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Paul Szoldra

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Covers:  military affairs, army, navy, u.s. air force, pentagon, military technology, politics, defense, military, u.s. military, usmc, defense contracts
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Paul Szoldra is the editor of Business Insider's Military and Defense section.

Since leaving the Marine Corps as a sergeant in 2010, Paul has taken on various editorial roles at Business Insider and We Are The Mighty. He is a graduate of The University of Tampa.

Paul is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Duffel Blog, an online military satire publication that now boasts more than one million unique readers each month. Besides its beloved status within the military community, Duffel Blog ha…

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Six Marines Killed In Tragic Training Accident In Nevada

Six Marines Killed In Tragic Training Accident In Nevada

Six U.S. Marines were killed and eight wounded during a training exercise on Monday night when a mortar round…

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The Navy Is Working On A Drone Ship To Track Submarines

The Navy Is Working On A Drone Ship To Track Submarines

The drone war taking place over the skies of Afghanistan, carrying out remotely-piloted attacks on terrorist …

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This Reporter Followed US Marines As They Fought The Most Storied Battle Of The Iraq War

This Reporter Followed US Marines As They Fought The Most Storied Battle Of The Iraq War

I first learned of Kevin Sites after finding a video posted on YouTube, where he interviewed a young Marine n…

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Trump announces CIA op in Venezuela will go off without a hitch next week

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Oct 31, 2025 3 min read OpFor President promises ‘best, most secret invasion ever — everybody knows it’ WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took to Truth Social at 2:03 a.m. Friday to announce that a covert CIA operation in Venezuela would “go off without a hitch” next week. “MADURO CAN SUCK MY BALLS!” Trump posted in all caps. “NEXT WEEK OUR GREAT SPIES WILL STAGE A TOTALLY PLAUSIBLE REASON TO INVADE VENEZUELA.
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