Soldier of Fortune was never meant to stay on a shelf. For decades, it has gone into the field, across borders, down bad roads and into places most people read about only afterward. The Soldier of Fortune shop brings together shirts, hoodies, caps, mugs and more, carrying the legacy that has traveled with …

The Battle of Mogadishu is a story about men in extreme combat, fighting for one another. It began when Task Force Ranger went into the city in October 1993 to capture key members of warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid’s organization. The mission became an intense 15-hour battle to reach American forces …

by Jose Campos A fake TV crew, two secretaries and a white helicopter fooled Colombia’s most feared guerrillas into handing over 15 hostages without a shot fired. The white helicopter was running out of time, and Maj. José Luís Russi knew it. As the Soviet-built Mi-17 swept low over the …

The U.S. Army wanted a small reconnaissance vehicle. The troops overloaded it, armed it, and drove it into battle. by Robert Fallon Eighteen Jeeps rolled across the Egyptian desert without headlights on the night of July 26, 1942. The British and Free French crews carried extra fuel, water and ammunition, …

Snipers are masters of disguise, sometimes changing their camouflage several times before reaching a target. In the snow, a sniper’s concealment involves more than wearing white. A ghillie suit breaks up the recognizable outline of the head, shoulders and body, helping the wearer blend into the surrounding terrain. Movement can …

A mortar crew lived beneath a ruined Ukrainian city as Russian tanks, drones and gas attacks closed in. by Jonathan Stumpf The train jerks once and comes to a stop. I watch the flood of soldiers boarding, including a red-haired beauty in her early twenties struggling under a heavy rucksack …

by Austin Lee In the escalating drone wars, where fiber optic and First-Person View (FPV) drones threaten soldiers and civilians alike, one man is turning the art of clay shooting into a battlefield advantage.  Lieutenant Marco Angelelli, an Italian Air Force reserve officer and Italian Clay Pigeon Shooting Federation (FITAV) …

Arms smugglers raid the residue of combat while black-market traders work Chernobyl for contaminated metal and timber. Soldier of Fortune follows three trails out of Ukraine. Ukraine’s front lines have produced more than casualties and headlines. They’ve produced inventory. Soldier of Fortune has spent months following the trail of what gets pulled out …

The HH-60W Jolly Green II is carrying a legendary mission into the mountains, timber, and backcountry of Alaska. The HH-60W Jolly Green II was built to go after people in places that are difficult to reach and bring them home. Its primary mission is combat search and rescue, where distance, …

When Gene Metcalfe boarded the C-47 that would drop him just outside of Nijmegen, Holland, a British lieutenant gave him a box of condoms. Gene was to be among the first to jump into what should have been a picture-book meadow, free of German troops. Instead, it was defended by …