The Year’s Best Military Photos
Throughout 2011 we posted weekly slide shows of favorite military photos we’d come across in putting together our various publications …
Defense Wide
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 …
Interview With Vice Adm. Alan S. Thompson, Director, Defense Logistics Agency
Vice Adm. Alan S. Thompson became director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in November 2008. Directing an organization of …
Animatronic Afghan
This video by Chuck Oldham (Editor) is about the, "Animatronic Afghan."
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 …
It Could Have Been Worse
In terms of physical and morale damage, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor remains one of America’s worst military defeats. …
Comes a New Cold War?
Without fanfare or finger pointing, senior Defense Department officials make it abundantly clear that the United States and China are …