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by Dan O’Shea Two pilots in the water, a tight rescue window, and a craft with no one aboard showed how unmanned systems are adding new options for bringing Americans home. On a half-moon lit night, flying above the northernmost point of the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. Army Apache …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The work has been called the most dangerous form of journalism. Amid my daily influx of emails, text messages, and phone calls, I frequently am hit up by people who want to go downrange under my name. They approach me with variants on the following requests. …

by Susan Katz Keating The first time I gave serious thought to shoulder holsters was not at a gun counter or on a range. It was when I spotted the ones worn by the men following me. That story is for another day. I was working on an investigative story, …

One of the rules in the Yukon Territory is that hunting guides must always be within hearing distance of their hunters. This is a good rule, as we soon shall see.  It was the first day of an early September expedition when hunting guide David O’Farrell brought an archery hunter …

by Hooligan My logbook called it a routine troop lift. My gut told me otherwise. I was still green – a “Peter Pilot” in Army slang – flying right seat in a Huey. The Aircraft Commander sat to my left, cool and unshakable, though his name has long been lost …

On this particular day, I was feeling quite fed up with all the fucking trackers. I went on a rant. And then… by Cliff Wade Back in Garrison, 2015 The Army is big on trackers. They track unit’s training requirements, numerous administrative actions, leave dates, fire extinguisher expiration dates, duty exemptions, …

by Susan Katz Keating The movie just dropped. The files keep coming out. We’ve been covering this for years. Here’s your field briefing. With a major UFO film hitting theaters, the timing feels almost scripted. But at Soldier of Fortune, we didn’t wait for Hollywood to greenlight a script before …

The Bureau spent years chasing flying saucers. Then it stopped. One memo explains why the public never trusted that decision.by Jose Campos The Roswell story was high on the public radar when the FBI’s Dallas Field Office fired off an urgent cable to Director J. Edgar Hoover. An object had …

by Martin Kufus Decades after it happened, the incident has wide name recognition. To some, “Roswell” suggests a crashed spaceship and a government conspiracy. To others, it’s a hoax for tourists and the gullible.  Myth or reality, the “Roswell Incident” fell within a bigger picture. The Nuclear Triangle By the …

by Austin Lee In the pre-dawn haze of June 13, 1933, a quiet field near Magenta, Italy erupted into chaos. A bell-shaped craft, 10 meters wide, tore through the night sky. Its metallic hull glowed like molten starlight before slamming into the Earth and leaving a smoldering crater. Locals whispered …