The group posted the vid on the anniversary of Prigozhin’s ill-fated march on Moscow. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Remember this? The coup that wasn’t, only a year ago in Russia? The alleged coup-master, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has since died in a baffling plane crash. But today the self proclaimed descendants of …
Read More »‘Going Dark’: Urban Maze Shoot-House Training With 10th Group
WATCH: Soldiers from Army Special Forces 10th Group enter an urban maze, “Going Dark” while a heat-seeker tracks them from above.
Read More »The Puzzling Case of the ‘Harmful’ Sandbag Video
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating We thought we were being informative, but maybe we missed something. We wanted to show that soldiers do more than the high profile kinetic stuff, and that sometimes their work is mundane. Such as, when they fill sandbags. We posted this little clip, below, on …
Read More »The Battle of Guadalcanal: How it Unfolded
More than 80 years ago, the Allies launched their first major offensive in the Pacific during WWII. The attack on Guadalcanal began on Aug. 7, 1942. Here’s how it unfolded, with news reports from the day.
Read More »The Nurses of Normandy: Young Women Who Answered the Call
They were young women who answered the call. It was a terrible time, and they went into the fire in order to save lives. These military nurses share their stories of caring for our military men after D-Day in Normandy, France. We cannot thank them enough.
Read More »On D-Day, They Fought to Hit the Beach – and Then They Faced Combat
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 …
Read More »Mail Drop: Vomiting in the Balkans, Choking on Relish, and More
Mail drop! Here’s the latest peek into our inbox at Soldier of Fortune. Send us a note, and you, too, might appear in a future edition of Mail Drop! Vomiting in the Balkans Susan: Hey I saw what you wrote about working on a story in Dubrovnik and then vomiting …
Read More »Shooting Death Near US Special Operations Army Post: First Reports Are Not Always Accurate
My own inquiry shows so far that this tragedy was incredibly sad, but not nefarious. ANALYSIS by Susan Katz Keating I frequently remind readers that when following current events, be mindful that first reports often are incomplete, misleading, or even wrong. This is one of those times. Alarming news emerged Thursday …
Read More »Beyond Eagle Pass: Bodies and Gunfire in the Texas Wilderness
by Susan Katz Keating The cowboys were out on the range on a Texas morning, fixing fences that were cut down the previous night by intruders. Bobby, a “lifelong ranch hand” at age 28, was alone on his horse in a remote pasture. He heard a scream; a weird, piercing …
Read More »Murder Attempt on Slovakia’s Prime Minister Fico: First Lessons
A JFK-style hit, where a sniper takes aim from afar, is not the only type of assassination that threatens a political leader’s life. ANALYSIS by Susan Katz Keating Important first lessons emerge from today’s assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Grainy footage from the attack seems to show that …
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