The United States wasn’t always a military superpower. Many wars and battles shaped the military we know today. From the Continental Army led by George Washington to today’s military and the War on Terror, learn about the more than two centuries of military history that have made the Unite...
the first Black U.S. national park superintendent, first Black military attache, and third Black graduate of the United States Military Academy. The son of former slaves, Young led the U.S. Cavalry into Mexico in Pershing's Punitive Expedition. At the time of his death in 1922, he was t...
and assessing the role of the military element of power in grand strategy. His new book, Military History for the Modern Strategist: America's Major Wars Since 1861, seeks to help this along, providing a CliffsNotes version of the major wars of the U.S. from the Civil War to today. ...
Perhaps draft dodger Mitt Romney thinks he can bully Ohio voters into voting for him in November? “Mitt Romney and his campaign have completely fabricated a claim that the Obama campaign is trying to restrict military voting in Ohio. In fact, … Continue reading → Posted in ASSWIPE, Barack...
As a historian who also is a military chaplain who has seen war I struggle with what Sager said. Thus when I read military history, study and write about particular battles or engagements, or conduct staff rides as like the Gettysburg trip that we are embarking on, the human cost is alway...
Also ranks #15 on The Most Important Military Leaders In US History Chuck Yeager Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom Charles Elwood Yeager (February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a former United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setti...
However, the Kent State protest brought students out to voice opposition to US military activities in Southeast Asia, ultimately shocking the world when it turned deadly. When President Richard Nixon announced the US was expanding its presence into Cambodia, students at Kent State Un...
Roosevelt and the military draft U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt watching while the blindfolded secretary of war, Henry L. Stimson, draws the first number in the first peacetime draft lottery in U.S. history, October 29, 1940. (more) Selective Service System United States agency Actions ...
The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the General Administration of Customs, and the Central Military Commission’s Equipment Development Department have announced new export controls on drones and their key components, with the measures set to take effect on September 1, 2024. The new regulations stip...
India’s military has historically been equipped with Russian and Soviet weapons. Most of those contracts date back to the Cold War, a conflict in which India was officially non-aligned but close to Moscow. So most of India’s arsenal was — and still is — Soviet-made. By now, some th...