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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 …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating “We had to tow the iron horse,” Ramzan Kadyrov said. Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov said he had to tow his broken down Tesla Cybertruck from the combat zone in Ukraine, blaming Elon Musk for disabling the vehicle remotely. “We had to tow the iron horse,” Kadyrov …

by Susan Katz Keating The two companies issued denials as questions center on how the explosions were triggered, and by whom. A Taiwan company whose pagers have been tied to the deadly attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon says the pagers were produced and sold by a Budapest-based partner company that …

The government of Lebanon told citizens to discard their pagers in wake of explosions that killed or wounded The Hezbollah terror group says it does not know what caused its members’ pager devices to explode September 17 in Lebanon, but it blames Israel for sparking the detonations. At least eight …

The Harrier is a legacy piece of British jump jet ingenuity that is still turning heads – despite the fifth generation F35-B fast eclipsing its military use in the US, Spain and Italy. Its vertical or short take-off and landing capabilities mean it can operate from small aircraft carriers, large …

by Aleksander Palikot and Mike Eckel, RFE/RL Who is Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in an alleged assassination attempt against former U.S. President Donald Trump? His arrest has stunned people who crossed paths with him in Ukraine. KYIV — In the early months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ryan Wesley Routh …

by Heath Hansen Tim Foley is the founder and leader of Arizona Border Recon (AZBR), a private group that patrols the U.S. Southern border. Members gather intelligence about activity there, and share their findings with federal and local officials. Most of what they encounter involves human trafficking and drug smuggling. …

When Gene Metcalfe boarded the C-47 that would drop him just outside of Nijmegen, Holland, a British lieutenant gave him a box of condoms. Gene was to be among the first to jump into what should have been a picture-book meadow, free of German troops. Instead, it was defended by …

by Greg Chabot Editor’s note: This story contains some very raw, violent material that could bring readers back to their own stark experiences at war. ~SKK April 9th, 2004 Author’s note: During this time TF- 1/6 soldiers were living in three locations in the city. Troops were at the Provincial …

Here at Soldier of Fortune, we uncovered a long-ago story of an atrocity during World War I, when eight prisoners met a horrific fate while captive in Germany. Here is the tale, as told by a fellow prisoner,  “Pedro.”  ~SKK Pedro’s Tale I was sailing on an English ship. She …