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Predicting the future through popular fiction is always a headache. One specific (and inevitable) war, however, has been the setting for many works of exploratory fiction. Everyone has come up with their own unique twist on how the World War Trilogy…
Skipping out on work is an age-old practice and, in the military, it requires a decent amount of both skill and luck. The art of 'skating' is not one that can easily be taught or learned. To become an expert, one must be trained by a master — p…
Anti-submarine warfare is something that the Royal Navy takes very seriously. Historically, there's good reason for it: German U-boats have twice tried to blockade Great Britain and each attempt brought about great peril. Once upon a tim…
Scout Snipers are some of the most elite warfighters on the planet. Often serving a unit's personal team of spy-assassins, they're trained to be self-sufficient, resilient, and deadly silent. Whether they're sent to collect intelligenc…
He's often depicted as an old man with a grey goatee rocking a red, white, and blue suit and top hat. Uncle Sam is synonymous with Americana and is the personification of the United States government. His image has graced recruiting posters and pol…
The Silver Star is currently the third-highest award for valor in combat. The decoration is given to those that exhibit exemplary courage in the face of the enemy. For reference, there are only three women in history that have garnered the honor. Th…
Former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is a legend — and deservedly so, seeing as he was America's top sniper of all time. But the United States is not the only country in the world to have had a great sniper. Russia has its legends as well, like sharpshoot…
In 2017, two vets went into an active war zone to document testimonies from survivors of the Yazidi genocide begun by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) in August 2014.
Warfare, in the abstract, is a race between technologies that inflict damage and those that protect against it. It's a lot like a pendulum, where each new technological advancement either swings momentum in your favor or nullifies the enemy's adva…
Right off North Carolina Highway 147 in Durham sits a relic of older…
What's the first thing you think of when you hear the term, "gadfly?" Do you think of some annoying person you wish you could just smack? Maybe you're a rancher and you immediately think about an insect that bites your livestock. If you hear an …
Only in the military could someone get assigned a BFF.
Look. We all had a choice to make when we signed up for the military: we could defend freedom and democracy in high-pressure missions with global ramifications using elite skillsets... or we could be officers. I'm joking, except... not r…
Families that are made of generations of proud military service members are one of the reasons why this country is so great. Many troops join the service because their father, cousin, or even grandpa had served before them — which is ba…
The military is its own beast. Many of the things we do while enlisted would seem weird to civilians. Well, the door swings both ways. The following things seem perfectly normal before you join up, but might net you a few odd looks when y…
When Prince Felix Yussupov went to murder Russia's "mad monk" and advisor to the last Tsar, he wanted to make sure the job was done. He wrote that he had poisoned Rasputin's wine with cyanide. When that didn't do the trick, he then shot the mon…
In December of 1915, allied forces received word that it was time to evacuate from the fight against the Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli. In order to cover their sneaky retreat, Australian forces needed to find a way to make it appear as if…
If there's one generally accepted rule of warfare, it's that you should never invade Russia during the winter. Hitler tri…
When deployed troops buy whatever they need, if they pay in cash, they won't be given pennies, nickels, dimes, or quarters as change. Instead, they'll be given cardboard coins (colloquially called "
If you've seen any submarine-themed movie, whether it's Hunt for Red October, the classic Operation Pacific, or Crimson Tide, you understand the severity of an incoming torpedo. Anyone who knows naval history knows that…