John C. Cole, a United States Marine Corps veteran, was born on May 23, 1927, in Moran, Texas, and passed away peacefully on March 9, 2025, in Roy, Utah, at the age of 97. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1944, following in the footsteps of his brother and uncle, and served as…
Category: Military History
Know Your Real Military History: Specters in the Snow, the story of Finland’s Skeleton Helmet
H/T WRSA Specters in the Snow, the story of Finland’s Skeleton Helmet A Savage Snow War On a freezing day in January 1940, near the village of Muurila, a Red Army soldier crept through the snow. He placed himself as close to a tent, as he dared; he knew it contained his Finnish…
Know Your Military History: The Black Hawk Down Story as told by CWO4 Mike Durant, 160th SOAR (Night Stalkers)
Flying over the MOG (To the tune of Take it Easy by the Eagles)
*This was taken from the Documentary Battle of the Black Sea, Msgt. Paul Howe’s Untold Story of Black Hawk Down. I was flying down the road trying to shoot another load I’ve got seven sammies on my mind, four that wanna stone me, two that wanna hose me, one he’s very hard to find…
On This Day in Military History 1992: Operation Restore Hope Begins in Somalia
1992-12-09 US Marines and allied nations launch an amphibious and airborne operation in Mogadishu, Somalia, to restore order to the war-torn nation. Authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 794, passed on December 3. A civil war in Somalia had raged since the late 1980s when dictator Siad Barre began to face significant resistance to…
SELCO: The Truth About SNIPERS and How to Survive Them
SELCO: The Truth About SNIPERS and How to Survive Them Because of the growing fear of mass shootings and terrorist attacks all over the world, advice about how to survive mass shootings or sniper attacks are everywhere, and there are useful but there is a bit of confusion there. Sniper attacks in collapse and mass shootings today in…
The Guns of Faction: Part One
The Guns of Faction: Part One My 2019 novel, Faction, was recognized by many readers as having weapons which seemed at first glance exotic, but were, in fact, rather straightforward, off-the-shelf weapons with slight modifications to make them more useful in urban operations. Let’s examine them in this series, one by one. The criteria for…
Happy 250th Birthday United States Marine Corps!
“Suffering is our Leverage”
Senate Democrats BLOCK Bill to Pay Troops and Essential Federal Workers Working Without Pay During the Shutdown These pieces of political monkey shit don’t seem to have a grasp on political history as it relates to what happens to corrupt Governments and politicians or the fact that there is a very large…
On This Day in U.K. History Twofer: Battle of Hastings in 1066 and Scottish Independence Won in 1322
1066 Battle of Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II, who is killed in the battle. Check out the TV Series King and Conqueror. It is based on this very integral period of British History. 1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats…