Michael J. Durant Interview: Black Hawk Down
The Oct. 3 mission: Did you have a sense it was coming on before, prior to being briefed about it? …
Military History
Michael J. Durant Interview: The Night Stalkers
While Michael J. “Mike” Durant is probably not a household name around the world, he is an indelible symbol and …
The Haditha Dam Seizure: Getting Ready – Move to Contact
On March 29, Company B rejoined the rest of 3rd/75th Rangers at H1 Airfield, where they were told to immediately …
Operation Eagle Claw and the Bull Simons Scholarship Fund
When several thousand Iranian students stormed the grounds of the U.S. Embassy on Nov. 4, 1979, taking the Americans of …
The Haditha Dam Seizure – The Target
Author’s Note – The story of operations by the 75th Ranger Regiment since September 11 has necessarily been a “close …
Book Review – The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
In 1976, military analyst Edward Luttwak published The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: from the First Century AD to …
What Might Have Been: LRAACA
During the Cold War when the West was concerned about the Soviet Union’s undersea fleet, McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC), which …
Thunderbolt Versus Tiger Tank
During World War II in Europe, the German Tiger tank was a respected and feared fighting machine, but it was …
Doolittle Raid: Taking the Fight to Japan
The first step toward America going on the offensive in the Pacific war was taken on April 18, 1942, on …
From World War I to Present Day: U.S. Military Dentistry
Like the other medical services, the U.S. military presents an extreme range of challenges and demands to the field of …