by Mike Holmes In late October 2005, my team and I had been dropped off in a terrible little place on the Baghdad-to- Amman highway called Ar Rutbah, to coordinate supply convoys coming out of Jordan with the Marines who controlled this sector. The convoys mostly carried fuel and supplies …

The Harrier is a legacy piece of British jump jet ingenuity that is still turning heads – despite the fifth generation F35-B fast eclipsing its military use in the US, Spain and Italy. Its vertical or short take-off and landing capabilities mean it can operate from small aircraft carriers, large …

by Aleksander Palikot and Mike Eckel, RFE/RL Who is Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in an alleged assassination attempt against former U.S. President Donald Trump? His arrest has stunned people who crossed paths with him in Ukraine. KYIV — In the early months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ryan Wesley Routh …

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 …

by Greg Chabot Editor’s note: This story contains some very raw, violent material that could bring readers back to their own stark experiences at war. ~SKK April 9th, 2004 Author’s note: During this time TF- 1/6 soldiers were living in three locations in the city. Troops were at the Provincial …

The fact that a high-profile lone wolf attack may not be based on any clear motive doesn’t worry some terrorist groups. They will still claim the perpetrator as one of their own, to gain maximum publicity. by Jeffrey D. Simon For many Americans, the events of September 11, 2001, were the first …

Call it Thunder Ball. Soldiers with 10th Mountain Division perfom a tactical movement during a simulated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attack as part of Thunder Ball exercise at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, on Sept. 5, 2024. This type of training utilizes high-stress scenarios to refine the tactical and …

Book Review by Heath Hansen Ever wonder what it’s like to be a street cop? The politics? The bureaucracy? The intensity? Or what it feels like to face a crazed maniac? The adrenaline high? The danger? The uncertainty? Fractured Streets has it all. I was recently perusing noir crime books on Amazon …

Israeli commandos rescued Andrey Kozlov and three other hostages in the daring “Operation Arnon.” by Elon Perry The interview with Andrey Kozlov was not going well. I had asked him, early on, to talk about his time in captivity. The conversation appeared to have stalled already. His answers mostly came …

This man says he moved to Wyoming in order to exercise his right to fire up a flamethrower. Allan Hovland, formerly of California, told the Cowboy State Daily that he became enthralled with flamethrowers a couple years ago. “It was just one of those things,” Hovland said. “I was looking …