Smuggler ethics were caught on camera by Texas law enforcement officers – and the images are stunning. In this video, below, a callous smuggler abandons his human cargo, sealed beneath the floorboards of a flatbed rig. Officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety on April 12 tried to stop …
Read More »To Fight a Fire, You Have to Survive the Fire
To fight a fire, you need to survive the fire. Trainers from the Grissom Fire Department in Indiana set things ablaze to show other firefighters how to fight and survive the flames. They gathered at Grissom Air Reserve Base, and showed the ropes to some DoD and non-DoD firefighters on …
Read More »Call For Fire, Check Your Work: British Soldiers in Action
Pick your strike, and check your work. British soldiers from the 7th Parachute Regiment call for artillery strikes in July while training in the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr facility in Germany. Watch as they call for fire and inspect the results.
Read More »Did Your Tank Flip Upside Down? Here’s How to Get It Back on Track
What happens when your tank turns upside down, or gets stuck in the mud? You pull it out, of course. But carefully. The British Army shows how to proceed… British Armed Forces video READ MORE survival tips from the British armed forces Please leave this field emptySubscribe to the Soldier …
Read More »How Gas Masks Evolved From Trenches of WWI
Since its development during the First World War, the military gas mask has turned into the modern-day respirator. But what the steps did it take along the way? The advent of chemical warfare saw the German army deploy chlorine gas against British soldiers at Ypres, killing more than 1,000 troops and injuring over …
Read More »Wagner Group Turns to US Football Coach for Inspo
The imagery from Wagner Group was gruesome, but the overall message came straight from the mouth of an American football coach. In video viewed by Soldier of Fortune, a man whose body has been chewed to shreds, with great chunks of muscle and skin gouged from his frame, sits silently …
Read More »The Cordon: One Very Bad Day in Baqubah
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 It had been quiet in Baqubah with some IEDs going off and some occasional small arms fire in the city. This was about to …
Read More »‘Cuba Libre!’ How We Defeated Castro at the Bay of Pigs: An Alternate History
by Joshua Garay Publisher’s note: Here at Soldier of Fortune, we’ve been paying attention to the emerging field of ‘FICINT’ (Fictional Intelligence) as a serious analytic tool. Most FICINT scenarios are set in the future. But what if FICINT also could show alternate history, and underscore what has been at …
Read More »How to Survive a Bear Attack
Wildlife experts tell us that bear attacks against humans are rare. And yet, every year, people run afoul of these creatures – usually resulting in a win for the bear, and a loss for the human. Hunting season especially will place more of us in the vicinity of bears. For …
Read More »Soldier of Fortune Goes to RIMPAC: Choreography at Sea
Greetings again from Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), in and around the Hawaiian Islands. Here is some of the choreography that goes into the exercise that also leads to strange encounters at sea with puffer fish. SEE MORE from Soldier of Fortune Goes to RIMPAC More than 40 ships …
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