German Zeppelins Were Made with Cow Intestines And It Led To Sausage Restrictions During WWI Here’s an Obscure Fact you can use sometime when Discussing World War One!
Category: Military History
Lessons from a Guerrilla: Marine Raider Frank Sturgis, the Fight for Freedom and Mastering Logistics
Lessons from a Guerrilla: Marine Raider Frank Sturgis, the Fight for Freedom and Mastering Logistics Awesome write up by NC Scout on former USMC Raider and CIA agent Frank Sturgis. Being both a military history buff and a student of guerilla warfare the book Warrior: Frank Sturgis—The CIA’s #1 Assassin-Spy, Who Nearly Killed Castro…
5 Life Lessons Learned from USMC Scout Sniper School
From the Archives, 2016 A former Marine scout sniper shares life lessons from the Marine Corps’ Scout Sniper Basic Course. There is no shortage of popular culture lionizing snipers. From movies to books, legendary exploits are laced with evocative imagery. Alone, unafraid, heroically holding back enemy hoards with only a bolt gun. This captivation…
Why the U.S. Will Lose the Next Major War: Army Lowered Standard So Women Can Graduate Ranger School
Why The U.S. Will Lose the Next Major War: Army Lowered Standard So Women Can Graduate Ranger School You are only as good as your WEAKEST Link. Lowering Standards for Political Correctness in the U.S. Military Lowers Combat Effectiveness and Readiness, which at the end of the day is akin to Command Willfully Executing…
Black-Hearted Devils – Honoring the 82nd Airborne/504th PIR
Black-Hearted Devils In case you cannot read the small print in the above picture, here it is: “American parachutists, devils in baggy pants, are less than 100 meters from my outpost line. I can’t sleep at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will strike next….
De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito Color Photographs Part II
Beautiful machine. Part I Photo’s HERE.
Swiss Army 1972 Tactics: Vintage Film “Infantry Combat” (w/English subtitles)
H/T American Partisan
Bad Ass Files: Major Henry Elrod, USMC
MAJOR HENRY ELROD, THE BILLY BAD ASS THAT SANK A DESTROYER AND LED AN INFANTRY CHARGE One of the Old Breed cut from a Generation we will most likely never see the likes of again. Semper Fi.
Hitler’s Saw
Know Your WW2 Weapons.
The Bad Ass Files: Larry Thorne
Larry Thorne Hated Communists So Much He Joined 3 Armies to Kill Them This guy joined three Armies to kill Commies in more than three countries! That is inspiring Dedication!