USSOCOM Component Commander Panel
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) component commanders participated in a panel discussion on key special operations forces acquisition, operations, requirements, …
Conflicts & Operations
Book Review – The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Rick Atkinson, is the third volume in his …
The Granville Raid
By the beginning of 1945, the German occupation of the British Channel Islands was well into its fifth year. The …
The Girandoni Air Rifle
The alpine region of Tyrol, a borderland between Italians and Germans, has long bred skillful hunters and tough mountain warriors. …
When Telford Taylor and U.S. Army G-2 Gained Access to Ultra
In the early years of the war, knowledge of Ultra – British decoded German cypher traffic encrypted by the Enigma …
Maj. Robert Furman: A Spook in the Pentagon
Sometime in 1943, not long after construction of the Pentagon had been completed and the great building first opened its …
Operation Martillo: The Hammer Hasn’t Fallen – Yet
When Operation Martillo (Spanish for “hammer”) was launched in mid-January of 2012, it didn’t take long for the initiative – …
Operation Vengeance: The Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto
On April 14, 1943, naval intelligence scored another code-breaking coup. The message began: “On April 18 CINC Combined Fleet will …
I Killed Osama bin Laden
There are several stories about the assault on the Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound that resulted in the death of Osama bin …
U.S. Army Touts M855A1 Round Performance
U.S. Army representatives have credited the new 5.56mm M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round with combat performance capabilities “close to” those of …