The Coast Guard’s Vertical Leap
In 1915, the Revenue Cutter Service and Life-Saving Service were merged to create the United States Coast Guard. The beginning …
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Project Habakkuk Breaks the Ice at the Quebec Conference
In the summer of 1943, the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the United States and Great Britain had reached a …
Navy Develops CONSOL Capability to Refuel Oilers at Sea
Courtesy of Surface SITREP, published by the Surface Navy Association (www.navysna.org)
A key to persistent presence is the ability for …
The Son Tay Raid
May 1970: Air reconnaissance photographs of the North Vietnamese town of Son Tay, about 35 kilometers west of Hanoi, had …
The Five Worst Light Machine Guns (LMGs)
5. Browning M1919A6
There was nothing inherently wrong with the Browning M1919A4 .30-caliber medium machine gun. It was effective, reliable, …
Task Force Normandy Fired the Opening Shots of Desert Storm
At 2:38 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1991, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Tom Drew launched Operation Desert Storm by speaking into …
The American Who Helped Sink the Bismarck
The news that reached London on May 24, 1941, could not have been worse for the Admiralty. The German battleship …
Joint/Combined Training with International Partners The SOCPAC Model
International collaboration between special operations forces (SOF) has never been stronger as commanders seek to extend levels in interoperability and …
Operation Source: The X-craft Raid
By the summer of 1943, thanks to Allied victories over the U-boats worldwide and most recently against the Kriegsmarine’s surface …
Guiding Nurses and Other Civilian Medical Professionals To Focus on Veterans’ Special Needs
The steady stream of military personnel returning from two decades of conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq following the September 11, …