Military History

Battleship Down

Rachel Dickinson | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Mobile, Bird Watching, US Destinations, Military History, Slidepollajax, Alabama, Wwii, Travel Blogs, Battleship Memorial Park, USS Alabama, World War II, Destinations, Navy, Travel News

A flag was flapping off the bow of the sub and a boat-tailed grackle perched on the flagpole sang into the wind. The buildings of Mobile came in and out of view as fog began to form.

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Medal of Honor Upgrades Are Rare -- and Should Be

Ed Hooper | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: U.S. Department of Defense, Military History, President Ronald Reagan, US Military, Congress, Medal of Honor, Duncan Hunter, Vietnam War, Special Forces, Veterans Day, Pennsylvania, Terry Calandra, Politics News

The Medal of Honor is this nation's highest combat award. The process of selection must remain exclusively with the Department of Defense for the medal to retain its valorous prominence -- on Veterans Day 2011 and for generations to come.

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PHOTOS: Libeskind's Museum Of German Military History Opens

Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Military History, Daniel Libeskind, Germany, International Destinations, Germany Travel, Dresden, Europe, Museum of Military History, Destinations, Europe Travel, Travel News

Dresden's remodeled Museum of Military History, set to open on October 15, is contained by a former armory that, thanks to the work of famed architect...

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WATCH: B-17 Still Has Wings

Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Military History, Military, Bomber, B-17, World War II, Air Show, Gotta See This, Historic Aircraft, B-17 Still Has Wings, Video, Travel News

There are only about 11 flying B-17s left in the world. But the B-17F from the movie "Memphis Belle" is still trucking and recently arrived at Clevela...

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A Fifth Star for Petraeus (Revisited)

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Military History, US Military, Army Generals, War, Combat, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Congress, General of the Army, World War II, Gen. David Petraeus, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Would our nation and our war effort in Afghanistan benefit from the appointment of a five-star general, a General of the Army, and should it be Gen. David Petraeus? I say "yes" to both.

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The Evolution of Warfare and the US Navy's "Rail Gun"

Dave Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Civil War, US Navy, Rail Gun, Dresden, Military History, World War II, London, Battle of Britain, Politics News

I was reading, with great interest, the announcement that the U.S. Navy has demonstrated a new electromagnetic "rail gun" that can shoot projectiles at Mach 7 for a distance of 100 miles. It's yet another milestone on the ever-increasing abstraction of warfare.

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Custer's First Stand: Old West Point Applications Put Online

AP | CHRIS CAROLA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: West Point, Military History, West Point Applications, Ancestry, ancestry.com, West Point Application Archive, Military, Military Academy, Civil War, History, College News

ALBANY, N.Y. — Years before leading his vastly outnumbered troops to their doom at Little Bighorn, a young George Armstrong Custer was described...

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David Brooks: Soft in the Head

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

In his latest column, David Brooks is being a typical postmodern Republican: shameless, Bismarckian, and contemptuous of communitarians.

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House Bill Emphasizes US Military History

Ed Hooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 111th Congress, Pearl Harbor, Military History, Civil War Sesquicentennial, SSGT Salvatore Giunta, Medal of Honor, Education, Military, House Bill, Curriculum, US Army, Politics News

Congress is considering a resolution to declare November U.S. Military History Month. The truth is, soldiers are returning to a nation that no longer embraces their service as a serious educational subject.

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Daniel Libeskind's German War Museum Rumbles to Its Finish, With an Arrow in Its Heart

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military History, Military, Daniel Libeskind, Nazis, Germany, Museums, Dresden, Architecture, Design, World War II, Arts News

According to a fourth-generation military officer heading the project, Libeskind's proposal was chosen to symbolize a break with the country's past.

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"The Marne 1914": A Bold New Account (PHOTOS)

Holger H. Herwig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Military History, Historians, Wwi, World War I, Writing, Authors, New Books, Battle of the Marne, Books, Nonfiction, The Marne, Slideshow, Books News

I wanted to write about the Battle of the Marne because I regard it as the most decisive land battle since the Allies defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. I regard its impact to have been spectacular.

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