimed to come from a single Claude assistant, though researchers doubt it was Anthropic's model.
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| COLLECTION & RESULTS |
// TODAY’S POLL
// YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Should Ukraine keep striking Russian oil refineries even if Washington objects?
| Yes | 68.9% | ||
| No | 25.2% | ||
| Unsure | 6.0% | ||
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// ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On October 17th, 1777, British Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered about 5,800 troops to American Gen. Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York, the first surrender of an entire British army in the war. The victory helped convince France to enter the war as an American ally.
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