7 Weapons Banned In Modern Warfare
The idea of banning certain weapons of war might seem ironic. After all, isn’t the purpose of weapons created for war to wreak havoc against…
US Navy And Marines Are Conducting The Largest Military Exercise Since The Cold War
The US Navy this week has kicked off the largest military exercise since the Cold War. The exercise spans different time zones and involves a…
Michelin Reinvented The Wheel, And The Army Is Testing The Results
When new equipment needs testing to see if it is fit for use with the U.S. Army, it is sent to the U.S. Army Yuma…
Warrior Finds A New Home At The Tank Museum
Warrior 2 was gifted to the Museum by Bovington’s Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) in a formal ceremony. As custodians of the nation’s most…
The All-Female Civilian Organization That Provided Air Defense For Hawaii
The Women’s Air Raid Defense (WARD) was a civilian organization working alongside the U.S. military to protect the Hawaiian Islands from Japanese air attacks during…
Hill 400 And Hürtgen Forest: The Longest Battle Fought On German Soil During WWII
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest for Hill 400 is often overlooked due to its proximity to the Battle of the Bulge. A German stronghold, it…
From The Tank Museum: Popular David Fletcher Titles Reprinted
The Tank Museum is meeting a surge in demand for tank-related reading material by redesigning and re-publishing a series of classic David Fletcher titles. Following…
101-Year-Old Decorated D-Day Nurse Keeps Fighting For Her People
Marcella LeBeau is 101-years-old but has accomplished enough in her life to fill three centuries of living. She has been inducted into the South Dakota…
The Final Countdown Failed To Find Its Plot But Helped The US Navy Recruit
The 1980 naval action flick The Final Countdown received only average reviews at best upon its release. On the surface, it looks like a standard…
Sailor From The USS Oklahoma To Be Reinterred In Iowa
A U.S. Navy servicemember who was lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor has finally returned to his hometown for burial after his remains have…
Meat Is Such A Treat! And The Black Market’s Hottest Commodity In The 1940s
Americans faced a major toilet-paper shortage with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this was not the first time American’s nearly ran out of…
Rejected Prototype Aircraft That Were Given A Second Act
Not every aircraft that sounds great on paper actually proves to be great in practice. There are far more proposed aircraft designs than there are…