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About Me

Logan was an Army journalist and paratrooper in the 82nd. Now, he’s a freelance writer covering military history, culture, and technology. He has two upcoming podcasts and a Twitch channel focused on basic military literacy.

More from Logan

How a teenage girl with an ‘apron full of gunpowder’ won the Siege of Fort Henry
ByLogan Nye
Dec 6, 2023
9 times a submarine sank an aircraft carrier
ByLogan Nye
Dec 5, 2023
How Russia is using Ukraine’s cell network against it
ByLogan Nye
Dec 1, 2023
The ‘Cult of the Offensive’ was your grandfather’s ‘Violence of Action’
ByLogan Nye
Nov 30, 2023
Russian airborne has a new division, kind of
ByLogan Nye
Nov 30, 2023
Viktor Belenko's military passport
One of the world’s most famous Soviet defectors has passed
ByLogan Nye
Nov 29, 2023
Where is Russia’s next wave of men coming from?
ByLogan Nye
Nov 28, 2023
a ukranian soldier fires weapons
Ukraine slowly tipping artillery battle
ByLogan Nye
Nov 27, 2023
Don’t call it a stalemate: Ukraine making strategic gains
ByLogan Nye
Nov 27, 2023
Why military leaders knew World War I would be terrible
ByLogan Nye
Nov 25, 2023
The French army and navy that saved America’s bacon
ByLogan Nye
Nov 24, 2023
Ukraine shows how to do more damage with less drones
ByLogan Nye
Nov 24, 2023
German general, left; paratroopers on D-Day, right
This German general ran right into paratroopers on D-Day
ByLogan Nye
Nov 21, 2023
Rommel inspecting 21st Panzer Division in May, 1944. Image: German Federal Archives.
This was one of the worst assignments in World War II
ByLogan Nye
Nov 20, 2023
Damage from a Russian shelling at a Ukraine kindergarten
Ukraine building schools as hardened bunkers
ByLogan Nye
Nov 20, 2023
Cropped image of the USS Constellation from original painting.
The Navy’s first victory over a foreign ship was an amazing sucker punch
ByLogan Nye
Nov 16, 2023
Ruined flats in Limehouse, East London. Hughes Mansions, Vallance Road, following the explosion of the last German V2 rocket to fall on London, 27 March 1945.
A man found a piece of a V-2 rocket in his cheek 77 years later
ByLogan Nye
Nov 15, 2023
Portrait of Benedict Arnold and his Oath of Allegiance.
Benedict Arnold’s traitorous march into Virginia
ByLogan Nye
Nov 14, 2023
German Panzer on Utah Beach.
This panzer counterattack actually reached Normandy beaches
ByLogan Nye
Nov 14, 2023
Meme of examples of war crimes in history
4 crimes you learn to commit in the military
ByLogan Nye
Nov 13, 2022
Russian military equipment covered in snow.
‘Meatgrinder’ Report details how Russia is protecting its limited tanks
ByLogan Nye
Nov 6, 2023
SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne California as a long exposure shot
SpaceX selling ‘Starshield’ will be a gamechanger
ByLogan Nye
Nov 3, 2023
Russia Ukraine War Concept with Armoured Tank Military
Ukraine appears to be pulling off the ‘Anaconda Plan’
ByLogan Nye
Nov 3, 2023
DFAC Thanksgiving Celebration
The weird law that will keep your DFAC open during a shutdown
ByLogan Nye
Nov 3, 2023
Widerstandsnest 62 (WN-62) at Omaha Beach
The German rehearsal that doomed Omaha Beach attackers
ByLogan Nye
Nov 2, 2023
Helicopter flying low.
This rare Army award is given to aviators who expertly crash
ByLogan Nye
Nov 6, 2022
Vitalii Klychko Showed Journalists The Remains Of Missiles And Drones That The Russians Used To Attack Kyiv
Russia is sabre rattling with this dud missile
ByLogan Nye
Oct 26, 2023
ATACMS on the background of the flag of Russia.
Army Tactical Missile System could finally break Russia’s spine
ByLogan Nye
Oct 23, 2023
A prototype Rotating detonation engine under test at the Marshall Space Flight Center
These fancy new rotating detonation engines explode constantly by design
ByLogan Nye
Oct 18, 2023
what makes Marine scout snipers so deadly
This is what makes Marine scout snipers so deadly
ByLogan Nye
Oct 12, 2022
russian nuclear powered missile
Russia is testing the world’s dumbest weapon again
ByLogan Nye
Oct 11, 2023
ukraine thermobaric drone
Ukraine is unleashing thermobaric drones against Russia
ByLogan Nye
Oct 11, 2023
osint artificial intelligence military
Is AI the future of military operations?
ByLogan Nye
Oct 10, 2023
nuclear war
One of the closest brushes with nuclear war was Russia vs China
ByLogan Nye
Oct 11, 2022
artillery photos
12 badass photos of artillery lighting up the night
ByLogan Nye
Oct 11, 2022
wwi combat pilots
The 8 rules for rookie combat pilots in World War I
ByLogan Nye
Oct 10, 2022
german ship
A fake smokestack made this German ship an unstoppable predator
ByLogan Nye
Oct 10, 2022
John Wesley Powell and emma dean powell
Why this caregiver was allowed to follow her husband to battle
ByLogan Nye
Oct 6, 2023
project marauder laboratory
Project MARAUDER: A history of the Air Force plasma cannon
ByLogan Nye
Oct 5, 2023
what countries will defend taiwan
What countries will defend Taiwan? A joint force could do the trick
ByLogan Nye
Oct 5, 2023
halifax explosion
How the Halifax Explosion destroyed a city and became a folk song
ByLogan Nye
Oct 3, 2023
battle of the bulge photos
Photos from the Battle of the Bulge
ByLogan Nye
Oct 4, 2022
delta force training
What is the Delta Force long walk?
ByLogan Nye
Oct 3, 2022
Marine infantrymen
17 photos that show how high schoolers are turned into badass Marine infantrymen
ByLogan Nye
Oct 2, 2022
coast guard SS El Estero
When the Coast Guard saved New York from a huge blast
ByLogan Nye
Oct 1, 2022
differences between army and marine corps infantry
5 differences between Army and Marine Corps infantry
ByLogan Nye
Oct 2, 2022
Bv-141
The BV-141 looks like a kid had too many models, not enough patience
ByLogan Nye
Sep 27, 2023
stolen plane
That time an RAF pilot stole a plane in grand protest
ByLogan Nye
Oct 1, 2022
This aerial dogfight was like a life-sized version of a bee swarm
ByLogan Nye
Sep 26, 2022
browning automatic rifle
The Browning Automatic Rifle cut down enemies from WWI to Vietnam
ByLogan Nye
Sep 25, 2022
wwi troops
A panoramic look at how US troops prepared for World War I
ByLogan Nye
Sep 25, 2022
atomic bombs
How a Truman staffer described the decision to drop the bombs
ByLogan Nye
Sep 23, 2022