“Theater Security Package” Bulks Up U.S. Air Power in Korea As Tensions Rise
Airmen from bases in the United States are bolstering U.S. visibility in South Korea at a time when tensions on …
Conflicts & Operations
The Civil War Ironclad Monitor’s Unknown Sailors Are Remembered and Honored at Arlington
While the guns of the USS Monitor went quiet 151 years ago, the final rifle volleys fired into the brisk …
U.S. Army 2012: Year in Review
As outlined in the February 2012 U.S. Army Posture Statement, over the nation’s past decade at war, the U.S. Army …
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, All for the War Effort
On March 6, 1943, the New York Times reported that 11-year-old Anita Hochberg of Sea Cliff, Long Island, had donated …
Turning Things Around: Patton Takes Over II Corps
The American debacle at the Battle of Kasserine Pass had brought the simmering command crisis of II Corps to a …
North Korea Invalidates Armistice
North Korea’s army announced on March 11 that the armistice that ended fighting on the Korean peninsula in 1953 is …
U.S. Air Force 2012: Year In Review
The U.S. Air Force is the world’s most formidable air arm. It can deliver precision-guided explosive instruments of American policy …
Global Trends 2030: Game-Changers
A Predictable Glide Slope – Up Until Now
The previous two posts have focused on megatrends and tectonic shifts described …
Men Against Mosquitoes: Malaria in War
More than arrows, swords, bullets, or bombs, disease has been the biggest killer of soldiers until quite recently. Malaria was …
Tuskegee Airmen vs. Me-262s
“We knew the German jets were faster than we were. Instead of going directly after them, we went away from …