Attack on Camp Bastion: VMA-211 Is Back in the Fight
After suffering the loss of its commanding officer and all but two of its aircraft in the attack on Camp …
Conflicts & Operations
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Roots of the Confrontation
The 20th century conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union known as the Cold War thankfully never went …
Expeditionary Warfare Comes of Age in World War II
The United States entered World War II 27 months after it began officially with Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in …
Attack on Camp Bastion: The Destruction of VMA-211
Late on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, a Taliban insurgent force of sappers carried out an attack on Camp Bastion, the …
Army vs. Navy in Alaska
Alaska, with respect to American military operations, was caught in a complex crossfire of competing resources, muddled strategic goals, and …
The P-3 Orion In Service
At the height of Cold War tensions, the chief of the Soviet general staff, Marshal Sergey Akhromeyev said, “I always …
Appendectomy on a Submarine
The fourth patrol of the USS Seadragon began unremarkably. The submarine left the west Australian port of Freemantle on Aug. …
Book Review – Project Azorian: The CIA and the Raising of K-129
On March 8, 1968, a Soviet missile submarine, the Project 628/Golf II-class K-129, suffered a series of internal explosions and …
Credible Sport: The Super-STOL Hercules
Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution should never have caught the U.S. by surprise. But because Iran had been a key client …
Women in America’s World War II Workforce
When the war began, American society largely regarded the proper role of women was that of homemaker and mother. The …