Pirates Are Becoming More Violent
The scourge of the Somali pirates continues, despite a continued presence of naval forces patrolling the region.
According to the …
Conflicts & Operations
The Failure of Collaboration
The defeat of France by Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940 ushered what the French later called Les Année …
U.S. Navy Year in Review
The U.S. Navy completed its 235th year on the high seas in 2010, and it is in a position to …
Phantom Phiftieth Anniversary | Photos
At a time when jet aircraft were said to lack character in comparison to their piston-engined forbears, the F-4 Phantom …
Remembering the USCGC Acushnet
On March 11, 2011, at Coast Guard Base Support Unit Ketchikan, Alaska, the 67-year-old Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet was officially …
War With “Unprecedented, Unmerciful, and Unrelenting Harshness:” Hitler, Operation Barbarossa, and the Commissar Order
The polished cars of the German military began arriving early at the New Reich Chancellery in Berlin on March …
What Happened to Blue Grass Girl?
Seconds after “bombs away” over Berlin, 1st Lt. Lewis K. Cloud hauled back on the control yoke, applied rudder, and …
Book Review – Mission to Berlin: The American Airmen Who Struck the Heart of Hitler’s Reich
Mission to Berlin: The American Airmen Who Struck the Heart of Hitler’s Reich is an amazing account of American heroism …
The U.S. Marine Corps Year in Review
For the Marine Corps, 2010 began with the last infantry units leaving Iraq and ended with discussions of a drawdown …
Pearl Harbor Survivor Sikorsky JRS-1 Moves to Museum Facility
In March, the world’s only surviving Sikorsky JRS-1 amphibious seaplane (the military version of the Sikorsky S-43) arrived at the …