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It was Nov. 10, 2010 — the Marine Corps birthday. I was sound asleep and having another nightmare. I'd been having them randomly for years; PTSD does that to a person. Lately, the nightmares seemed real and more consistent. My husband …
Few figures in American history loom as large as Teddy Roosevelt. The man embodied the can-do American spirit and the gritty resolve of the American fighting man. But when the former "Rough Rider" was offered up his first military com…
It is always interesting to dive on wrecks. This can include wrecks of sunken warships, which can serve as an eerie glimpse into the past. Some ships, like the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Ori…
Since Desert Storm if the mission involved close air support — especially killing tanks — the A-10 'Warthog' was the jet the infantry loved to see overhead. It's lethal, it's agile, and it's perfect at providing support for troops on the gr…
The M1126 and M1127 Strykers have provided good service to the Army in the wars since 9/11, where they provided an excellent balance of mobility, protection, and firepower for troops. However, when you're potentially facing a fight with …
The Maginot Line is a historic meme, a shrine to the failure of fixed defenses in the age of tanks and planes. But modern historians are increasingly making a bold claim: It wasn't the Maginot Line that failed, it was diplomacy and French armored t…
The Olympics we know today began with the first meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Paris in Jun. 1984. The first official games were held in 1896 in Athens. Before that there were a number of Olympic games and festivals hosted by nat…
The honor of making the ultimate sacrifice is timeless. But casualty counts in the United States' current conflicts are relatively low relative to previous wars. Of course, no competent warfighter signs on to die for his (or her) country…
Police officers and the military share a special bond in the United States. Many police officers are former military members themselves, and many of those officers have deployed to support various military operations. But even if they aren't vetera…
Marine Corps legend Lt. Gen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller is known today for his heroics and his chest full of medals, but some Marines claimed in 1984 that the nickname was a reference to Puller's metal ribcage, a prosthetic that was placed there afte…
Quick, what countries have the second- and third-largest carrier forces in the world? Number one, of course, is the United States with ten carriers and one on the way, even as it scraps as many as eight older ones (Forrestal, Saratoga, Ra…
The liberation of Sfax, Tunisia on April 10, 1943 was a joyous occasion for nearly everyone involved. The Allies gained an important Mediterranean port, the Tunisians in the city were liberated, and British Lt. Gen. Bernard Montgomery won a B-17 bo…
After World War II ended, the fighting forces had to figure out what to do with surplus military goods. Ships were scrapped or sunk, vehicles were sold at auction, and surpluses were sent to warehouses or auctioned out to resellers. The N…
The second season of History's Six is underway and there are a few new faces. Olivia Munn joins the cast as CIA officer Gina Cline. Walton Goggins returns as Richard "Rip" Taggart, who was dramatically rescued in the last season. Led by…
It's the dreaded last step in clearing out of a unit to either PCS to another duty station or ETS back into the civilian world — turning gear into the Central Issuing Facility.We get it. Nobody wants to stand around for six hours to have a…
American warships are capable, lethal, and imposing, so much so that it can be easy to forget that they are still just lumps of metal floating through highly damaging saltwater while running at high power as hundreds or thousands of sailors prowl th…
