Women in the military: Paving the way and shooting for the stars… literally
There are few things I love more than seeing badass women breaking barriers and proving to the world that powerful women are a force t…
George Washington was voted Britain’s ‘Greatest Enemy Commander’
In 2012, Britain’s National Army Museum organized a contest asking its patrons which of Britain’s historical enemies was their greatest foe? The answer turned out to be the man who, almost through sheer force of will, and despite a lack of trained…
This ‘Church of Patton’ immortalized the General and his Third Army in stained glass
Long before General James Mattis was canonized by his troops as Saint Mattis, patron saint of chaos, another legendary general was quietly immortalized in stained glass. His image atop one of his Third Army tanks shares a scene with one depicting th…
This is how Robert E. Lee’s house became Arlington National Cemetery
Before the Civil War, Robert E. Lee’s mansion was part of a Virginia estate on the Potomac River, across from the nation’s capital. It was…
This statistical analysis determined the 10 best generals of all time
Someone went and moneyball-ed military history. Ethan Arsht applied the principles of baseball sabermetrics to th…
5 general officers who were almost certainly crazy
These five American generals and admirals did things that played with the thin line between cunning and crazy, but they were awesome at their jobs so most everyone looked the other way.
1. A Navy admiral dressed up in a ninja suit to e…
This is why the rank of General of the Armies was only given twice in US history
General of the Armies is a rank so high up in the strata of power that only two people in the history of the United States have ever attained it. Keep in mind: This is not General of the Army, it’s plural — all the Armies</e…
5 bizarre times troops answered the call of nature on duty
When you gotta go, you gotta go. It doesn’t matter what you might be doing or who might be shooting at you for doing it. This, of course, includes the military personnel who get put in a lot of situations that would test anyone’s nerves. And bladd…
‘Vinegar’ Joe Stilwell lost the best WWII assignments twice
Army Maj. Gen. “Vinegar” Joe Stilwell was at the top of the list for high commands as America entered World War I. A 1904 West Point graduate with lots of intelligenc…
8 amazing facts about General Douglas MacArthur
Few military leaders in history are as iconic as General Douglas MacArthur. He was a bigger-than-life figure who rose to five-star rank and grew to believe in his own myth so much that he thought he was above the Constitution and ultimately had to …