Security

by Susan Katz Keating Thirteen years ago today was a horrific event in the annals of Naval Special Warfare. On Aug 6, 2011, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was shot down in Afghanistan. In the process, 30 American military servicemen and a U.S. military working dog were …

by Boris Egorov At the end of 1980, on the outskirts of Moscow, a number of Soviet policemen picked an argument with a KGB major. They had no idea what dire consequences the encounter would have for them and the entire Soviet police force.  On the morning of December 27, …

FBI Director Christopher Wray faces grilling today by House lawmakers in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.  Watch the hearing, below. Wray’s testimony follows a Monday hearing that led to Kimberly Cheatle resigning from the top slot at the U.S. Secret Service. READ MORE: Oversight Hearing That …

Following intense grilling from both sides of the aisle, Cheatle on Tuesday resigned her position. Congress on Monday held an oversight hearing on the Secret Service, and the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The sole witness was Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. Following intense grilling from both sides …

Smuggler ethics were caught on camera by Texas law enforcement officers – and the images are stunning. In this video, below, a callous smuggler abandons his human cargo, sealed beneath the floorboards of a flatbed rig. Officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety on April 12 tried to stop …

by Susan Katz Keating Critics have noted that Irish people have “fought and died for that flag,” including as part of the mission to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. Nationalists in Ireland have circulated video of Irish police hurling the nation’s flag to the ground, and kicking it during a …

Pick your strike, and check your work. British soldiers from the 7th Parachute Regiment call for artillery strikes in July while training in the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr facility in Germany. Watch as they call for fire and inspect the results.

Iran has vowed revenge against the U.S. for killing its Quds Force commander in 2020, but says it wants to do so in court. Tehran has denied plotting to assassinate Donald Trump after reports emerged that U.S. authorities were told that Iran was planning to kill the Republican presidential nominee. …

Greetings again from Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), in and around the Hawaiian Islands. Here is some of the choreography that goes into the exercise that also leads to strange encounters at sea with puffer fish. SEE MORE from Soldier of Fortune Goes to RIMPAC More than 40 ships …

by Nikolay Shevchenko It was late evening when a cash truck pulled up in front of a fancy department store on Mozhayskoye Highway in Moscow. Leaving two partners behind in the truck, the third guard stepped over the store’s threshold to collect the cash that had piled up there throughout …