MoH Monday: Remembering Staff Sergeant Ty Michael Carter
Staff Sergeant Ty Carter was awarded the Medal of Honor on August 26, 2013, for courageous acts undertaken in Afghanistan during the War on Terrorism. Carter served with Bravo Troop,…
MoH Recipient Profile: Corporal William Kyle Carpenter
Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter of the U.S. Marine Corps earned a Medal of Honor for courageous acts undertaken on November 21, 2010, in Afghanistan. There, he served with Company F,…
Everything you need to know about the Second Battle of Fallujah
Also called Operation Al-Fajr or Operation Phantom Fury, the Second Battle of Fallujah took place from November 7, 2004 until December 23, 2004. During this battle, joint American, Iraqi, and…
The 5 most common causes of death in the US military during the Global War on Terror
In the year 2006, the United States was engaged in heavy fighting in both Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as sporadic combat in dozens of locations around the world. It…
M202 FLASH: The Army’s man-portable, four-barrel rocket launcher
The Army’s recent order of a four-bore rifle prototype made some waves. It’s a pretty exciting piece of technology, but if it gets picked up, …
How this squeegee handle saved 6 people on 9/11
Necessity is the mother of invention. Sometimes, the military translates this axiom as “if it’s stupid and it works, it isn’t stupid.” So while the idea of this simple window washing tool saving lives sounds silly, there are six people who sure …
System Of A Down released their first new music in 15 years in response to the Artsakh War
Throughout the Global War on Terror, many an American convoy has rolled to the heavy metal music of bands like Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and System Of A Down. As songs…
Next up on your reading list needs to be Iraq veteran’s ‘almost perfect novel’ Missionaries
The debut novel from the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment, Missionaries might be the perfect novel of all time. Phil Klay’s Missionaries examines the globalization of violence through four characters wit…
From Vietnam to Afghanistan: How two deployment stories connected generations
My great uncle deployed to Vietnam when he was around 21 years old. I didn’t know about his deployment until I found out I was deploying to Afghanistan in 2009. My uncle, unlike most of the friends and family I had, knew the reality of what was com…
Global War on Terrorism Memorial: An unprecedented project for an unprecedented war
On Sept. 11, 2019, the Global War on Terrorism turned 18. The GWOT is by far the longest military conflict in U.S. history, eclipsing the previous contender (the Vietnam War) by at least eight years. In 2014, a group of like-minded individuals — v…