By Katie Lange DOD Famed NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, got to spend a day with some of the most intense Marines around. Busch was at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, meeting with Marines and following in their footsteps as part of another NASCAR orientation day for race car drivers who will be honoring the U.S. military …
A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia by Hannes Wessels With the collapse of colonialism and the European retreat from Africa the then colony of Southern Rhodesia refused to follow the political fashion of the time and succumb quietly. They decided to take on the world, believing that an …
Rhodesian SAS hit the Fuel Depot in Beira, Mozambique By Henri LePettit After the mid-70’s Carnation Revolution when the socialists were voted in back home, the Portuguese ditched their foothold in Mozambique. They were sent packing in a panic, ending overnight almost five hundred years of presence. The previous decade, their badly stretched military resources …
A 14th generation white African, Hannes Wessels was born in 1956 in what was then Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) but grew up in Umtali on the Mozambique border. As a young boy school holidays were spent with Rangers in the Rhodesia Game department but time in his early teens on safari in …
The Attack By Hannes Wessels, Author A Handful of Hard Men Approaching the target paratroopers were pleased to look out of the windows and see Hunters and Vampires racing past them. ‘Red One’ initially flew at low level, with the pilot navigating to his IP before setting course for the target. At the designated pull-up …
Russian President Vladimir Putin donned his skates and hit the ice at Sochi Bolshoi Arena on Thursday, as he took part in a gala match at the Night Hockey League (NHL). Wearing his usual No. 11 jersey, the Russian leader scored five goals, helping his ‘Legends of Hockey’ team to a 12-7 victory against the …
VOA RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY China is investing more than $1 trillion in roads, bridges, railways, ports, and power plants in more than 70 countries — a bold strategy to steer global commerce its way and reclaim its Silk Road heritage. This project examines how the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ is transforming lives, …
