We here at Sandboxx News are thankful for a lot of things, but most of all, we’re thankful for the incredible men and women serving in our nation’s Armed Forces. In honor of that, here’s a Thanksgiving toast to them all, penned by our favorite Navy SEAL, Frumentarius. To the sand and salt, the water […]
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A Navy SEAL’s 5 most important leadership tasks
FeaturedIn the intense, high-stress environments U.S. Navy SEALs operate in, good leadership is essential for mission accomplishment and even survival. Whether you are a light infantry platoon leader in the U.S. Army, a senior enlisted squad leader in the U.S. Marines, or the fire officer in charge of a four-person fire engine in some medium-sized […]
SEAL picks up a star in first for the Navy’s Seaman to Admiral program
LifestyleAccording to a press release from the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Personnel, Navy SEAL Matthew J. Burns recently became the first former enlisted Navy sailor to be promoted to flag officer rank (admiral) through the U.S. Navy’s Seaman to Admiral Program, now known as Seaman to Admiral-21 (STA-21). The former Navy recruit, who enlisted […]
5 (spoiler-free) themes underlying season 1 of the sci-fi series, ‘Raised by Wolves’
LifestyleNow that sufficient time has passed since the season one finale of the HBO Max science-fiction series “Raised By Wolves” was first made available to stream, I feel reasonably free to explore some of the deeper themes raised by the show, which is executive produced by “Alien” and “Blade Runner” creator Ridley Scott. First, my […]
A CIA officer’s 5 favorite spies from TV and movies
FeaturedThere are a lot of fanciful and ridiculous depictions of intelligence officers and operations to be found in the realm of fiction — let us dispense with that caveat from the outset. Be that as it may, there are also some great characters out there in that vast wasteland, standing tall above the detritus and […]
Heroes at Dinner: The 5 Navy SEALs in my family
FeaturedThis November, on what is undoubtedly going to be a lovely fall day in always-sunny San Diego, California, the latest class of students in the Navy’s SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) program will graduate and become full-fledged Navy SEALs. They will have started their Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training over a year ago, and among countless […]
10 new movies to make you excited to go see a movie again
LifestyleIf you are like me during this coronavirus-tainted time, you long to go back to a movie theatre, to sit in the dark, eat popcorn, and watch a couple hours of Hollywood-produced escapism. We all need the diversion to forget about politics, viruses, and everything else making this year a soup sandwich of despair. Who […]
Swim like a Navy SEAL: How to get fighting fit in the pool
FeaturedThe other day, as I sat in the sauna-like spectator section of the local natatorium, the surgical mask I wore adding to my muggy discomfort, I watched my oldest son swim in his first high school swim meet, and realized something. It was this: I really don’t care for swimming for exercise’s sake. That is […]
Frosted Misery: A Navy SEAL in SERE School
FeaturedSERE — short for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape — training is one of the more psychologically challenging training courses the U.S. military has to offer. It is not really that physically challenging, other than having to overcome the short duration of enforced hunger and the occasional slaps and stress/discomfort techniques employed against the students […]
A Navy SEAL reviews the classic action movie: “First Blood”
FeaturedAs one does at the fire station after a long, hot morning of fighting fire in the sweltering late July southern Missouri heat, I recently reclined in one of the easy chairs in our fire station day room, and savored the ultra-sweet flavor of an Andy’s Key Lime Pie Concrete. A Concrete is like a […]
