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By John Spencer As I sat in a clean, elegant café in downtown Kyiv it was nearly impossible for me to comprehend the story I was being told. My interviewee was a quiet, humble former active-duty Ukrainian Marine from Mariupol named Gennadiy (or Gena for short). But while Gena was …

by Al Hagan The night started off fairly typically, just four Marines in a car, going out on the town to slam down beers. And it was innocent for most of the night, drinking and shooting pool.  I’ll call my companions Mike, John, and Steve, to pick some random names …

“Places we thought were safe, are not safe,” one resident told Soldier of Fortune. Russia launched extensive missiles attacks that killed at least five people and wounded dozens more in Kyiv and Kharkiv, officials in Ukraine said on Tuesday. The barrage was unlike previous attacks, and hit areas of Kyiv …

Cartels have used Fronton Island to smuggle cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, weapons, and people. by Todd Bensman NEAR FRONTON, TX— Dawn was breaking on an October Monday as a Texas Rangers leader spoke to an armed gathering of police and military personnel. He seemed like a World War II military commander, …

The Moscow party included one man who was jailed for wearing only a strategically placed sock. But Putin attended a St. Petersburg club where performers wore nothing. A Russian investigative group has cried foul against the Kremlin for denouncing an “Almost Naked” 2023 Christmas party at a Moscow nightclub, saying …

Iran has sent a warship into the Red Sea, Iranian state media reported on January 1. The 51-year-old destroyer Alborz entered the Red Sea through the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, according to the Tasnim news agency. The news group is tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). The ship …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Is Vladimir Putin dead? Should we believe the “insider” who announced on Telegram that the Russian president died again, and that a fresh coup is underway in Moscow? Or should we trust the extraordinary denial from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov that the report is an …

by Susan Katz Keating The United States Navy sunk three Houthi speedboats in the Red Sea early Sunday morning, following another attack on a merchant ship as tensions continue to rise in the region.   Helicopters from the USS Eisenhower and the USS Gravely responded to a distress call from …

The wildest aviator ever to step inside a fighter plane was actually a coyote named Jeep, who flew combat missions in World War II. While still a puppy, Jeep was rescued by a human pilot, John “Wild Bill” Crump. A Nebraska farmer had asked Bill to get rid of the …

Russia has lost thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, and heavy equipment so far in its invasion of Ukraine. Experts put the losses down to a mix of reasons: the advanced anti-tank weapons given to Ukraine by Western countries, poor strategy, low morale, and important design flaws.  The war has brought …