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by John Gartner As I sat looking out the port side window of the Dakota, I could see below me the vast expanse of Lake Cahora Bassa dam. The grey skeletal branches of long-drowned trees dotted the shoreline and seemed, in my reverie, to be reaching imploringly skyward. The surface …

As officials in Ukraine report fresh waves of drone attacks on Odesa, people inside the embattled region recall ongoing attacks that have destroyed families and cities, and have left some at the mercy of brutal sadists. “We do not forget how Russians sent people who enjoy this cruelty,” one contact …

FBI Director Christopher Wray faces grilling today by House lawmakers in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.  Watch the hearing, below. Wray’s testimony follows a Monday hearing that led to Kimberly Cheatle resigning from the top slot at the U.S. Secret Service. READ MORE: Oversight Hearing That …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating When did the Secret Service stop placing snipers on top of sloped roofs? The question stems from comments by Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, explaining why her agency did not secure what became a hostile sniper’s nest at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania. During the …

by Marvin J. Wolf, The War Horse On the third day of a weeklong field exercise at Fort Lewis, our company XO drove me back to the garrison for an appointment to fit me for a temporary dental prosthesis. Afterward, he picked me up and we headed back out to …

Following intense grilling from both sides of the aisle, Cheatle on Tuesday resigned her position. Congress on Monday held an oversight hearing on the Secret Service, and the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The sole witness was Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. Following intense grilling from both sides …

Smuggler ethics were caught on camera by Texas law enforcement officers – and the images are stunning. In this video, below, a callous smuggler abandons his human cargo, sealed beneath the floorboards of a flatbed rig. Officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety on April 12 tried to stop …

To fight a fire, you need to survive the fire. Trainers from the Grissom Fire Department in Indiana set things ablaze to show other firefighters how to fight and survive the flames. They gathered at Grissom Air Reserve Base, and showed the ropes to some DoD and non-DoD firefighters on …

by Susan Katz Keating Critics have noted that Irish people have “fought and died for that flag,” including as part of the mission to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. Nationalists in Ireland have circulated video of Irish police hurling the nation’s flag to the ground, and kicking it during a …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Some have suggested that Tehran was behind the July 13 effort to kill Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. Here at Soldier of Fortune, we don’t see Iran’s handiwork – this time. But, like U.S. intelligence officials, we do see a window of increased threat from Iran against …