Category: War Stories

The Marquis de Lafayette: Hero of two worlds. From battlefield valor to advocating liberty, his legacy resonates as a beacon of freedom.

I tweaked the optics in our dusty sedan, while Kay-Kay, ever the daredevil in disguise, bartered over Gouda at the Zelenica, blissfully unaware of the danger lurking just around the market’s corner.

In the murky twilight, the only truth I knew was the road ahead—crooked, uncertain, but ours to navigate as we chased ghosts cloaked in the fog of war.

In the bone-chilling cold of a Bosnian winter, Kay-Kay wrenched on those tire chains like a saint performing penance, while the local boys’ laughter mixed with the sound of our chattering teeth.

In the thick of the demolition range chaos, we pushed back hard against regulations, showing that not even the threat to an endangered species could keep us from doing our job.

Tasked with high stakes, the Mandarins managed to fumble like amateurs—a real letdown when you’re counting on every detail.

Loaded up with a motley crew of battered kayaks and bruised egos, we barreled down the highway with a war chest of stories, ready to conquer the surf and maybe even learn a thing or two.

In the desert, our guys quickly turned their Humvees into mobile gun platforms, ready to hunt down SCUD missiles wherever they hid.

To Quote Keith Nell, “In our relentless pursuit, every passing day tightens the noose around the Viscount Gang, drawing us ever closer to justice for Rhodesia’s darkest day.”

Using cunning over brute force, Nell disrupted the enemy lines, employing a simple smile as the precursor to a silent .38 special takedown.

Toads and Goats Our efforts to observe the apartment of a Bosnian war criminal — the Toad — wanted by the Hague were one-deep and depended solely on the sightings from our tactical reconnaissance teams hiding in woodlands while evading and avoiding goat herds. Sure, we were “gathering intelligence” on the guy, but it was […]

Keith Nell recounts the dual purpose of an old farmhouse as a base for operations and a haven for informers, emphasizing the critical role of civilian protection in counterinsurgency efforts by the Rhodesian SAS.