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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 …

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, …

I spent years talking with legendary spy hunters about the clues that expose secret agents. Then I went looking for answers from a spy himself. by Susan Katz Keating Journalists love anniversaries, and this was a good one, the perfect day to highlight history and talk to a spy. Fourteen …

Snipers are masters of disguise, sometimes changing their camouflage several times before reaching a target. British army snipers show us how it’s done in the snow, at a military base in Estonia. Thanks to the folks at NATO for making the vid.

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 …

A routine pre-deployment paperwork check at Fort Bragg uncovered a situation nobody expected. by Heath Hansen “Listen up, Charlie Company. You all know we’re deploying to Iraq in a few weeks. On top of all the equipment, weapons, supplies, and gear we need to prepare, there’s a lot of paperwork …