In May I had suggested Steven Pressfield’s most recent book The Lion’s Gate as a book you should attempt to read this summer. Well, if you want to watch a worthwhile documentary that covers some of the same amazing people and exploits discussed in the book, then you need to watch Above and Beyond on Netflix….
Category: Military History
5 Battlefield Innovations that came from the Rank-and-File Troops
by Mike Denny It’s not always the think tanks and military scientists who invent new military equipment. Military personnel are a crafty bunch. They surprise their commanders and buddies with many good — and, let’s be honest, some bad — innovations. Some of these battlefield creations even surprise the teams of scientists and industry…
Acoustic Kitty: More Weird Cold War Spy-Gear
By Luis A. Mercado Ever wished you could talk to animals to find out what they know? Well, so did the CIA. During the Cold War, when espionage was the stage for many of the ways the U.S. and the Soviets tried to one-up each other, the latest project of choice was, “Acoustic Kitty”. “Acoustic…
Bad Ass of the Week: Josef Pilsudski
Here is one inspirational read for you… August 15th, 2015 marks the 95th anniversary of the greatest military victory in modern Polish history. And before you assholes out there start talking about how they finally built a mosquito-proof submarine because they installed screen door hatches or some other such bullshit, you should know that…
Damnatio Memoriae for the 21st Century?
{Damnatio Memoriae} is the latin phrase literally meaning “condemnation of memory” in the sense of a judgment that a person must not be remembered. It was a form of dishonor that could be passed by the Roman Senate upon traitors or others who brought discredit to the Roman State. The intent was to erase someone from…
Urban Warfare, Back in the Day
URBAN WARFARE, BACK IN THE DAY Current headlines are replete with stories of urban warfare. Be it Aleppo, Ramadi, Tripoli or some Ukrainian city you only learned of last year, there appears to be no shortage of combatants that want to fight in/over/for some piece of urban terrain. Perhaps a brief step back in to…
5 LESSONS ON WAR FROM MY DESERT SHIELD/STORM
By James Holmes According to navy lore, a sea story starts with “there I was” — and everything that follows is a falsehood. So there I was, 25 years ago today, staring out across the vast Atlantic as a gunnery officer in the battleship USS Wisconsin. Destination: Persian Gulf. Herewith, five takeaways from Operations…
Has China’s War With America Already Begun?
By Steven Metz One of the hottest reads among Washington national security experts this summer is not the latest White House policy document or a big report from an influential think tank, but a novel by two of the national security community’s own: Peter Singer and August Cole. Their book, “Ghost Fleet,” is a…
How Fiction Can Reveal the Horrors of Future Wars
Reading fiction written by people in the know is a great way to stay informed and explore the possibilities of Future War. Check out Art Of Future Warfare Project. The fact that he couldn’t feel the drill going into the back of his skull made the noise all the more terrifying. His eyes darted…
1st Squad, 3rd Platoon: The Cartoon Story of Lance Cpl. Travis Williams
Watch This Twice and then make sure somebody else you know does too…and then after thanking God you live in a Country where men will VOLUNTEER to lay down their lives for your Freedom and Safety… Find a CHARITY that HELPS DISABLED VETS and THEIR FAMILIES and give what ever you can: time, money, whatever..They Deserve…