One of the rules in the Yukon Territory is that hunting guides must always be within hearing distance of their hunters. This is a good rule, as we soon shall see.  It was the first day of an early September expedition when hunting guide David O’Farrell brought an archery hunter …

The Operator blade got our attention. The readers made sure we didn’t stop there. We moved on to the Assassin, the Salient, and the Operative. by Jose Campos A knife can look good on a website. The real question is what happens when it leaves the box. Our review of …

by Hooligan My logbook called it a routine troop lift. My gut told me otherwise. I was still green – a “Peter Pilot” in Army slang – flying right seat in a Huey. The Aircraft Commander sat to my left, cool and unshakable, though his name has long been lost …

On this particular day, I was feeling quite fed up with all the fucking trackers. I went on a rant. And then… by Cliff Wade Back in Garrison, 2015 The Army is big on trackers. They track unit’s training requirements, numerous administrative actions, leave dates, fire extinguisher expiration dates, duty exemptions, …

The Bureau spent years chasing flying saucers. Then it stopped. One memo explains why the public never trusted that decision.by Jose Campos The Roswell story was high on the public radar when the FBI’s Dallas Field Office fired off an urgent cable to Director J. Edgar Hoover. An object had …

by Martin Kufus Decades after it happened, the incident has wide name recognition. To some, “Roswell” suggests a crashed spaceship and a government conspiracy. To others, it’s a hoax for tourists and the gullible.  Myth or reality, the “Roswell Incident” fell within a bigger picture. The Nuclear Triangle By the …

by Martin Kufus The Pentagon is adamant that no flying saucer crashed in July 1947 near Roswell, N.M., and that no aliens nor advanced technology were recovered and secreted away. It’s an odd coincidence, nonetheless, that the world’s most famous UFO-related incident occurred near the world’s only nuclear weapons.   By …

by Cliff Wade Iraq, 2007 Much more often than not, our missions in Iraq were meticulously planned out well ahead of time. However, there were occasions when opportunities were presented that did not allow enough time for applying the proper troop-leading procedures, and we just winged it.  One such instance …

When we heard that an “Indoor tactical theme park” had opened in Florida, we were curious. We sent writer Fred Seiltgen to check it out. Here’s what he found. ~SKK by Friedrich Seiltgen  Located in Sanford, Florida, Decision Tactical is billed as an indoor tactical theme park, but it’s more …

by Robert Fallon The men of Easy Company could hear the hill before they owned it. Machine guns hammered from above. Rifle fire cracked across frozen Korean ground. The Chinese troops dug into the high ground had the advantage every infantryman wants. They had elevation, cover, and clear fields of …