“Deal With The Effects” – Marine Corps Veteran Shares Story of Service in Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War was a swift victory with a low casualty rate, which is why Marine Corps veteran Rob Relford II believes it has…
Firm But Fair – Former Missouri Sheriff served with Marines in South Pacific in WWII
Wyman S. Basinger has a reputation that endures following his years of service as sheriff of Cole County, Missouri, earning him the distinction as a…
URGENT APPEAL FOR HELP – HMS HERMES NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT. LAST CHANCE!
The Hermes Viraat Heritage Trust has been working alongside Envitech Marine Consultants in India to save the vessel from scrap. For the past 3.5 years,…
Thieves Strike Russia’s Nuke-Proof ‘Doomsday Plane’ Flying Command Center
A top secret Russian aircraft dubbed the “Doomsday plane” has been plundered. The story could have come straight from the pages of spy fiction. The…
Trenton: A Day That Changed the World
A light rain had begun to fall out of a pewter grey sky, spattering dirt on the troops as they slowly made their way down…
Blood, Metal, And Dust: How Victory Turned Into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq – Review
A friend of my son didn’t enjoy what we might call an optimal life and he was keen on a military career to create a…
Chuck Yeager: Legendary Pilot with “The Right Stuff” and Breaker of the Sound Barrier Dies Aged 97
Chuck Yeager, the man who broke the sound barrier, has died at 97. This staggering achievement became part of popular culture through novel ‘The Right…
RIP ‘Wild Geese’ Star and Battle-Hardened Veteran Ian Yule
South African star and real life war hero Ian Yule has passed away. His exact age and cause of death aren’t known. Yule’s public profile…
Chuck Norris Brings the Festive Cheer to World of Tanks
Get ready to take on Chuck’s Challenge as part of Holiday Ops 2021 December 4, 2020 — 2020 might have been a bit of a strange…
“The White Sniper: Simo Häyhä” – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
Just about anyone with an interest in military history will have seen some imagery from Finland’s Winter War with the Soviet Union of 1939-40. It…
80 years on, the de Havilland Mosquito takes shape once again
25 November 2020: Today marks 80 years to the day since the de Havilland Mosquito, one the most influential aircraft to have ever flown, first took…
“Black Tulip” – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
Biographies of well-known fighter aces often take on a standard formula whereby the spine of the story is filled with tails of mortal combat, the…