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Know Your USMC History: The Beirut Barracks Bombing (October 23, 1983)

Posted on 23 October 202323 October 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

40 Years Ago — The Beirut Barracks Bombings (October 23, 1983)   The Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces — members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon…

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Today in History

Posted on 14 October 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Via: National Vanguard   1949: Eleven members of the Communist Party are convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States. Five of the guilty are Jews; two are Negroes.      

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Know Your Vietnam War History: Remembering RT Alabama (MACV-SOG)

Posted on 7 October 20237 October 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

5 October 1968 – RT Alabama (MACV-SOG)     On this day in 1968, RT Alabama was inserted into Laos with 1-0 Jim Stride, 1-1 Steve Engelke, and 1-2 Lynne Black As the helicopter was coming in, Black noticed an NVA flag flying which told him there was a large NVA base camp nearby. Stride…

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The Bad Ass Files: Lieutenant Colonel Ronald “Sparky” Spiers

Posted on 27 September 202327 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Badass paratrooper or war criminal?   It’s no secret this blog is a big fan of Ronald Spiers of Band of Brothers fame. I did a couple of pieces on him including When Men Were Men and All War Depends Upon It. This article is one of the most in-depth I have come across on…

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Know Your WW2 History: William Slim – A Soldier’s General

Posted on 24 September 202324 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Via: Fix Bayonets     Here is, perhaps, World War II’s greatest general, and hardly anyone today knows his name. Field Marshal William Slim is best known for commanding Fourteenth Army in Burma during the Second World War (1939-45).  In taking command, he inherited a disastrous situation in which, with practical skill and quiet charisma,…

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Know Your WW2 Pacific War History: The Battle of Peleliu – A Meat Grinder of the Pacific War

Posted on 24 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Battle of Peleliu – Revisting a Meat Grinder of the Pacific War   This is a long but worthwhile read. The author, Capt. Dale Dye, USMC, Ret. is an astute Marine Corp and Military Historian. He was the military advisor on several series and movies such as Band of Brothers, The Pacific and Platoon. I…

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Know Your Military Psy-Op History: Operation Wandering Soul

Posted on 17 September 202317 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

The Ghostly Legacies of America’s War in Vietnam   During the Vietnam War, as Viet Cong soldiers tried to sleep in the jungle at night, they sometimes heard an anguished, disembodied voice shrieking at them from the afterlife. The men heard the tormented, grief-stricken cries of a deceased comrade cautioning them against the futility of…

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Know Your Firearms History: The ‘Tiffany Guns’ of the Spanish-American War

Posted on 15 September 202315 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

The ‘Tiffany Guns’ of the Spanish-American War   President Joe Biden has repeatedly suggested when it was first drafted there were restrictions to the Second Amendment. He pressed the point by stating that “you couldn’t own a cannon,” while more recently he’s made the argument that the Second Amendment isn’t absolute in that Americans today…

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Know Your Firearms History: Lessons and Lore from Elmer Keith

Posted on 8 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Lessons and Lore from Elmer Keith   For those of you who are just joining us, this “Elmer” guy is Elmer Keith, known to some as the Sage of Salmon, Idaho, and Dean of American Gunwriters to others. He was a cowboy, hunter, packer, guide, shooter, prolific experimenter, and gun writer during most of the…

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Be Proud of your White History: The Elite Special Forces Of Ancient Celts

Posted on 1 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

The Elite Special Forces Of Ancient Celts   The Celts of Ancient Europe were a people group that spanned across most of Central and Western Europe between 500 BC – 100 AD. The term Celt is an admittedly messy and often inaccurate generalization of a diverse people group that lived across many different areas of Ancient Europe…

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