Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert Something of a Surprise as Next Chief of Naval Operations
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said June 16 that he would recommend that President Barack Obama nominate Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert …
Conflicts & Operations
B-17 Crash Highlights the Debate Over Flying Warbirds
A World War II B-17G Flying Fortress bomber named Liberty Belle was destroyed by fire on June 13 after an …
Intrepid Project Seeks to Bring American Barbary War Remains Home
“From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli” go the words to the hymn of the U.S. Marine …
Oops! Kicking a Complaint Upstairs – And Getting Kicked Back
“We are going to take care of the troops first, last, and all the time.”
—Gen. George C. Marshall
Of …
Lost Opportunity: Operation Barbarossa and the Decision Not to Kill Josef Stalin
“Everything which Lenin created we have lost forever!”
– Josef Stalin after receiving news of Operation Barbarossa
At 3 o’clock …
Revivor2 at Empire Challenge 2011
Video of the Revivor2 system being tested at Empire Challenge 2011, including the mast-mounted sensors and aerostat.…
Ranger to be Second Living Medal of Honor Recipient from Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts
“If not for Staff Sgt. Petry’s actions, we would have been seriously wounded or killed.”
– Sgt. Daniel Higgins
On …
A Matter of Priorities: American Production in World War II, Part 1
“It would be unwise to assume we can defeat Germany simply by outproducing her. . . . Wars are won …
Coup d’État in Iraq
“This stroke would be more deadly to the British Empire than the capture of London!”
—Grand Adm. Erich Raeder to …
The Nazi Looting of Art in Europe
When it comes to looting conquered nations, no conquerors surpassed the Nazis in their plundering of the art and cultural …