Sunday, March 19 marks 20 years since US President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq. Today Soldier of Fortune highlights some of the stories that have emerged from the war. READ MORE about an American soldier at war in Iraq. Now, American forces remain in the country, not …

by Capt. Larry Bailey, USN (Ret) As recounted in the average personal memoir, war is most frequently depicted in combinations of heroic actions, cowardly misdeeds, triumphs of the human spirit, and the like. It ain’t always so, however; fact is, much of war is not dramatic – it’s just sad, …

The Russian mercenary group Wagner was kicked off of Pornhub, the world’s largest pornographic website, as it tries to recruit fighters to join the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine. When the ad was live, those who entered the pornographic site from Russia saw a video asking the viewer to join Wagner instead …

by Heath Hansen Pop! Pop! Distant AK-47 fire pierces the night silence. I’ve been sitting in my spot on this mountain for a few hours when I hear the gunfire. Up until now, I had been plunged into the endless silence of a desert night in the Coronado National Forest. …

The U.S. European Command released footage on Thursday of a Russian Su-27 aircraft dumping fuel on a U.S. Air Force drone March 14 over the Black Sea. The incident occurred in international air space. The following is a summary of the video:  00:00: [Start of video] A Russian Su-27 approaches …

The United States blamed Russia for an “unsafe and unprofessional” intercept March 4 by its fighter jets causing a U.S. spy drone to crash into the Black Sea, while Moscow’s ambassador to the U.S. countered that the drone flight was a set-up to spark accusations against Russia. Washington summoned Russia’s …

by “Socalj” for Borderland Beat The five men handed over by the Grupo Escorpiones faction of the Gulf Cartel reportedly have confessed to their responsibility for the deadly kidnapping of Americans on March 4 in Matamoros. Mexico’s attorney general, the Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), reportedly has indicted the five men. The Americans …

“Fierce battles” raged in central Bakhmut as Ukrainian forces desperately fought on the west side of the Donetsk region city against relentless breakthrough attempts by Russian mercenary fighters and as many observers said they expect Kyiv’s forces to mount a counteroffensive in the coming weeks. “The Wagner assault groups are attacking from …

by Greg Chabot Politicians have no clue what the true cost of war is. For more than 20 years, warfighters have been deployed to hot spots around the world in the fight against terrorism. We now have an entiregeneration of warfighters who have known nothing but combat deployments. This takes …

SOF ANALYSIS, reported by “HEARST,” “Itzli,” and “Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat Angered by law enforcement “heat” brought on by the dramatic kidnapping and murder last week of Americans, leaders of the Gulf Cartel’s Scorpion faction left five men bound at the wrist Wednesday on a street in Matamoros, Mexico. The …