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“The Most Propitious Time…for the Confederate Army to Enter Maryland” Robert E. Lee’s Decision to Invade the North in September 1862

Civil War Trust General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia entered the final stage of a protracted...

Lincoln’s Secret Killer

Lincoln’s Secret Killer? Was Lincoln already dying when he was murdered? Using blood from the assassination itself, NGC will...

Greatest Tank Battles: The Battle of 73 Easting

The Battle of 73 Easting was a decisive tank battle fought on 26 February 1991, during the Gulf War,...

Air Cav: How Soldiers in the Sky Reshaped Combat on the Ground

Arguably, the relief of Khe Sanh was the war’s most important cavalry raid. One of the great battlefield innovations...

The New Militarism – Who Profits?

Militarism and military spending are everywhere on the rise, as the new Cold War propaganda seems to be paying...

Sherman’s Folly at Shiloh

BY THE TIME he reached Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River in March 1862, William Tecumseh Sherman was a...

Burma Campaign: Seizing Imphal and Kohima In World War II

The Allied effort in Burma during World War II was dominated by strong personalities and hampered by divergent strategic...

Why are Standards Plummeting in the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program?

By Jack Murphy at SOFREP.com With the Army issuing a press release to announce a new Discovery Channel Special...

What The Marine Corps Just Revealed About Women In Combat Will Have Feminists Up In Arms

WesternJournalism.com and The Marine Corps Times report It was heralded as a grand experiment that would, many liberals hoped,...

The Confederados

By Ron Soodalter Originally published by America’s Civil War magazine. Defiant Rebels bolted for Brazil rather than accept defeat....

A Reminiscence of General James M. Gavin

By Carlo D’Este My first association with Lt. Gen. Jim Gavin occurred in 1979 when, as a fledgling researcher...

The Civil War isn’t Over

150 years after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Americans are still fighting over the great issues at the...

Audie Murphy – The Most Decorated US Soldier of WWII

Born near Kingston, Texas, Audie Murphy (1924-1971) won fame as the most decorated soldier in U.S. military history. During...

Merrill’s Marauders – The True Story

The true story of Merrill’s Marauders on Dangerous Missions. Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially...

What’s the Matter with the US Military?

By Sebastian Junger Less than 1 percent of the U.S. population has served in the country’s recent wars. But...

LRRPS in Vietnam

A History Channel documentary on the History of the LRRPs (Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrols) in the Vietnam War.

Dark Clouds over Junction City

In the war’s biggest operation, Westmoreland won his ‘big unit’ campaign but lost confidence that the war could be...

The Marines Are Looking for a Few Good Women

A Few Good Women The Marines are looking for a few good women to serve in combat but, after...

The Great Draft Dodge

Karl Eikenberry and what Americans lost when they stopped fighting. By James Kitfield Karl Eikenberry couldn’t understand why the...

In the Hot Seat over Gettysburg

On January 20, 1896, the members of the A.P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans gathered in Petersburg, Va., for...

Jimmy Doolittle and the Tokyo Raiders

Tokyo. April 18, 1942. A clear and quiet morning. The one hundred and thirty-third day of Japan’s war with...

Were Maps Lee’s Real Enemy at Gettysburg?

By Earl B. McElfresh Fighting on Strange Ground Can poor planning and bad maps explain the Confederate defeat at...

The Battle of Al-Khafji

The Battle of Khafji was the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War. It took place in and...

The Feminist Assault on the US Military

With the feminist onslaught decimating the fighting spirit and efficiency of the US Military on a daily basis, David...

Ralph Peters on the White House and Bowe Bergdahl

In charging Bowe Bergdahl with desertion, the Army defied the White House’s “tooth and nail” fight to give the...

US Military is ‘Dangerously Hollow’

Bill Connor on the current state of military readiness This is the most uncertain time I’ve seen in our...

Captain Jerry Yellin and WWII’s Last Combat Mission

Captain Jerry Yellin discusses flying the last combat mission of World War II in the linked video.

How Dale Dye Earned the Bronze Star for Valor in Vietnam

Dale Dye is a veteran of the Vietnam war, accomplished actor, author, and entrepreneur, but most of the filmmaking...

The Crossbow War

Two hours after sunset, automatic weapons fire suddenly raked across our village, Buon Don Bak. It was October 4,...

Army Wants Upgrades to Improve M4A1 Carbine’s Performance, Accuracy

The U.S. Army is considering several upgrades to the M4A1 Carbine that could improve its accuracy and performance and...

97 Year Old Vet Relives the Bataan Death March

CLEMSON – War has a way of changing people, hardening them, sometimes for the worst. Ben Skardon’s wartime experience...

