12 Military Movies and TV Shows That We Desperately Need Right Now Off the top of my head I would also add: Outlaw Platoon, Roughneck Nine-One, The Lion’s Gate and Not a Good Day to Die. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Tag: Military History
The Bad Ass Files: Michael Thornton, US Navy
Petty Officer Michael Thornton: Quite Possibly the Baddest Man in the Entire World This man is so bad that in the words of Gunnery Sgt. Highway (Heartbreak Ridge): “He can eat concertina wire and piss napalm and put a round through a fleas ass at 200 meters.” Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Know your WW2 History: The revolutionary fuse that won World War II
The revolutionary fuse that helped win World War II Some very interesting reading on a device that helped shorten the war considerably. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
U.S. Marines and the U.S. Mail
Via DTI “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a Proverb! Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, ‘Press On!’ has solved,…
US Marine MIA for More Than 70 Years on Tarawa Atoll Returned to Home Town from Pacific Atoll
Good Stuff!! 👍
The Bad Ass Files: The OverMountain Men
The Overmountain Men If there was ever an inspirational story that was needed for this specific time in history it is this one! Sometimes I think our Continental and Confederate forefathers are looking down on us yelling “You can start shooting Anytime you know!” I absolutely love the Footnote! Side note: One of…
The Bad Ass Files: Helge Meyer and the Ghost Camaro
Helge Meyer and the Ghost Camaro Hard to believe I had never heard of this guy but isn’t that how it is with all TRUE HEROES? They are not in it for attention. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Know Your WW1 Weapons: The Great British Machine Gun Controversy
The 5cm Granatwerfer 36
Know Your Obscure WW2 Weapons:
Ordnance P-38 Lightning
I remember reading Fork Tailed Devil as a kid and after that building every P-38 model I could find and reading every book.