The Navy removed Rear Admiral Brian Monahan as Congress’s attending physician amid an inspector general investigation and complaints about the treatment of sailors assigned to his office. by Susan Katz Keating It sounded like something from the Age of Sail, when men aboard ship endured exhausting labor and brutal discipline. …
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Soldier of Fortune was born in the aftermath of war, when veterans returned to a country that did not understand them. The magazine gave them a place that did. That tradition continues today, through accounts of combat, comradeship, and adventure. Here are five stories from SOF, told by veterans and those …
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by Jim Lechner Army Ranger (Ret) Jim Lechner wrote the following hymn to comradeship and patriotism – an essay that reverberates among those who long for the lost clarity of war. A veteran of multiple Special Operations missions, Lechner was wounded in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia. He …
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As the Marine Corps celebrates its birthday, what better way to say cheers than to tell the story of one of their favorite heroes, the legendary Chesty Puller. Lieutenant General Lewis “Chesty” Burwell Puller, colorful veteran of four World War II campaigns, Korea, and expeditionary service in China, Nicaragua and …
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Another possible intelligence operation, another round of alarm. The allegations may be new, but the history should be familiar. by Susan Katz Keating The latest allegations of Chinese espionage against the West have produced another round of investigations, denials, and expressions of alarm. All of this was to be expected, …
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Robert K. Brown, who founded Soldier of Fortune magazine in 1975, died in Denver, Colorado, on August 28, 2026. He was 93. A retired Army lieutenant colonel and former Green Beret, Brown championed veterans, freedom fighters, and the Second Amendment. His death was announced on his personal Facebook page on November 2, 2026, which would have …
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by Susan Katz Keating It remains one of the strangest and most unsettling unsolved mysteries of the Vietnam War. The stories were too strange to be true; and at first, no one believed them. American patrols in Vietnam returned from the jungles near the DMZ and along the Laotian border …
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The world of anti-poaching is difficult and dangerous. Especially when you come face to face with an enraged rhinoceros. by S. Anderson I’ve always been fascinated by the African Bush. Lions, Leopards, Cape Buffalo, Elephant, and Rhino. The Big 5. Endless rolling hills, dense bush, and undisturbed ecology. Growing up, …
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At Soldier of Fortune’s Boulder office, a ringing telephone could bring a request from Hunter S. Thompson or the FBI. Former editor Martin Kufus recalls life at the magazine in this excerpt from his memoir, Plow the Dirt but Watch the Sky. by Martin Kufus The phone call had come in …
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by Mikial The author tells Soldier of Fortune: “All of my work was with Department of Defense contractors. We never considered ourselves mercenaries although we were called mercenaries, gunslingers, and worse at times. It was difficult and dangerous work and also sometimes boring. We often lived rough in camps and …
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