‘Pogs’ To Be Phased Out As Currency In Base Stores
Pogs, a paper currency that has been in use by troops on overseas bases since 2001 is being phased out in line with the U.S.…
How The Pentagon Is Keeping Tabs On Extremism Within The Ranks
The Intercept has reported that they have reviewed information within Pentagon documents that indicates the Department of Defense is planning on monitoring its service members’…
Misleading Military Movies That Feature Glaring Historical Errors
For better or for worse, historical accuracy is often given up for entertainment purposes when it comes to certain films. Even the military movies most…
Thunderbirds Aerial Display Team Name New Commander
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds display squadron has a new commander for the 2022 and 2023 season, Lt. Col. Justin Elliott. The new leader…
World’s First Modern Submarine HMS D1 Identified In the English Channel
Divers have discovered a historically valuable submarine wreck on the seafloor of the English Channel, close to the coast of Devon. This 112-year-old British vessel,…
America’s First Female Cryptanalyst Is Having a Ship Named In Her Honor
Mississippi shipbuilder Ingalls Shipbuilding has begun work on a new Legend-class cutter for the US Coast Guard. This new National Security cutter (NSC) is named…
Taylor Bye Belly-Landed Her A-10 Warthog After Its Landing Gear Failed
Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot Capt. Taylor Bye was awarded the Air Combat Command Airmanship Award for safely belly-landing her aircraft without a canopy…
The US Navy’s Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Will Be the First Outfitted with Hypersonic Missiles
The biggest research and development effort in the US Navy is hypersonic missiles – projectiles that move faster than the speed of sound. It had…
D-Day Reenactment Canceled Over Health And Safety Concerns
One of the U.K.’s largest D-Day reenactments set to take place in June 2021 has been canceled over health and safety fears of “blown sand”…
Wreck of the HMS Urge Found Off the Coast of Malta
A submarine wreck off the coast of Malta has officially been identified as the British U-class submarine HMS Urge, which was lost in 1942. Since…
Tilanqiao, Shanghai, Was A Wartime Safe Haven For Jewish People
Tilanqiao, a neighborhood in Shanghai, was, for a time, an oasis in a troubled land. The neighborhood, which became a ghetto under Japanese occupation, was…
Ship Happens — How An British Couple Wound Up With A Piece of History
Gemma and Simon Robins of Wrexham bought a boat on eBay in January. Not just any boat, but the ML 1392 Medusa, which took part…