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Baltic Air Policing by NATO: Protecting the Air Space of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia 2004-Prese

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Baltic Air Defense After 1994: The Modern Air Control of Lithuania Latvia and Estonia

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Disease in American Military History: Fatalities from Disease and Combat Compared

By: Robert Marcell

U.S. Army Special Forces – Missions and Mandates: What do Green Berets do When Called Upon?

By: Shri Desai

The Inglourious Basterds in Historical Reference: The Real Military History Behind the Movie

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Early History of The Royal Marines: Historical Origins of a Famous Fighting Unit

By: David Pilling

Wooden Bullets Used in Peace and War: The Original Less Than Lethal Round

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

U.S. Army Special Forces Organization: High and Low Level Organization of Army Green Berets

By: Shri Desai

The Ise Class Battleships 1916-1945: Unique Imperial Japanese Navy Battlewagons

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

U.S. Army Special Forces – Green Berets: History of the Elite American Soldiers

By: Shri Desai

How to Become a Marine Officer: Tips on Finding the Right Path to a Marine Corps Commission

By: Paul Bertolone

Sir Winston Churchill – Swashbuckling Adventurer: Did the Great Statesman Have a Lifetime Obsession With War?

By: James Parsons

A Confederate Sub Eludes Yankee Fire: A Year After the Hunley Went Down, the St. Patrick Tried Again

By: Gene Owens

General Tommy Franks, United States Army (Ret.): Belief in God, Country and work make an American Soldier a hero.

By: Beverly Bright

How Israel Won the Six Day War: Why Israel Was So Successful in the 1967 War

By: Ronald Smith

Last of the Surviving M-14 Battle Rifles: The M14 Obsolete But Irreplaceable

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Six Day War: Israel's Successful Preemptive Strike on its Arab Neighbors

By: Ronald Smith

Task Force Smith and the Bazooka: Spitballs Against Armor at the Start of the Korean War in 1950

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Understanding Battle Fatigue: Shell Shock Is Recognized as a Mental Illness Not Character Flaw

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

Imaging and U.S. Air Superiority in Vietnam: Graphical-Logistical Data was Essential for American Air Offensive

By: Michael Davis

Oldest Fighter Jets Still in Service: Migs Mirages Phantoms and Fishbeds Fly For Some 40 Years

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Marine Corps Boot Camp vs. OCS: Comparing & Contrasting Initial Training Programs

By: Paul Bertolone

The Charge of the Light Brigade: Its Impact and Aftermath

By: Barry Vale

New Sniper Rifles for the US Army and Marines: The old M-40 and M-24 Rifles are soon to be replaced

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

USMC Marine Squad Advanced Marksman: Development of the SAM Squad Sniper and the SAM-R Rifle

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

US Army SDM Marksman Program: Squad Designated Marksmen in the GWOT

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Is a Designated Marksman a Sniper? The Difference between a Rifleman, Sniper and Advanced Marksmen

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Adelbert Waldron US Sniper Ace: Highest scoring US sniper in history

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The US M-2 Backpack Flamethrower: Used in World War Two Korea and Vietnam

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Iranian F-14 Tomcat History: Scourge of the Iraqi Air Force and Last Survivor of Their Line

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Mystery Ship Uncovered by Hurricane Ike: Unknown Vessel Found on Beach Could be from Civil War

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

How Close Was Nuclear War in 1983? Did Stanislav Petrov Save the World From Armageddon?

By: John O'Connor

US Special Forces Legend Larry Thorne: Green Beret hero who had served under three flags

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Is Clausewitz's Remarkable Trinity Still Valid? A Comparison of WWII, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terror (GWOT)

By: Scott Jackman

Soviet Space Based Nuke: The USSRs Secret FOBS system and the R-36O Rocket

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

USS Permit (SSN-594) Class: A Revolution in Submarine Design

By: Paul Crozier

Yugoslav Submarines: Cold War Service and Demise of the Yugoslavian Submarine Fleet

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Russian Guns In Space: Cosmonauts Have Long Carried Guns in Space

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

US Survival Knives in Space: US Astronauts Carried a Wide Array of Edged Weapons

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

US Aircraft Carrier Sunk 1964: USS Card Mined in Saigon Harbor During the Vietnam War

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

US Horse Marines: USMC Mounted Marines and their use in the 20th Century

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Madsen Machinegun Variants: The Danish Light Machinegun in Service Around the World

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Madsen Machinegun: The First Light Machinegun Still Lives

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Modern Luxembourg Army: 1945- Present Korea the Cold War and Beyond

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Record Setting Firing of Railgun: US Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun EMRG Test Fires

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Contra Rebels Possible Rebirth: Nicaragua May See the Return of the Historical Cold War Fighters

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Zombie World War: A Look at World War Z by Max Brooks

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

War and Literature at West Point: Soldier's Heart - A Review of Literature by a USMA English Professor

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Dominican Republic Tanks in Battle: The Swedish L60 Formed the Backbone of the Island's Armored Force

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Swedish Landsverk L60 Tank: The Nordic Tank Saw Service All Over the World for 70 Years

