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When ‘Concrete Bob’ Kicked the Ghouls Off the Front Gate at Walter Reed Hospital

by Susan Katz Keating 2006 The traffic along Georgia Avenue going south was sparse throughout the stretch of Maryland road. The bus proceeded unhindered, ferrying wounded warriors strapped into gurneys or propped up with i.v. lines attached, and belted into seats. Many were profoundly changed men and women with missing …

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WATCH: Night Stalkers in Action

The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment is known as the Night Stalkers. They move at a moment’s notice, arriving time on target, plus or minus 30 seconds. Check out the team in action.

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Men Were Trapped Inside a Burning ‘Punishment Hunt’ in WWI Germany: A Prisoner’s Story

Here at Soldier of Fortune, we uncovered a long-ago story of an atrocity during World War I, when eight prisoners met a horrific fate while captive in Germany. Here is the tale, as told by a fellow prisoner,  “Pedro.”  ~SKK Pedro’s Tale I was sailing on an English ship. She …

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‘The Taliban Are at My Door’: The Whispered Message From a Friend in Afghanistan

by Susan Katz Keating “The Taliban are behind my door.” The whispered words came through the phone in the pitch of night, hours after Kabul fell on August 15, 2021. My friend “Hakim,” a man I had been trying from afar to help leave Afghanistan, called me from inside his …

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Against Enemy Fire: Inside Israel’s Daring Mission to Rescue Hostages in Gaza

A riveting story of the bold and secret operation, told by a former IDF commando. by Elon Perry On 12 May, Israel received intelligence about the location of four hostages in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the Gaza Strip. From that day on, every branch of Israeli intelligence was …

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Captured in the Desert: A Soldier’s Misfortune With the French Foreign Legion in Algeria

The French Foreign Legion these days is more exclusive than it used to be. If there is an Interpol notice against you, for example, you won’t get through the gate. A century ago, however, a man who wanted to escape his past and assume a new identity could disappear into …

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Attack at Abbey Gate: The Scene From Above

A U.S. military aircraft captured this scene at Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on 26 August 2021. There is no narration to go with the vid, but the scene clearly is chaotic. An ISIS suicide bomber launched an attack at the gate, killing 13 American …

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Salute to an Icon: C-130 at 70

The C-130 has the longest, continuous military aircraft production run in history. It has one of the top three longest, continuous aircraft production lines of any type. Here’s a birthday salute to this icon of the skies. Thanks to Airman 1st Class Leonid Soubbotine for the way-cool vid.

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The ATF Must Return Improperly Seized Bump Stocks – But the Clock is Ticking For Owners to Reclaim Weapons

Owners must act within 90 days to reclaim their property. The ATF did not explain how it arrived at that time frame. Gun-owners who surrendered their bump stocks to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives now may retrieve them following a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court – …

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