Civil War 150th Anniversary I Photos
2011 marked the beginning of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, a defining event in American and world history. …
Military History
North American’s F-107 Was the “Ultra Sabre” and Perhaps the “Ultra Might-Have-Been”
On Sept. 10, 1956, test pilot Bob Baker took off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to complete the maiden …
U.S. Navy SEALs from Goldwater-Nichols to the Present Day: 1984-2012
While Naval Special Warfare (NSW) had shown promise in Grenada and other operations, the results …
Five Navy SEALs and the Medal of Honor
Of the 258 Medals of Honor awarded since the SEALs were authorized 50 years ago, five members of this special …
The Early Months of U.S. Entry Into World War II
“[American] bathers and sometimes entire coastal cities are witnesses to that drama of war whose visual climaxes area constituted by …
Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE: Wondering What the Other Guys Eat
In part five of our series on the 30th anniversary of the MRE we come to one of the most …
Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE: MRE entrees – the Favorites and the Failures
It turns out that the three previous installments in our series on the 30th anniversary of the “Meal, Ready To …
Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE: Field-stripping, First Strike Rations, and the Humanitarian Daily Ration
Thirty years of history, including employment in at least five conflicts, are behind the “Meal, Ready-to-Eat.” So far we’ve outlined …
The Collapse of Empires
In December 1941, it was as if Hachiman, the Japanese god of warriors and protector of Japan, had straddled the …
Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR)
The Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), in development by the Marine Corps, is a three-dimensional short- to medium-range tactical radar designed …