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U.S. Soldier Arrested in Russia Broke Army Regs, Went Via China to Visit Girlfriend, Officials Say

“Everything is being investigated,” official told Soldier of Fortune Gordon Black, an American soldier who was arrested in Russia, went there to see a woman and violated Army rules in order to visit her, a U.S. official told Soldier of Fortune. The official echoed what Black’s family has said in …

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Army PsyOp ‘Ghosts in the Machine’ 2: Another Magnificently Weird Recruiting Video

Don’t ask questions. Just watch, and contact your Army recruiter. It’s baaaack…… A previous Army PsyOp recruiting vid, Ghosts in the Machine, was so magnificently weird that it tore up the ‘net. The 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) got high props for creeping people out at a whole new level.  The original …

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Iranian Embassy Siege, 1980: When Terrorists Killed a Hostage, British SAS Launched Operation Nimrod

Editor’s note: Six armed men on April 30, 1980 stormed the Iranian embassy in London. The men took hostages, and issued demands. After six days, the terrorists killed a hostage and threw his body outside. Enter the British Special Air Service (SAS) and Operation Nimrod. British crisis expert Robert McAlister analyzes what unfolded …

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‘Are You Being Paid to Protest’? At Columbia, Students Refused to Answer My Questions

by Jose Campos “Are you being paid to attend this protest?” That’s all it took for the woman to start screaming at me. I asked the question, and she exploded in rage. Then her friends joined in, shredding their vocal cords while venting their fury. I normally write about the …

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Extortion on the Border: The Northeast Cartel Controls the Flow of Drugs and Migrants Into Texas

The Northeast Cartel is not well known inside the U.S., but the powerful group controls key territory inside Mexico, along the border with Texas. The group holds sway over Nuevo Laredo, a staging ground for drugs and people headed into the United States. Journalist Parker Asmann visited the border town, and …

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‘Silent War’: Is a Rogue Russian Intelligence Unit Using an Old KGB Playbook Against the West?

An intelligence educator’s assertion echoes claims from a former KGB official. SOF ANALYSIS When a European news outlet recently raised the specter of a rogue holdover KGB unit operating in the shadows to undermine Western values, we at Soldier of Fortune did a double-take. The article quoted a startling assertion …

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Army Widow Awarded $1.7 Million in Wrongful Death Suit Against VA

An Army widow who held the government accountable for her husband’s suicide was awarded $1.7 million to settle a wrongful death claim against the Department of Veterans Affairs. Army veteran Jason Moon contacted the South Bend Vet Center in Indiana in 2020, seeking care for mental health issues. He had …

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WATCH: Special Forces Candidates Navigate the Grueling ‘Nasty Nick’ Obstacle Course

Special Forces candidates test their mettle on the Nasty Nick Obstacle course at the U.S. Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. The course was named after legendary Green Beret James “Nick” Rowe. READ MORE: Col. Nick Rowe: Long-Ago Conversations With a Special Forces Legend

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Inside Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Against Israel

As fighting intensifies between Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Israel, Iran has been increasingly vocal about the prospect of additional firepower entering the fray to score a victory for what Tehran calls the “axis of resistance” against Israel. The axis, refined by the Islamic republic over the last four decades, …

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Putin Must Not Be Insulted: Inside the Mysterious Agency That Controls Russia’s Internet

by Mike Eckel, Daniil Belovodyev, and Anton Bayev In the first half of October 2022, employees of an obscure Russian government department working out of a small business center in northeast Moscow were worried about the weather. Not Moscow’s weather, but rather weather in four regions of Ukraine that President …

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