“When I saw him, I knew I had a chance to stay alive. I was bleeding out pretty bad, but I wasn’t going to give up.” – Colton Rogers An Army recruiter was driving to his unit’s awards ceremony when he came across the scene of a devastating car crash …
Read More »The KGB Manual on How to Spot a Foreign Spy: Vodka Martinis, Impeccable Manners, and Eavesdropping
by Nikolay Shevchenko Back in the USSR, the KGB wrote a manual describing what a foreign spy would look like. Some of the characteristics were intriguing… In the midst of the Cold War, security services on both sides of the Iron Curtain had to stay vigilant and look out for …
Read More »Wagner Group Back on the Road? Mystery Vid Shows ‘March of Justice’ to Points Unknown
The group posted the vid on the anniversary of Prigozhin’s ill-fated march on Moscow. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Remember this? The coup that wasn’t, only a year ago in Russia? The alleged coup-master, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has since died in a baffling plane crash. But today the self proclaimed descendants of …
Read More »Can You Spot the Snipers? Test Your Eyes Against Camouflage
Look closely. You may be able to see them hidden in the grass. DoD video by Army SSG Edwin Pierce Please leave this field emptySubscribe to the Soldier of Fortune Newsletter Enter your email below to receive exclusive content from Soldier of Fortune right in your inbox. Check your inbox …
Read More »WATCH: Up Close With a C-130 on Takeoff
There’s nothing quite like the sight of a C-130 up close, as it barrels down the runway. Watch while the action unfolds.
Read More »Build a Fire With Twigs and Branches
Here’s one for the category of, skills you should know. How do you cook your food and keep warm in the wild? The British Army shows us how to build the perfect fire. British Army video
Read More »‘Going Dark’: Urban Maze Shoot-House Training With 10th Group
WATCH: Soldiers from Army Special Forces 10th Group enter an urban maze, “Going Dark” while a heat-seeker tracks them from above.
Read More »The Puzzling Case of the ‘Harmful’ Sandbag Video
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating We thought we were being informative, but maybe we missed something. We wanted to show that soldiers do more than the high profile kinetic stuff, and that sometimes their work is mundane. Such as, when they fill sandbags. We posted this little clip, below, on …
Read More »US Navy Rescues Crew of Ship Hit by Houthis in Red Sea
There has been an unprecedented increase in distress calls in the Red Sea since November. RED SEA – American sailors airlifted to safety the crew of a merchant vessel that was attacked by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. Members of the Dwight D Eisenhower carrier strike group assisted the …
Read More »The Dangers of Being a Cartel Prison Snitch: ‘There’s Nothing Worse Than a Rat’
by Ivan / Borderland Beat There are only two inmates that everyone wants to kill: protected witnesses and child rapists, reveals a U.S. Marshal interviewed by the author. The list seems endless. All of them high-level members of the Sinaloa Cartel, who after having every imaginable luxury and in almost …
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