The Northeast Cartel is not well known inside the U.S., but the powerful group controls key territory inside Mexico, along the border with Texas. The group holds sway over Nuevo Laredo, a staging...
by Heath Hansen “I sent the grids; we’ll be heading out by noon on Thursday,” Tim Foley informs me over the phone, before I hit the road. Foley is a grizzled former paratrooper of the 82nd...
“It’s more than putting a bit of grass on your helmet and thinking that’s sufficient camouflage.” Shine, shape, shadow, and more… these are the factors a sniper must consider when worki...
Did Allied forces really drop a fake wooden bomb as a joke on German forces in World War II? A story that is often retold by fans of military history has it that German forces built decoy fake wo...
by Fred Ganous An Army widow who held the government accountable for her husband’s suicide was awarded $1.7 million to settle a wrongful death claim against the Department of Veterans Affairs. ...
Special Forces candidates test their mettle on the Nasty Nick Obstacle course at the U.S. Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. The course was named after legendary Green Be...
by Martin Kufus Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Plow the Dirt but Watch the Sky, a memoir by Martin Kufus, a former editor at Soldier of Fortune. This chapter shows Martin’s experie...
by Susan Katz Keating “There’s a certain sound…” The song stuck with him for years afterwards. He was being marched to his execution in the jungles of Vietnam, and had been ordered to car...
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A previous Army PsyOps ghost-clown recruiting vid, Ghosts in the Machine, was so offbeat and effective, it tore up the ‘net. The 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) got high props for...
As a young second lieutenant in 1943, James Swett embarked on his first combat mission at the age of 22. Within 15 minutes, he was a fighter ace with seven enemy kills to his credit. Swett arrive...