COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The work has been called the most dangerous form of journalism. Amid my daily influx of emails, text messages, and phone calls, I frequently am hit up by people who want to go downrange under my name. They approach me with variants on the following requests. …

by Susan Katz Keating The first time I gave serious thought to shoulder holsters was not at a gun counter or on a range. It was when I spotted the ones worn by the men following me. That story is for another day. I was working on an investigative story, …

by Susan Katz Keating The movie just dropped. The files keep coming out. We’ve been covering this for years. Here’s your field briefing. With a major UFO film hitting theaters, the timing feels almost scripted. But at Soldier of Fortune, we didn’t wait for Hollywood to greenlight a script before …

by Susan Katz Keating The Pentagon went into lockdown Thursday morning amid an active hazmat incident, a source inside the building told Soldier of Fortune. The response involves three corridors, comprising approximately one-quarter of the building. Floors and corridors have been evacuated. This is no precautionary exercise, the source said, …

by Susan Katz KeatingNew training images from GTMO appear alongside resurfaced historic footage from the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the U.S. base stood on alert during one of the Cold War’s most dangerous moments. Marines conducted fast-rope and sling load training at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay this month, adding new …

by Susan Katz Keating It was the largest amphibious assault in the history of warfare, and one of the most decisive military missions of modern times. The outcome of WWII rested upon the success of D-Day – a mission that was long in the making, and shrouded in secrecy until …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The images are so gruesome I won’t post them. But they’ve been flooding my inbox, as if I didn’t already know that men are getting chewed up on the battlefields of Ukraine and Russia. These particular images come from a social media account that claims to …

by Susan Katz Keating What began as questions about activity in Boston evolved into a wider Soldier of Fortune investigation involving operational warnings, networks, and patterns hiding in plain sight. Some stories don’t arrive fully formed. They come in pieces: a source leaning forward across a table, a sealed envelope …

by Susan Katz Keating For decades, war correspondents earned the right to carry a PRESS credential into dangerous places. Now outsiders, operatives, and opportunists are seeking the same protection without earning it, because in conflict zones a press card can open doors, lower rifles, and get you out of a …

by Susan Katz Keating Graphic combat imagery circulating through exile networks raised a darker possibility. The money may have mattered less than identifying who would give it – and who would not. “What do you make of these, Jocko?” I slid the packet across the table as he set down …