Set against the simmering tensions of the Cold War, the 1964 U.S. military training film Espionage – Target You offers an exploration of the clandestine realm of intelligence operations. Amid the geopolitical chess match between the United States and the Soviet Union, espionage emerged as a potent weapon, wielded by both sides to gain an…
By Paul Conway Founder Paul J. Conway’s firefighting heritage runs deep through 3 generations. His father, the late Charles B. Conway, served 34 years with the New Berlin, WI Fire Department (21 of them as Fire Chief). Following his father’s footsteps, Paul extended the family legacy from New Berlin to the Milwaukee, WI Fire Department,…
By Paul Conway Founder Paul J. Conway’s firefighting heritage runs deep through 3 generations. His father, the late Charles B. Conway, served 34 years with the New Berlin, WI Fire Department (21 of them as Fire Chief). Following his father’s footsteps, Paul extended the family legacy from New Berlin to the Milwaukee, WI Fire Department,…
By Michael Kurcina Mike credits his early military training as the one thing that kept him disciplined through the many years. He currently provides his expertise as an adviser for an agency within the DoD. Michael Kurcina subscribes to the Spotter Up way of life. “I will either find a way or I will make…
British Commandos, 1942. Photo credit: Malindine E G (Lt) War Office official photographer. The St Nazaire Raid, known as Operation Chariot, conducted on March 28, 1942, during World War II, was a daring British operation targeting the Normandie dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France. The Normandie dock was the only facility on the Atlantic…
Troops of the covering force and paratroopers practice their withdrawal to the landing craft during training in Britain for Operation Biting. From collection of the Imperial War Museum. Operation Biting, also known as the Bruneval Raid, was a daring British Combined Operations raid during World War II. Conducted on the night of February 27–28, 1942, it targeted…
Photo courtesy Northrup Grumman. Imagine an autonomous undersea vehicle capable of traversing vast ocean depths, performing complex missions without human intervention, and redefining how we explore and protect maritime domains. This is not science fiction—this is the DARPA/Northrop Grumman Manta Ray Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV). Designed with cutting-edge technology and boundless ambition, the Manta Ray…
By Michael Kurcina Mike credits his early military training as the one thing that kept him disciplined through the many years. He currently provides his expertise as an adviser for an agency within the DoD. Michael Kurcina subscribes to the Spotter Up way of life. “I will either find a way or I will make…
I began my shooting career in the late 1980’s in the NRA Junior Smallbore program at a small conservation club in the northwestern corner of Ohio. The armory at this club had a stock of Winchester 52’s and Remington 513’s, all of which were right-handed bolt guns. Over thirty years later, I’ve always wanted (but…
Aerial view of the George Bush Center for Intelligence, the headquarters for the Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, Virginia. Photo credit: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Photo corrected and cropped. The world of James Bond is full of moments where reality and fiction intersect in fascinating ways. One…