The fact that a high-profile lone wolf attack may not be based on any clear motive doesn’t worry some terrorist groups. They will still claim the perpetrator as one of their own, to gain maximum publicity. by Jeffrey D. Simon For many Americans, the events of September 11, 2001, were the first …

Call it Thunder Ball. Soldiers with 10th Mountain Division perfom a tactical movement during a simulated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attack as part of Thunder Ball exercise at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, on Sept. 5, 2024. This type of training utilizes high-stress scenarios to refine the tactical and …

Book Review by Heath Hansen Ever wonder what it’s like to be a street cop? The politics? The bureaucracy? The intensity? Or what it feels like to face a crazed maniac? The adrenaline high? The danger? The uncertainty? Fractured Streets has it all. I was recently perusing noir crime books on Amazon …

Israeli commandos rescued Andrey Kozlov and three other hostages in the daring “Operation Arnon.” by Elon Perry The interview with Andrey Kozlov was not going well. I had asked him, early on, to talk about his time in captivity. The conversation appeared to have stalled already. His answers mostly came …

This man says he moved to Wyoming in order to exercise his right to fire up a flamethrower. Allan Hovland, formerly of California, told the Cowboy State Daily that he became enthralled with flamethrowers a couple years ago. “It was just one of those things,” Hovland said. “I was looking …

A light machine gun that was designed eight decades ago is turning up on the frontline in Ukraine. The RPD can be used in the section support role but can also be operated by a single soldier to assault a position, including a trench. It was designed back in 1943/44 …

by Gene Pugh One of the darkest days in Special Forces history occurred on a summer morning in 1968 in Vietnam. In the early hours of Aug. 23, the Da Nang MACVSOG camp known as FOB4 was attacked by approximately 167 soldiers from the combined units of the 22nd VC …

by Sgt. 1st Class Ashleigh Martinez Editor’s note: I first met Chuck Ziegenfuss when I wrote an article about him for PEOPLE magazine, when he was donating voice-activated laptops to wounded warriors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Before long, I was part of another group that cooked for …

by Greg Chabot Editor’s note: This story contains some very raw, violent material that could bring readers back to their own stark experiences at war. ~SKK April 9th, 2004 Author’s note: During this time TF- 1/6 soldiers were living in three locations in the city. Troops were at the Provincial …

by Elon Perry Recruiting an informant is a long and complex process. There is one phenomenon that worries Hamas almost as much as the Israeli military in Gaza: the thousands of informants who risk their lives for Israel. Without their work, none of the operations to kill senior Hamas officials …