Always Ready: Women’s Crucial Role in the U.S. Coast Guard
It wasn’t until 1939 that all three of the U.S. Coast Guard’s predecessor agencies – the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, …
World War II
Aiming High: Women Serving in the U.S. Air Force
When Ruth Law Oliver embarked on a campaign to allow women to fly military aircraft in 1917, she could …
Operation Flipper: The Commando Raid on Rommel’s Headquarters
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was never one to shy away from thinking big. When he saw the plans for …
Women With Guns: The Red Army Female Snipers of World War II
“Warfare is…the one human activity from which women, with the most insignificant exceptions, have always and …
USS Perch: SOF Submarine
During World War II, it did not take mission planners in the Pacific theater of operations long to discover that …
Dogs of War l Photos
Dogs have had a long distinguished history in the military. Their roles have included being used as mascots, scouts, trackers, …
Keeping it Zipped Above and Below the Beltline
The famous World War II poster showing a cargo ship sliding beneath the waves and bracketed by the phrase “LOOSE …
The Kriegsmarine’s Channel Dash
In February 1942 British, and Royal Navy, pride suffered an embarrassing blow when Vice Adm. Otto Ciliax of the Kriegsmarine …
Pearl Harbor Conspiracy Theories Live On
The successful Japanese Navy attack on Pearl Harbor and the air bases on Oahu did more than gut America’s military …
Blimp vs. U-boat
A close-quarters slugfest between a U.S. Navy blimp and a German U-boat lit up the sea and sky off the …