Depressed over the April 30, 1975 fall of Saigon, this Army veteran went to see a new movie. by Jack Hawkins Released in Los Angeles in 1978, The Deer Hunter was already becoming a legendary film by the time it hit “flyover country” a few months later. I was between …
Read More »Navy Special Warfare Crew Trains by Moonlight
Navy Special Warfare lights up the night, training by the glow of the moon. Watch this boat crew in action using live fire, below.
Read More »Wilderness Tracking in Arizona: A Mission Along the Border
by Heath Hansen “I sent the grids; we’ll be heading out by noon on Thursday,” Tim Foley informs me over the phone, before I hit the road. Foley is a grizzled former paratrooper of the 82nd Airborne Division, and leader of the volunteer group Arizona Border Recon (AZBR). For more than a …
Read More »‘Troops of the Hunter Class’: Creating Britain’s Legendary Commando Force
Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill in World War II wanted “specially trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down these coasts [of occupied Europe], first of all on the butcher and bolt policy… leaving a trail of German corpses behind them.” This translated into …
Read More »Rescue at Sea: Americans Tossed Overboard During Fundraising Effort to Help Fellow Veterans
They call it the world’s toughest row, one that brings voyages to remember – especially this one, for a team that encountered high waves during their 2022 expedition. That’s when an All-American team of four military veterans were rescued after their boat capsized during a 3,000-mile Atlantic rowing challenge. Fight …
Read More »Aimpoint’s Acro P-2 Red Dot Sight Will Equip Weapons for Pennsylvania Police
Here’s something to sight in on. Aimpoint, the leading manufacturer and innovator of red dot sighting technology, was selected by the Pennsylvania State Police to supply the Aimpoint® Acro P-2 red dot sight to equip their new official duty weapon, Walther PDP Series from Walther Arms, Inc. Built to exceed …
Read More »WATCH: The Patience of a Sniper
These Marines show how snipers proceed in the field, under cover of natural surroundings. Watch how they creep forward, one twig at a time. From DVIDS.
Read More »‘Are You Being Paid to Protest’? At Columbia, Students Refused to Answer My Questions
by Jose Campos “Are you being paid to attend this protest?” That’s all it took for the woman to start screaming at me. I asked the question, and she exploded in rage. Then her friends joined in, shredding their vocal cords while venting their fury. I normally write about the …
Read More »Extortion on the Border: The Northeast Cartel Controls the Flow of Drugs and Migrants Into Texas
The Northeast Cartel is not well known inside the U.S., but the powerful group controls key territory inside Mexico, along the border with Texas. The group holds sway over Nuevo Laredo, a staging ground for drugs and people headed into the United States. Journalist Parker Asmann visited the border town, and …
Read More »‘Silent War’: Is a Rogue Russian Intelligence Unit Using an Old KGB Playbook Against the West?
An intelligence educator’s assertion echoes claims from a former KGB official. SOF ANALYSIS When a European news outlet recently raised the specter of a rogue holdover KGB unit operating in the shadows to undermine Western values, we at Soldier of Fortune did a double-take. The article quoted a startling assertion …
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