The complete guide to West Point
If you’re heading to West Point as a cadet, congratulations! You’re about to embark on the most rewarding and rigorous experience of your life so far. West Point Academy is…
The story behind the famous 9/11 light memorial
Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, America sought ways to memorialize the victims who lost their lives that day. Perhaps one of the most iconic is the projection…
My 9/11 story: I watched from the sidelines as the world changed forever
Written by A’sha Roe On the morning of September 11, 2001, I drove to work at a hotel in Boise, Idaho. As I exited my car I briefly caught something…
My 9/11 story: ‘I was supposed to be at the World Trade Center’
My experience on 9/11 is very similar to the millions of Americans who lived in the New York Tri-State area on that fateful day. Simple twists of fate, blind luck…
The evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11 was America’s Dunkirk
The attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, paralyzed New York. Bridges and tunnels were closed all across the city stranding over 500,00 people in Lower Manhattan….
How the British Army trolled the colonists after leaving New York
Before the Civil War, the major holiday that came at the end of November wasn’t Thanksgiving. It has nothing to do with turkey, pilgrims or pumpkin pie. Instead, it had…
The Army is considering using New York City to teach urban operations
Urban warfare has always been a challenge on the battlefield. From Stalingrad to Fallujah, fighting in close quarters can be an equalizer that negates technological advantages and results in high…
The original ‘Iron Mike’ was an Irish firefighter who would not die
The Great Depression was a tough time in America. Today we can see the effects of 10-11 percent unemployment due to the economic slowdown caused by COVID-19. Imagine what life in the United States would be like if unemployment was around 50 percent.…
Charlie DeLeo: Keeper of the Flame
If you’ve ever set foot in New York City at night and glanced across the Upper Bay at Lady Liberty, you’d see that her torch burns bright. From 1972 to 1999, you had Charlie DeLeo to thank for that awe-inspiring sight.
Known as the “Keeper …
How USNS Comfort went from a symbol of hope with the president’s blessing, to heading back from NYC having treated fewer than 180 patients
Earlier this week President Donald Trump announced he would be sending the Navy hospital ship Comfort home from Ne…