You can read part 12 here. Dedication of this chapter goes out to the SOFREP family's favorite, Mr. Yankee Papa! I was intentionally up early the next morning to set out and do a bit of clothes shopping before I caught my train to Mechan. I stepped out onto the damp cobblestone alley into the barely lit day. There wasn’t a thing to be heard save the distant call … [Read more…]
(You can read part 11 here) Dedicated to SOFREP family member sister Irene B. First things first, obey your thirst. I dropped a couple of Dirham on a bottle of water, realizing I hadn’t had water all day. I didn’t know at that point how I was going to solve the water crisis because I couldn’t buy water all the time and to drink the water there was to commit … [Read more…]
(You can read part 9 here) (Dedicated to Sofrep family brother: WayTooMuchGear [WTMG]) The next two days went well enough well, boring actually. I had little to no money and had resigned to wandering the streets to avoid an inevitable seizure by the scoundrels who sent me here. ‘Play the game’ was the mantra that ricocheted inside my head; ‘always play the game; if not, … [Read more…]
(You can read part 8 here) Dedication of this essay falls to SOFREP's own brother Ryan B; thank you for your generosity in my time of need. “Memorize this route” the driver of the temporary car I was in told me. Ol’ Jed was a millionaire first thing this morning and now I was being driven smartly along a circuitous route, one that I was supposed to be memorizing, but one … [Read more…]
(You can read part 7 here) (Dedicated with great respect and admiration to SOFREP sister Ms. Kristi B.) Peachy Atlanta had a long foot movement in store for me this eve. I groaned as I checked my map repeatedly hoping some correction would shorten the distance between A and B. No such luck; this adventure wanted me to stroll and by God, I was going to stroll. The night … [Read more…]
(Dedicated to Mr. Henry Smith) Read Part 3 here For two days now the tasks seemed so mindless, always a point reconnaissance of sorts to gather information. I earnestly hoped they would ask for my reports soon, so I could rid myself of the onus of all of this damning evidence I had. I couldn’t memorize it all, so I had it written down, and hidden. Here’s how I solved the … [Read more…]
Within the international intelligence community, China is a name that comes up pretty often. With confirmed cases of Chinese espionage resulting in state secrets migrating their way East into projects like the Chinese J-20 (which bears more than a striking resemblance to the American F-22) mentions of the economic powerhouse are often coupled with strategies intended to curb … [Read more…]
This is resurfaced footage from the Battle of Amami-Ōshima, also known as the Spy Ship Incident in the Southwest Sea of Kyūshū in 2001! A North Korean Spy Ship was sunk by Japan after a six-hour confrontation between the Japanese Coast Guard and an armed North Korean vessel, which took place near the island of Amami-Ōshima, in the East China Sea. The encounter ended … [Read more…]
There are more women in the CIA than ever before, with women operating at unprecedented levels on every floor of CIA headquarters and throughout its far-flung global outposts. Yet women remain underrepresented in executive-level jobs and the clandestine service.Spencer Platt/Getty “My first son was my 1993 World Trade Center bombing baby,” says Gina Bennett, a veteran … [Read more…]
This is resurfaced footage from the Battle of Amami-Ōshima, also known as the Spy Ship Incident in the Southwest Sea of Kyūshū in 2001! https://youtu.be/9-kH3Y74UCs A North Korean Spy Ship was sunk by Japan after a six-hour confrontation between the Japanese Coast Guard and an armed North Korean vessel, which took place near the island of Amami-Ōshima, in the East China … [Read more…]
The CIA isn't known for sharing its secrets with anyone, let alone the public. As such, the contents of an old Office of Strategic Services field manual aren't something to be missed. As SOFREP has covered previously, the days of the OSS were the glory days where espionage, sabotage, and war-fighting all converged under the banner of "Wild Bill" Donovan and the Allied fight … [Read more…]
