“The cockpit was well laid out. The airplane was easy and responsive. It was fun to fly because it was …

On Sept. 29, 1939, British director of naval intelligence Adm. John Godfrey distributed to other intelligence chiefs the “Trout Memo.” …

On the fourth day of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), a small blue symbol appeared on Blue Force Tracking (BFT) system …

The 18 men in Operation Creek were the most unlikely ever to participate in a special operations mission – middle-aged, …

For decades the Calcutta Light Horse, a 186-year-old British auxiliary regiment, was more a social club than territorial regiment. Now …

The Special Training Centre at Inverailort House near the remote hamlet of Lochailort on Scotland’s western coast is justly famous …

On June 6, 1984, as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of D-Day, a reenactment of the scaling of the …

Divided between British and Italian colonial empires in the 19th century, Somalia was never really conquered. Highly individualistic, with a …

Located 1,530 miles southeast of Miami, Fla., the island of Grenada was sighted by Christopher Columbus in 1498 on his …

On Feb. 22, 2006, the Askaria shrine in Samarra, nicknamed the Golden Mosque for its glistening dome and one of …