In Burma, for example, three OSS officers organized a coalition of native tribesmen into an 11,000-strong guerrilla army -- soldiers who band together to engage in irregular warfare tactics -- that killed 10,000 occupying Japanese troops, but lost only 206 of its own fighters [source:SOC]....
Being nondirectional, however, that same music also drifted into the radio receivers in the operations rooms of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo’s six Japanese aircraft carriers,Akagi,Kaga,Soryu,Hiryu,Shokaku, andZuikaku, located roughly 300 miles north of Oahu. Nagumo’s task force monitored the st...
Operation Desert Storm marked the beginning of a shift to electronic communication between troops and their families. During the Gulf War, companies such as AT&T provided phone connections from the Persian Gulf to the United States, so that personnel at some bases could make 10-minute "morale cal...
Trump revokes protections for transgender troops set by Biden — 8:07 p.m. By the Associated Press “The previous administration has embedded deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices within every agency and office of the Federal Government,” Trump said in a statement accompan...
One of the key advantages of the AH-64 Apache is its ability to operate beyond the forward line of troops (FLOT), a capability that sets it apart from many other attack helicopters. This extended reach allows the Apache to engage targets deep within enemy territory, providing ground forces ...
the combat potential ofairplanes. In 1911, only eight years after the Wright brothers got their creation off the ground, the U.S. military started dropping test bombs from above. A few years later, World War I troops were battling it out in the sky with machine-gun-packing fighter planes...
It’s likely a nickname, as that tends to happen with a gang, but as far as nicknames go, “Ponyboy” is one that sticks out. C. Thomas Howell portrayed the greaser in the ‘80s adaptation of the novelThe Outsidersand thanks to the movie, you’ll never associate the words “Stay go...
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas staged a successful coup d’état against Solorzano. Chamorro became president, but the U.S. did not recognize his rule; after a liberal revolt, the U.S. military in January 1926 sent gun-boats and troops back into the country and forced Vargas’ resignation. [...
On Nov. 30, 1853 (the Day of Military Honor is celebrated on Dec. 1), during the Crimean War of 1853–1856, in the harbor of the city of Sinop, Turkey, the Russian fleet decimated a squadron of the Ottoman Empire. Russia’s brilliant victory in the last ever military engagement betwe...
These plans were the foundation for the mobilization of troops in the summer of 1940, not long before the U.S. entered WWII. [Pictured: Soldiers from the 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, South Carolina National Guard] 1938: Munich Agreement inspires U.S. hemisphere defense ...