By Heath Hansen We entered the base between the HESCO barriers covered in concertina razor-wire, unprepared for a betrayal from one of our supposed allies. On November 9, 2005, as the convoy snaked its way into the safety of the base walls, I could see Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers …

by Nikolay Shevchenko During the Cold War, disinformation was a deadly weapon that helped advance the USSR’s interests. Here are three areas where the KGB fueled conspiracy theories about the United States. 1. AIDS was a Pentagon invention On March 30, 1987, millions of Americans heard shocking news on national …

by Marvin J. Wolf, The War Horse Tall, muscular, broad-shouldered, with a full head of white hair, Brig. Gen. John M. Wright Jr. scrambled up a termite mound, some 30 feet wide at the base and seven or eight feet high, and gestured for us to draw into a semicircle. …

by John Stryker Meyer When I read Soldier of Fortune Magazine recently, I was pleasantly surprised to see an article on a MACV-SOG legend. He was Green Beret medic and later CIA operative George Washington Bacon III, who met an untimely death in Angola at the hands of Cuban commies …

by Igor Rozin In the middle of World War I (1914-1918), Russian engineers began work on a new oval-shaped “tank” measuring 960 by 605 meters, able to crush all enemies in its path. Not quiet on the Eastern Front In March 1915, the situation on the Eastern Front of WWI …

Mystery fires that have broken out across Russia have been blamed on Ukrainian saboteurs and even Western intelligence operatives. But a documentary by British filmmaker Jake Hanrahan suggests a “large-scale, active resistance inside Russia” is now being waged by Russia’s own citizens. “There’s this thing like, ‘Well, it must be the CIA,'” Hanrahan told …

The last major bayonet charge in American military history took place in Korea on February 7, 1951. The charge was carried out by the men of Easy Company, 27th Infantry “Wolfhounds,” during the Battle of Bayonet Hill. The soldiers were led by Cpt. Lewis Millett, who had been awarded the …

Editor’s note: As the Marine Corps celebrates its birthday, what better way to say cheers than to tell the story of one of their favorite heroes, the legendary Chesty Puller. Lieutenant General Lewis “Chesty” Burwell Puller, colorful veteran of four World War II campaigns, Korea, and expeditionary service in China, …

by Air Force Senior Airman Natalie Doan  “I can’t feel my legs.  “I can’t feel my legs.”  The man repeated this phrase over and over as Air Force Staff Sgt. Boston Postgate and Senior Airman Daniel Lowe dug their oars into the frigid Alaskan waters, driving toward the shore. Battling the pain and …

The Gustav gun needed a crew of 2,000 men to operate it. The German Schwerer Gustav rail gun was the largest artillery piece created during the Second World War and was the only Nazi wonder weapon to be used in combat against the Russians. The concept of the super gun …