Much can be learned and applied to the struggle many modern armies face today when we examine when the first Conventional Armies of the 19th Century Russian Empire sought to subjugate the Islamic tribes of the Caucusus’ http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/LP20_Russian-SovietUnconventionalWars.pdf (Note: The USACAC CSI Pubs are free and open to the public. Visit their site HERE.) Stay…
Category: Military History
Lessons from Custer
By John S. Farnam, Defense Training International The Little Big Horn, Saturday, 25 June 1876 The biggest problem American Indians faced with European immigrants was that they kept allying themselves with the losing side! During the French and Indian War, Indians allied themselves with the French. The French lost. During the Revolutionary War, Indians allied…
Netflix Pix: Return to the Philippines, the Leon Cooper Story
Guys, you gotta do yourself a big favor and carve out a hour of your time and watch this documentary. If you call yourself a Patriot and lover of Freedom, this documentary will not only grab ahold of your heart but also piss you off to no end…yeah, this show involves your Government turning it’s…
Where have all the Rifleman Gone?
“Make good scouts of yourselves. Become good rifle shots so that, when it becomes necessary that you defend your families and your country, you can actually do it!”- Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts Men trained in arms from their infancy, and animated by the love of liberty, will afford neither a cheap or easy conquest. – Declaration…
The Bolshevik Legacy of Hybrid Warfare
Author: Pavel Luzin The term ‘hybrid’ or ‘proxy’ warfare became more widely-used in international political terminology after Russia annexed Crimea and then subsequently turned chronic socio-economic issues to the point of a full-scale war in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine. The Essence of Hybrid Warfare Hybrid warfare is essentially when one country…
The Essence of Guerilla Warfare
Here is a quote from Winston Churchill that to me, captures the pure essence of Guerilla Warfare and why it is so important for the armed civilian to understand the subject back to front: “When armies approach each other, it makes all the difference who owns only the ground on which it stands or sleeps…
Memo to the GOP: Get Iraq Right
For all those out there, regardless of Service Branch, that both “Spilled Blood in the same Mud” and lost somebody close to you in Iraq..this post is for you.
The Story of Seven Brothers
This Memorial Day, take the time and read this INCREDIBLE story about SACRIFICE and DUTY. Seven Brothers: A Remarkable World War II Story
Iran and Hezbollah NOT listed as Terror Threats?
When you have no appreciation, or worse yet, no respect for History, you are doomed to repeat the same tragic mistakes. Now for a long time, this saying has been regarded as a “Maxim of Truth”; a Cautionary piece of wisdom for the young, nieve or just plain stupid. But here lately, it appears dismissing…