Veterans Day – Thank You, Veterans and Service Members
Veterans Day gives Americans the opportunity to celebrate the bravery and sacrifice of all U.S. veterans. However, according to the …
U.S. Marine Corps
USMC Small Arms Developments
With the recent release of the fiscal year 2012 United States Marine Corps Posture Statement, Commandant of the Marine Corps …
A Herd of Hercs, a Knot of Phrogs, and a Warthog’s Welcome Home l Military Photos
Periodically we’ll be sharing favorite military photos we’ve come across in putting together our various publications and the DMN website. …
Cpl. Dakota Meyer and the Battle of Ganjgal
“We will do to you what we did to the Russians!”
– Taliban insurgent leader transmission
At 0300 on Sept. …
Closing Strength: In Today’s Urban Combat Settings, Soldiers Rely On Strategy, Training, and Pure, Physical Strength To Come Out On Top In Hand-to-Hand Encounters
Master Sgt. Tony Pryor was in a fight for his life. After wounding two combatants during a room-by-room sweep in …
Two F-35Bs Operate From USS Wasp
Two Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters operated from USS Wasp (LHD 1) for 18 days of sea …
Marine Corps Releases New Amphibious Vehicle RFI
The United States Marine Corps is continuing its search for an amphibious vehicle “that will provide increased force protection, water …
Challenge in Transition
Of all the presentations at the 2011 Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Washington, D.C., perhaps the most interesting was the …
Superfast Helicopters
Some two decades after immigrating to the United States in 1919, Igor Sikorsky’s aircraft company built America’s first mass-produced combat …
Responsive, Relevant, Rotary-wing
Eighty years ago, the U.S. Navy bought three XOP-1 autogyros for testing. After three historic landings on the carrier Langley …