Book Review – French Cruisers: 1922-1956
Between the world wars, France built a series of beautiful but tragic warships. It may seem strange to call warships …
Military History
Tuskegee Airmen in Operation Corkscrew
Pantelleria and Lampedusa, two islands located about 50 miles off the Tunisian coast, were strategically located in the middle of …
JSOC and the Hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: The End Game
On Feb. 22, 2006, the Askaria shrine in Samarra, nicknamed the Golden Mosque for its glistening dome and one of …
JSOC and the Hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: The Making of a Terrorist
At 6:12 p.m. on June 7, 2006, a 500-pound, laser-guided GBU-12 bomb was released from a U.S. Air Force F-16 …
The Trident Conference
With North Africa liberated and plans for Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, on track, the question confronting the United …
CBP’s P-3 Orion Maritime Surveillance Program
April 2013 was a big month for cocaine busts in the Central American Transit Zone, and U.S. Customs and Border …
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 …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Operation Burnt Frost
The recent situation in Northeast Asia has been extensively covered by Defense Media Network. Over the past several weeks, international …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: Evolution of the Standard Missile
It’s the Missile that Hits the Target
The U.S. Navy has a long and largely successful history of shipboard Aegis …
The Granville Raid
By the beginning of 1945, the German occupation of the British Channel Islands was well into its fifth year. The …