“Cause and coin, the raisons d’être for those in the warrior profession. In the absence of a cause, fighting men (and women) will find avenues to utilize their hard-learned skills in order to pay t...
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“Despite the wrath of insurgencies, separatist movements, and echoes of its recent history as a failed state still fresh in the mind of the international community, Somalia is proving to the world ...
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“Despite the Sudanese Armed Forces being much more heavily equipped, the Rapid Support Forces has had the advantage at nearly every battle due to its foreign aid from Russia via the Wagner Group – ...
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“To both the Americans looking to end his reign of terror and to AQ looking to get rid of the thorn in their side, it was time for Zarqawi to go.” - Gabriel Fanelli
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“Zarqawi didn’t squander his fifteen minutes of fame, rather he used them to set the country of Iraq on fire and lay the seeds for the formation of the Islamic State.” - Gabriel Fanelli
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The Gangs of Port-au-Prince: Haiti’s Descent Into a Failed State
Photos and text by Collin Mayfield. All images were taken in Port-au-Prince during November 2022.
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“Many Jordanians in Afghanistan had heard of Zarqawi from his prison days, and his de facto leadership extended to a group of about 40 Jordanians who would soon meet with an infamous man named Abu ...
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Holding a rusty razor blade in a dirty Jordanian prison cell, he gritted his teeth and began to remove his tattoos. The bleach didn’t work, so this would have to do. No anesthesia. If the former d...
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Eventually we had to seek help running ISR from our counterparts in Niamey, but the bulk of the operations were still under our purview. In the early morning hours of the 16th, we had narrowed down...
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By the time our driver was pulling up to take us back to our house, every ISR asset on the continent was now at our disposal, including those still searching for Jeffery Woodke. For the next week w...
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Growing up in Detroit in the 90s, I had a decent amount of Iraqi friends. Some who still spent summers there with family members. So before I even enlisted I was privy to a pretty considerable amo...
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At the risk of sounding cliché, June 8, 2014, started like any other day. I woke up at 5 am, got my ACUs on, and began the 45-minute drive to work. My commute was met with the same excitement it al...
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The Legend of Peg Leg McGillyson
Listen my children and hear the late-night legend of old Peg Leg McGillyson. A pro surfer with talent to spare, his face often adorned with sparse, sun-bleached facial hair. He may not have the big...
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By: G.P. Scheppler Images by Nick Betts It’s that time of year again, when no matter how many buddy phone calls we make, how many push-ups we do, some of us still choose to tap out early. I get i...
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