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How Germany brought the fighting of World War II to Antarctica

With the exception of u-boats, the German navy doesn’t get a lot of attention for its role during World War II, but the Kriegsmarine brought the war to the most…

Everything you need to know about the Civil Reserve Air Fleet

Historically, civil air transport has played a major role in U.S. military mobilization. During the first two years of WWII, the Air Transport Association moved much of the military’s personnel…

The reason the Royal Navy attacked and sunk an allied fleet during WWII

In 1940, Hitler and the Nazis rolled up western Europe, culminating with the Fall of France. The capitulation of the French government left Britain alone to stand against the Nazis….

5 times US Navy ships returned to the fleet after severe damage

Norway is the first country in the world to have a pure stealth fighter fleet

On January 6, 2021, the Royal Norwegian Air Force announced the retirement of its 44 F-16 Fighting Falcon fourth generation fighter jets. With the country’s adoption of the F-35A Lightning…

The E-8 JSTARS might be the most powerful plane in the Air Force fleet

When it comes to the armed forces, the combat arms communities are front and center. Infantry, tanks, fighter planes, bombers and destroyers all work to destroy the enemy and are…

The top Marine officer thinks the Corps needs to be more unpredictable and that it needs the ‘Lightning carrier’ to do it

The Marine Corps wants to overhaul its force to prepare to be more dispersed and more flexible to deter and, if need be, take on China’s growing military in the Pacific. “China has moved out to sea, and they have long-range weapons and a…

US Special Operations Command now wants its own light attack aircraft fleet

The U.S. Air Force may only want a handful of light attack aircraft, but U.S. Special Operations Command now appears to want at least 75. According to a new solicitation p…

Marines return from deployment just in time for Thanksgiving

The Marines and sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are concluding their 2019 deployment this week, just in time for Thanksgiving. Departing in waves from the three ships of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, the 11th MEU conducted an…

‘Midway’ movie takes war in the Pacific seriously

This Veterans Day, moviegoers everywhere can witness the most pivotal Pacific battle in World War II: “Midway.” The production reminds viewers just how precariously America’s future teetered in the early 1940s, and what cost, sacrifice and luck w…

Why US Navy is sending more people to keep an eye on Russian subs

The Russian sub fleet is growing and growing more active, and the US and its NATO partners are more concerned about what those boats and rest of the Russian navy are up to around Europe. For the US Navy, that means more focus on the Atlantic, …

Navy’s ‘Team Battle Axe’ trains with the ‘best crew in the fleet’

Squadrons assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 flew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Sept. 9, 2019, for carrier qualifications as part of Tailored Ship’s Training Availability/Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP…

How the Navy’s newest fleet has been training for a new kind of fight

One year ago in Norfolk, Virginia, aboard USS George H.W. Bush at the establishment ceremony for US 2nd Fleet, I directed the fleet to be ready to fight — ready to fight so that we do not have to. The last time 2nd Fleet existed, th…

US Navy practicing to ‘up the game’ against old but dangerous threat

Some 8,600 personnel, 50 surface ships, 36 aircraft, and two submarines from 18 countries are in the Baltic Sea this month for Baltic Operations. The annual BaltOps exercise, led this year by the US Navy’s recently revived 2nd Fleet in its fi…

OP-ED: This is what it takes to lead the Navy during war

In thinking about who to select as the Navy’s next generation of senior leadership, the Nation should be fully engaged, particularly with the increasing potential of war at sea against a peer competitor. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Ad…

Why the Army plans to ditch its transport fleet

The legend about the Army having more boats than the Navy hasn’t been true since World War II, but the Army’s fleet of

The game-changing Swedish warship that sank in its first battle

In 1563 and 1564, Sweden built a massive warship that was the pinnacle of naval technology at the time. Its creation ushered in a sea change in naval combat — despite the fact that the ship sank early in its first battle.

The Air Force just grounded its entire B-1 Bomber fleet

US Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the entire Air Force bomber fleet, ordered a safety stand down for it…