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I apologize in advance for the blatantly political tone of this piece but I am flabbergasted by what I see happening on the eastern periphery of Europe and the anemic reaction to state on state aggression by the rest of… Continue Reading →
Engage the Enemy means "to blow something up." Surgical Strike means "to blow up something small." Decapitate means "to blow up their leaders." Collateral Damage means "to accidentally blow up something of theirs." Friendly Fire means "to accidentally blow up something of ours." Target of Opportunity means "to blow something up on a whim" Kinetic Targeting means "to blow up something that's moving" Ordnance is "something that that does the blowing up" An Asset is "something that can be blown up" Embedded Media means "a report that's blown out of proportion"
Engage the Enemy means “to blow something up.” Surgical Strike means “to blow up something small.” Decapitate means “to blow up their leaders.” Collateral Damage means “to accidentally blow up something of theirs.” Friendly Fire means “to accidentally blow up… Continue Reading →
The Battle of Mantinea was part of the Great Peloponnesian War (430-404 B.C.). The war was fought in an effort to defeat and contain the growing power of Sparta in Greek Affairs. The war was ultimately a failure as Sparta… Continue Reading →
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] No End Save Victory: How FDR Led the Nation into War is one… Continue Reading →
I recently read The Armored Fist a unit history of the US 712th Independent Tank Battalion in WWII. One of the events described in detail in the book is the Battle for the town of Pfaffenheck in between the Rhine… Continue Reading →
To say that the Polish-Soviet War was a continuation of The Great War would be a lie. Certainly, the vacuum of power from the Vistula to the Dnieper had something to do with it, but it does not account for… Continue Reading →
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] The Armored Fist: The 712th Tank Battalion in the Second World War is… Continue Reading →
In the early 90’s I served with Allen Mosteiro in the scout platoon from 1/8 CAV, 1st Cavalry Division. We were roommates and party mates and served together for three years. Our platoon was called the Ghostriders and as a… Continue Reading →
“History” is a problematic concept because it is very much tied to a specific culture. History departments derive from the medieval university culture of Europe and we have to accept that most people, at most of the time, have lived… Continue Reading →
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the publisher. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] Verdun: The Longest Battle of the Great War is one of the flood… Continue Reading →
As a platoon of trainees stood in formation at an Army Base, the Drill Sergeant walked up and said, "All right! All you retards fall out." As the rest of the platoon wandered away, one soldier remained at attention. The Drill Sergeant walked over until he was eye-to-eye with him, and then raised a single eyebrow. The soldier smiled and said, "Sure was a lot of 'em, huh, Drill Sergeant?"
As a platoon of trainees stood in formation at an Army Base, the Drill Sergeant walked up and said, “All right! All you retards fall out.” As the rest of the platoon wandered away, one soldier remained at attention. The… Continue Reading →
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] I get 5-10 requests a month from publishers and authors to review… Continue Reading →
The 9th Company is the Russian Full Metal Jacket. It starts of in bootcamp and ends in an inhospitable landscape fighting guerillas in unconventional warfare. It is a fictional portrayal of The Battle for Hill 3234. That being said, the… Continue Reading →
In August 1942 the 2nd Marine “Raider” Battalion raided what was then called Makin Island in the Gilbert Archipelago of the South Pacific. The present name of the island is Butaritari in the island nation of Kiribati. In 1942 the island had… Continue Reading →