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When some renegade Navy SEALs discover the whereabouts of a treasure buried under 150 feet of water at the bottom of the Bosnian lake, they set out on a secret unauthorized mission to retrieve more than 300 million dollars of Nazi-stolen gold bars…
After an assassination gone wrong, a Marine sniper, played by Armie Hammer, is stranded in a dry oasis after stepping on one of at least 33 million mines that occ…
The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller, gave an interview recently where he
The venerable 1911 has been in military service for over a century now — in every branch, in every war America's fought. Once the old Model 1873 Colts proved themselves in the Philippines and the results of the Thompson-Legarde tests became known…
For most people, joining the special operations community is just a dream — a fantasy born of countless hours playing video games and watching cool-guy action movies.To a much smaller group, though, join…
[brid video="123568" player="8383" title="Dvids Boeing's advanced F15 Air Superiority Fighter"] The F-15C has a very enviable combat record. Aviation historian Joe Bau…
When American forces stormed ashore at Saipan on June 15, 1944, they knew they were in for a fight. Saipan was strategically important to both the Americans and the Japanese. It is the largest island in the Marianas …
Birkenhead, England, is an odd place for a discussion of the U.S. Civil War, but two ships built in the Laird and Sons Shipyard there nearly provided the seapower necessary for the South to break the blockade, get recognized as a sovereign nation, a…
It was a common sight during Desert Storm: grainy black-and-white footage of an Iraqi bunker or hanger slowly getting closer and closer to the screen.
President Donald Trump has announced that Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will be the new national security advisor. McMaster replaces Michael Flynn, who resigned one week following reports that he discussed sanctions on Russia with the co…
While Eddie Rickenbacker has a claim to fame as the top American ace of World War I, there were plenty of other Americans who fought valiantly with Allies from the air. One of them, Eugene Bullard, has the distinction of being the first …
Marine Special Operations Command is the most junior of America's elite commando units and while they have plenty of door kickers and shooters, they're hurting for Leathernecks with specialized training to work in its support units. To …
Sometimes interceptors aren't available.
While the buzzing of the destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and Russia's
[brid video="114003" player="7965" title="Military Insider M551 Sheridan"]Airborne forces face a problem whenever they have to jump behind enemy lines — whether it's to seize an enemy airfield or to take and hold territory. The p…
According to DefenseNews.com, the Army is desperate to re-build its short-range air-defense capabilities. One big reason is the fact that Russia has bec…
Today, we see cruise missiles as very accurate. This was not always the case. In fact, one cruise missile has the distinction of hitting the wrong continent – and it was quite a miss.
Stalking and intelligence gathering are different from creepin', right? We're pretty sure there's a distinction. But good glass (i.e. a scope) can help with all three. According to John Ratcliffe Chapman's book
Gen. Raymond Thomas, head of US Special Operations command, said on Tuesday that the US and its allies in the fight against ISIS had killed more than 60,000 of the terrorist group's fighters. That estimate was considerably higher than th…
[brid video="113788" player="7965" title="Military Insider Vietnam Booby Traps"]Contrary to popular belief, neither the North Vietnamese Army nor Viet Cong guerrillas could match the U.S. forces toe-to-toe during the Vietnam War — either in …