Soviet Killing of Army Intelligence Officer in East Germany Remembered

BERLIN (AP) — U.S. Col. Roland Lajoie had just arrived home in West Berlin on a cool March day...

The World of Charlie Company

John Laurence of CBS News reports on the World of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry in 1970. The...

Jim Gavin’s War – Part I

By Carlo D’Este July 11, 1943 was one of the most unforgettable days of Jim Gavin’s life. It was...

The Truth About Lies in Vietnam

Karl Marlantes went to war in 1968 as a 23-year-old lieutenant and led a Marine rifle platoon through months...

Courage Under Fire

A great episode from the CBS News Vietnam War series.

Torpedo Junction

John Prados on the Japanese Imperial Navy’s effort to starve Guadalcanal with airpower and submarines. To stay alive, Allied...

Ralph Peters – “US Policy off the Rails”

Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Peters on the latest US foreign policy checks and counter-checks. The White House might turn to the...

Breakout and Pursuit

Martin Blumenson’s famous work on the Allied advance across France in the Summer of 1944, available for free download...

The Difference Between Navy SEALS and the Rangers

Jack Murphy and Brandon Webb on the history of the SEALS and Rangers and the difference in their missions...

Men and Guns at Iwo Jima

Walter Davenport and Collier’s Magazine in a 1945 report on the Battle of Iwo Jima and legends in the...

Green Berets on Women in the Green Berets

Special Forces troopers past and present discuss women in the Green Berets on The Spec Ops Channel. Jim West...

The General Who Came In From The Cold

General David Petraeus: “The Islamic State isn’t our biggest problem in Iraq.” General Petraeus is back in the picture...

The FUBAR Express

KUSA reports on calamities, cost overruns, mismanagement, morons and the VA way of doing business. KUSA – Several members...

Rangerettes Lead the Way! – In Feminist Fantasy Land

Ray Starmann reports on the US Army’s impeding cluster, coed Ranger School. What kind of world would we be...

The Tikrit Shuffle

Colonel Gary Anderson on strange allies in the big sandbox. In the months that we have been halfheartedly attacking...

When the Walls Come Tumbling Down

Colorado VA Hospital fiasco caused by ignoring contractors. A Veterans Affairs official told members of Congress overseeing construction of...

Readiness? What Readiness?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top military officials told Congress on Tuesday that the readiness of the armed services is being...

Ridgway – Iron Man at the Front

Carlo D’Este on Major General Matthew Ridgway, commander of the 82nd Airborne in Italy. Acts of great courage in...

Drones and Rumors of Drones

Nancy A. Youssef – Is ISIS building a drone army? As U.S.-led coalition forces confirm they shot down an...

The Great Social Experiment Marches On…

Bryant Jordan on the forced integration of women in the combat arms and special operations units.

Putin on the Loose

Sputnik on Russia’s deployment of Iskander Missiles to Kaliningrad for “drills.”

Wargaming Russia’s Military Options in Ukraine

Stratfor discusses several possible Russian courses of action in the Ukraine.

From Putin with Love

Putin orders the Russian Northern Fleet on full alert during NATO exercises.

When Sheep Lead Lions

Lieutenant-Colonel Allen West on social engineering and national security colliding head on at US Army Ranger School.

Blood, Guts, Sports Bras and Danger – That’s the Life of an Airborne Ranger

Douglas Ernst on sports bras, tampons and female urinary diversion devices at Ranger School.

The War Against Stolen Valor

J.P. Lawrence on fakers, duds and con artists who seek military glory.

Lost in Dempsey Land

John McCain verbally sabots General Martin Dempsey.

Old Soldiers Never Die, They Just Bounce Back

Michael O’Hanlon on the resurrection of General David Petraeus.

American Sniper as Apple Pie

Kyle Smith on why Eastwood’s film triumphed and why his critics were gobsmacked by it.

Deception Isn’t the Better Part of Valor

Diane Cahn on the latest stolen valor case.

Smoke and Mirrors at Fort A.P. Hill

Ray Starmann reports on the US Army’s latest smokescreen.

Coming Home from Combat

Thoughts combat vets can never leave behind by Keith Nightingale.

Krasnyy Rasvett (Red Dawn)

Dave Hodges on Russia’s seven-pronged strategy to conquer the USA.

The Siegfried Line Campaign

Charles B. MacDonald’s classic work is available online at the US Army Center for Military History.

Putin vs. The Preppies and the Ph’Ds

Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Peters on Putin’s continual rope a dope with America’s best and brightest.

Military Service – The Great Equalizer

Benjamin Luxenberg on the AWOL American nation.

Whatever Happened to Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em?

Lisa R. Rhodes on the latest PC directive by the military.

The Tragedy of the American Military

James Fallow on the chickenhawk nation.

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