Michael J. Durant Interview: Black Hawk Down
The Oct. 3 mission: Did you have a sense it was coming on before, prior to being briefed about it? …
Conflicts & Operations
Michael J. Durant Interview: The Night Stalkers
While Michael J. “Mike” Durant is probably not a household name around the world, he is an indelible symbol and …
NATO at the Crossroads
For nearly half a century, the 16-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) stood ready to confront a massive air and …
Book Review – The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
In 1976, military analyst Edward Luttwak published The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: from the First Century AD to …
The U.S. Marines Pioneer Air Support in Nicaragua
What does Nicaragua mean to a Marine?
Plenty. Here, in 1928 and again in 1932, the most famous Marine of …
U.S. Marine Corps Year in Review
For the U.S. Marine Corps, 2009 was a year of transition: withdrawal from Iraq during a simultaneous buildup in Afghanistan, …
U.S. Army Year in Review
As the war in Southwest Asia continued into 2010, the U.S. Army was showing the strain of continuous combat on …
Rapid Response: The U.S. Military’s Haiti Relief Surge
Although Haiti has faded from the headlines, the humanitarian relief effort that began immediately after the island nation was rocked …
Thunderbolt Versus Tiger Tank
During World War II in Europe, the German Tiger tank was a respected and feared fighting machine, but it was …
Fighting Modern Piracy
Piracy has been a fact of life at sea since the first merchant ship set sail millennia ago, although, until …