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Along the remote U.S. southern border, Soldier of Fortune’s Heath Hansen has found tools of the trade, warnings, and objects whose purpose remains a mystery. Walk a smuggling route along the U.S.-Mexico line, and the trail itself starts to talk. Soldier of Fortune correspondent Heath Hansen has spent years in …

ANALYSIS by John “Wolf” Wagner Soldier of Fortune sent me to the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. this year. As expected, drones dominated the floor. Booths and briefings covered plenty else – soldier systems, logistics, next-generation platforms, and more. On drones, the through-line was …

At AUSA, Army leaders described how American forces and potential opponents are learning from current wars. by John “Wolf” Wagner American troops in the next conflict may face opponents who have learned firsthand how to fight the next war, Army commanders said.  “That’s one of the most pressing things that …

Drones began as a battlefield curiosity, and have become a staple of modern warfare. Here at Soldier of Fortune, we have spent years pushing past the headlines to bring readers deeper into what’s happening on the ground. What follows is a look at some of our findings, from the history …

by Jose Campos Before the term guerrilla warfare entered the American military lexicon, a wiry, cunning officer in the Carolina backcountry was already running the playbook. His name was Francis Marion – better known to the British as the Swamp Fox. From 1780 to 1782, Marion and his ragged militia bled the King’s …

by Friedrich Seiltgen  The young aviator never returned from Okinawa, but his bones found a home among the Navy’s Jolly Rogers. Ensign Jack Ernie was a pilot assigned to the original VF-17, the Jolly Rogers. The unit was legendary and ruled the skies above the Solomon Islands, with a Pacific …

A scientist is dead, workers were confined inside a Siberian anti-plague institute, and Washington is pressing Moscow for answers. by Stephen Caldwell Officials swept through the building, locking doors and placing workers in isolation. Inside the Siberian facility, lives froze in place. “They’re sleeping there, on the floor and on …

An air crash, an ambush, and a sinking left three men alone in some of the emptiest places on earth. How long can one person last when no one knows where he is? Three men faced that question in starkly different environments: Alaska’s frozen interior, the Libyan desert, and the …

The Marines were hunting us, our water was running low, and then the bees attacked. Before extraction, we had one last move to make. The metal monster boomed over us and arced up and away to the south. It had disgorged its 13 passengers – a U.S. Navy SEAL team, …

He arrived in Ukraine presenting himself as a humanitarian volunteer. But was he? And why could the answer matter far beyond the region? by Susan Katz Keating He arrived in Ukraine in 2024, presenting himself as a humanitarian volunteer. He joined a stream of foreigners moving through a country where …