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Arctic Scheme F-16 For Alaska: The New 18th AGS Gets Exotic Vipers for Red Flag Alaska

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Allied Interventionists in Russia: During the Russian Civil War 1918-1925

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Russian Women's Legion of Death: The Organization and Record of the Women’s Battalions 1917

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Women's Battalions of Death: Russian Amazon Soldiers of World War One 1917

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Krasnaia Red Presnia Uprising: The Pivotal Battle of the 1905 Russian Revolution in Moscow

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Baratov's Corps Combat Record: Last of the Tsar's Armies Fought Long After Their War had Ended

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Cavalry Corps of Gen Baratov: Russian WWI Expedition to Persia 1910-1918

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Formation of the Red Army Cavalry: The Konarmia 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny in Civil War

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Combat Record of the Konarmia: The Soviet Red Army's Cavalry 1918-1923

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Red Army 1917-1923: Victor of the Russian Civil War

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Battle of Asal Uttar 1965: Largest Tank on Tank Armor Battle Since World War Two

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Gatling Gun 1862- Present: First Machine Gun and Herald of Modern Warfare

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Fulton Skyhook STAR System: Used by the CIA USAF and USN in the Cold War for Impossible Missons

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Modern Military History of Andorra: Fought Imperial Germany for 25 Years among Other Accomplishments

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

South Africa's Battle for Delville Wood, France: Ghosts still haunt the wood where a massacre took place in 1916.

By: Feature Writer Mari Nicholson

Johnny Cash Comes to Iraq: A Patch for an Army National Guard Unit Immortalizes his lyrics

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Russian Imperial Guards ORBAT 1917: The Order of Battle Unit Listing at the Time of the Revolution

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Russian Imperial Guard 1905-1916: The Twilight Years, 1905 Revolution and World War One

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Russian Imperial Guard in 1917: Blead Out in World War One the Guards Allowed the Monarchy to Fall

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Making The Atomic Bomb: Alamogordo & the Road to Nuclear Armament

By: Steve Sagarra

Dutch Paratroopers in Indonesia: 1948-1950 Paragevechtsgroep Para Combat Group Operations East Indies

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The SAS in Gambia 1981: Three British Commandos Recaptured an Entire Country

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Evgeniy Rodionov Soldier Martyr: The 19 year old New Russian Orthodox Saint of Chechnya

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Bazooka Vespa in Combat: A French Moped with a 75mm Gun was Used in Warfare

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Dan Daly:Legendary Enlisted Marine: The U.S. Marines remember Sergeant Major Daly as one of the greatest

By: John Crandall

Belgian Peacekeeper Massacre: 1994 Heroic UN Last Stand in Kigali, Rwanda

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Soviet Afghan Battle for Hill 3234: 1988 Bloody Stand During the Soviet Afghan War

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Composition of Forces at Hill 3234: A look at the 9th Rota and the Forces it fought against

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Hughie Edwards Victoria Cross: A highly decorated Australian airman of World War II.

By: Murray McLeod

Soviet and US Air Combat 1950-1991: When the Cold War Turned Hot in the Air

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Battle of Belleau Woods: Where the U.S. Marines earned the nickname Devil Dogs

By: John Crandall

Order of Battle Direlwanger units: The Table of Organisation of this infamous unit.

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

SS General Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger: Butcher of the Eastern Front and Leader of madmen

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Dirlewanger Brigade: The Most Infamous of all SS Combat Units of World War Two

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Hitler’s Foreign Legion: Waffen SS: Non German Units in the Waffen SS During World War Two

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The British Army in 1914: World War One's Professional Fighting Force.

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Belgian Army of 1914: World War One's Innocent Bystander

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The 1914 Army of Montenegro: The postage stamp sized kingdom that fought for every hill in world war one

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The WWI Serbian Army of 1914: Defender of Belgrade the Serbs met Austrian forces along the Drina river

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The 1914 Army of Austria-Hungary: Crossing its borders to fight both Russia and Serbia at the same time the Austrian army in world war one was vastly overextended

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Imperial Russian army of 1914: The Tsarist army of World War One was referred to as The Russian Steamroller

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The French army of 1914: The multinational army of the French Republic proved it knew how to fight and die for its country

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Imperial German army of 1914: The boots of nearly two million men were drawn from 26 States to march to the Guns of August

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The 1969 Soccer War on the Ground: Machetes Mausers and Garands versus Howitzers and tanks in the jungle

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Soccer War of 1969: Fought between Honduras and El Salvador it was the end of an era in combat

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Simo Häyhä the Greatest Sniper: Credited with as many as 700 kills during the Finnish Winter War

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Ground War in the Falklands: British Victories at Goose Green, Tumbledown and Mt Longdon won the War

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Air War in the Falklands: Mirages and Skyhawks Vs Harriers and Vulcans in the South Atlantic

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The 1982 Falkland Islands War: Overview of Three Part Series on the 74 day War Between Britian and Argentina

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Paris Guns of World War One: These monsters bombarded the city from 70 miles away.

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

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