Featured in ossBYJessica EvansJul 18, 2023ShareAmerica’s first spy: Frank WisnerDoes the name Frank Gardiner Wisner ring any bells? In the clandestine corridors of American espionage, Wisner is a superstar. BYJessica EvansJul 18, 2023ShareBYJessica EvansJun 7, 2023ShareSpecial Operations training: Unlocking the secretsWelcome to the world of special operations training, where ordinary men and women transform themselves into extraordinary warriors. BYJessica EvansJun 7, 2023ShareBYBethaney PhillipsApr 12, 2023ShareVirginia Hall: The woman in charge of a British spy networkShe’s a woman who went by many names: Marie, Diane and her birth name, Virginia. Yet despite her monikers, most… BYBethaney PhillipsApr 12, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyApr 4, 2023ShareThe first CIA operative to die in the line of duty was killed by TibetansThe United States didn’t have a real intelligence agency until the National Security Act of September 1947 created the Central… BYTeam MightyApr 4, 2023ShareBYBlake StilwellNov 12, 2022Share5 Old-time celebrity favorites who wanted to join the OSSWhen William “Wild Bill” Donovan created the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, he was looking to create a truly unique intelligence outfit whose ranks included the least suspicious group of spies, saboteurs, and strongmen who were … BYBlake StilwellNov 12, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyAug 16, 2022ShareThe CIA’s precursor agency enlisted Aunt Jemima to fight the Japanese in WWIIAunt Jemima might be retired now, replaced as a brand name by Pearl Milling Company, but her legacy is one… BYTeam MightyAug 16, 2022ShareBYMegan HarlessApr 26, 2023ShareVirginia Hall was the most wanted spy of WWIIVirginia Hall was born in 1906 in Baltimore, Maryland, to wealthy parents. As a young girl, she often felt like she… BYMegan HarlessApr 26, 2023ShareBYCoffee Or DieSep 7, 2021ShareThe little-known stories of smokejumpers working with the CIAThe CIA had its eye on Tibet. The Buddhist nation of vast plateaus and mountain ranges in Central Asia was completely isolated from the rest of soci… BYCoffee Or DieSep 7, 2021ShareBYSandboxxJun 16, 2021ShareThe strangest covert weapons American spies carried in WWIIThe Office of Strategic Services was a joint intelligence and operations agency founded by the Americans during World War 2…. BYSandboxxJun 16, 2021ShareBYMiguel OrtizApr 13, 2021ShareOSS agents gave the Dalai Lama a Patek Phillipe watch from FDR during WWIIEven if you’re not a watch enthusiast, the brand name Patek Philippe probably rings a bell. Founded in 1839, Patek… BYMiguel OrtizApr 13, 2021ShareBYBlake StilwellMar 5, 2021ShareOne of the pioneers of the Navy SEALs lived almost a centuryIt’s not widely known that Marine Corps Raiders trained operatives for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. The forerunner to the CIA, the OSS would conduct clandestine resistance, sabotage, and intelligence-gathering operations al… BYBlake StilwellMar 5, 2021ShareBYSamantha PetersonMay 20, 2020ShareBinge-watch this: Netflix turns average citizens into top-notch British spiesWho doesn’t love to watch the latest James Bond movie and fantasize what it must be like to use high-tech gadgets, sneak into secret bases and be the ultimate agent with a “license to kill?” A recent Netflix binge-watching “Churchill’s Secret A… BYSamantha PetersonMay 20, 2020ShareBYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020ShareA single map shows how crazy successful the OSS was in FranceThe Office of Strategic Services, the World War II-era agency that preceded the CIA and many special operations units, deployed teams into France for months starting just before D-Day. A map slide produced after the war showed just how insanely succ… BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020Share
BYJessica EvansJul 18, 2023ShareAmerica’s first spy: Frank WisnerDoes the name Frank Gardiner Wisner ring any bells? In the clandestine corridors of American espionage, Wisner is a superstar. BYJessica EvansJul 18, 2023Share
BYJessica EvansJun 7, 2023ShareSpecial Operations training: Unlocking the secretsWelcome to the world of special operations training, where ordinary men and women transform themselves into extraordinary warriors. BYJessica EvansJun 7, 2023Share
BYBethaney PhillipsApr 12, 2023ShareVirginia Hall: The woman in charge of a British spy networkShe’s a woman who went by many names: Marie, Diane and her birth name, Virginia. Yet despite her monikers, most… BYBethaney PhillipsApr 12, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyApr 4, 2023ShareThe first CIA operative to die in the line of duty was killed by TibetansThe United States didn’t have a real intelligence agency until the National Security Act of September 1947 created the Central… BYTeam MightyApr 4, 2023Share
BYBlake StilwellNov 12, 2022Share5 Old-time celebrity favorites who wanted to join the OSSWhen William “Wild Bill” Donovan created the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, he was looking to create a truly unique intelligence outfit whose ranks included the least suspicious group of spies, saboteurs, and strongmen who were … BYBlake StilwellNov 12, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyAug 16, 2022ShareThe CIA’s precursor agency enlisted Aunt Jemima to fight the Japanese in WWIIAunt Jemima might be retired now, replaced as a brand name by Pearl Milling Company, but her legacy is one… BYTeam MightyAug 16, 2022Share
BYMegan HarlessApr 26, 2023ShareVirginia Hall was the most wanted spy of WWIIVirginia Hall was born in 1906 in Baltimore, Maryland, to wealthy parents. As a young girl, she often felt like she… BYMegan HarlessApr 26, 2023Share
BYCoffee Or DieSep 7, 2021ShareThe little-known stories of smokejumpers working with the CIAThe CIA had its eye on Tibet. The Buddhist nation of vast plateaus and mountain ranges in Central Asia was completely isolated from the rest of soci… BYCoffee Or DieSep 7, 2021Share
BYSandboxxJun 16, 2021ShareThe strangest covert weapons American spies carried in WWIIThe Office of Strategic Services was a joint intelligence and operations agency founded by the Americans during World War 2…. BYSandboxxJun 16, 2021Share
BYMiguel OrtizApr 13, 2021ShareOSS agents gave the Dalai Lama a Patek Phillipe watch from FDR during WWIIEven if you’re not a watch enthusiast, the brand name Patek Philippe probably rings a bell. Founded in 1839, Patek… BYMiguel OrtizApr 13, 2021Share
BYBlake StilwellMar 5, 2021ShareOne of the pioneers of the Navy SEALs lived almost a centuryIt’s not widely known that Marine Corps Raiders trained operatives for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. The forerunner to the CIA, the OSS would conduct clandestine resistance, sabotage, and intelligence-gathering operations al… BYBlake StilwellMar 5, 2021Share
BYSamantha PetersonMay 20, 2020ShareBinge-watch this: Netflix turns average citizens into top-notch British spiesWho doesn’t love to watch the latest James Bond movie and fantasize what it must be like to use high-tech gadgets, sneak into secret bases and be the ultimate agent with a “license to kill?” A recent Netflix binge-watching “Churchill’s Secret A… BYSamantha PetersonMay 20, 2020Share
BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020ShareA single map shows how crazy successful the OSS was in FranceThe Office of Strategic Services, the World War II-era agency that preceded the CIA and many special operations units, deployed teams into France for months starting just before D-Day. A map slide produced after the war showed just how insanely succ… BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020Share
