By Bing West From the December 2014 issue of SOF The Setting Sangin was the most violent district in Afghanistan, a remote farmland in southern Helmand Province at the far south of the country. Beginning in 2006, British forces defended the government compound next to the district market, while the …

Army SPC Dwight Birdwell Via Cherokee Phoenix Bob,Remember the article I wrote a while back in SOF about Dwight Birdwell and his actions as a tank commander during the relief of Tans Nhut AB during TeT of ’68 wherein he was put in for the MOH by his commanding officer, …

AFLCMC acquires new Air Force handgun By Brian Brackens, Air Force M9 PistolM9 PistolPrimary function: Personal defense. Length: 8.5 in. Weight: 2.55 lbs. (fully-loaded). Caliber: 9 mm NATO. Maximum effective range: 50 meters. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) —  Combat arms units across the Air Force are getting new …

“Those rough and tumble SOF ‘bad boys’ respected me as a peer, and judged me entirely on my ability to get the story.” – SKK As our readers well know, the people who write for Soldier of Fortune are a special breed of journalist. They don’t just sit around an …

GRENADA ONE WE WON!  by Robert K. Brown and Dr. Vann Spencer, from I am Soldier of Fortune SOF covers America’s victory and scores intelligence coup in Caribbean The United States invaded Grenada in 1983. “Pack up, we are going to war,” I told my then Managing Editor Jim Graves. …

Operation Urgent Fury, the 1983 invasion of Grenada, begins. A flight of #USArmy UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters depart from Point Salines Airfield after offloading troops. Introduction Army.mil All photos are from Department of Defense files. At the end of the Vietnam War and the end of selective service, the United …