Tag Archives: Featured

by Martin Kufus Somali piracy already was waning in 2012 when I arrived on the Indian Ocean as a member of a four-man rifle team guarding a client’s cargo ship against hijack. It was my first time aboard an ocean-going vessel. This one was an Asian-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) …

by Stephen Caldwell A woman flew into Detroit Metro Airport from Shanghai on Sept. 8, one of many trips she made between China and the United States. When customs officers questioned her, she identified herself as Di Jin. She said she planned to spend 11 days with an 81-year-old friend …

by Susan Katz Keating China and other foreign actors are using Ukraine as a testbed, deploying cut-outs and deniable assets to gather real-time data on drones, intelligence sources told Soldier of Fortune. The grainy figures moved across the screen, creeping through murky terrain like shadows come to life. A blip …

This particular quietness may have been the reverberation of something spectral moving through the earth. by Heath Hansen I slowly poured a bit of water into my MRE heater bag and waited as the chemicals reacted and began to warm. I slid the main course into the packet and folded …

An ambush in the swamps, a lone scout’s night of chaos, and a jungle con that fooled the FARC. What can a small force do when an enemy has the advantage? Soldier of Fortune looks at three ways to meet the challenge. Francis Marion: How the ‘Swamp Fox’ Mastered Guerrilla …

by Susan Katz Keating The Beirut barracks bombing killed 241 American servicemen on October 23, 1983. A second bombing struck the nearby French barracks, killing 58 paratroopers. I spoke with men who were there about the attacks and their aftermath. Morning reveille had not yet sounded at the Marine Corps …

Readers asked us to revisit the infamous homemade gun. by Bobby Dee Talk about a blast from the past. Readers asked us to check into an old story that recently found new life in a chat room. Users posted pictures of a bizarre-looking, one-of-a-kind gun. It was funny, but was …

A Moscow warlord, a French fugitive, and a mysterious tunnel beneath Ceuta take investigators deep into Europe’s criminal networks. They operated out of sight, in a criminal underworld where secrecy was part of the business. Two were men. The third wasn’t even human. They were brought to light by a …

by Jose Campos The bomb tech plunged into the water wearing his protective suit, then scrambled to free himself from the bulky gear while staying afloat. Across the pool, others struggled with the same task. It was a special kind of swim lesson for people whose next call could take …

We ate in Soviet mess halls and fired AK-47 rifles on their shooting range. by Rick Kiernan, The War Horse On Oct. 28, 1991, I settled into an hours-long commercial flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Moscow. By year’s end, the iconic Soviet flag would fly over the Kremlin for the …