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Fort Ebey
We’ve written before on the coastal defenses of Puget Sound, mostly focusing on the turn of the 20th century Taft/Endicott period forts such as Ft. Casey. The beginning of World War II saw a massive...
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Electronic Warfare- grunt style
Almost as soon as electronics entered warfare, Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) began to appear. For instance, in the Battle of Port Arthur, wireless radio communications lead to jamming. One of the...
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M520 GOER
Retail logistics for the Army is a challenge. Moving commodities such as fuel and ammunition from the US to overseas locations is pretty much like any other industry. Rail, highway, ships, and...
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The Maintenance Team
When I went from Light Infantry to M113 APC mounted Mechanized Infantry, one big cultural shift I wasn’t prepared for was the obsessive attention paid to mechanical maintenance on the company vehicles....
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SMA Daley polling on possible uniform changes
First, SMA Daley wants to see what interest there is in adding an Ike jacket as an optional purchase to go with the Army’s Class B service uniform. I’m…. uncertain. It looks really weird without the...
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The Old Guard- The Army Drill Team
arThe 3rd Infantry Regiment (not to be confused with the 3rd Infantry Division) is the Army’s ceremonial unit. Among its subordinate units is The United States Army Drill Team. The ADT serves as...
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Bradleys, Obsolescence, the Saudis- From the mailbag.
A reader, seeing the LAV live fire post, sent in a question about the Bradley. As a non military guy, I’m curious about your opinion, as an ex Bradley TC, of the Bradley. A bit of background: I’m a 42...
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‘England Expects Every Man to Do His Duty’
When the fragile Peace of Amiens collapsed after just fourteen months in May of 1803, triggering the War of the Third Coalition, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was determined to invade England. His...
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Pass the Gravy and… Get Off My Lawn!
Uncle Strick over at Free Beacon has some views to express to his pansy Marxist nephew on this day of thanks. This kid, my nephew, will never admit to being a communist, it’s always this “moderate...
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VADM Crowder, Retired GOFOs, Double Standards, and Cognitive Dissonance
In the November 2015 issue of USNI Proceedings magazine, retired VADM Douglas Crowder asserted that retired Flag and General Officers should refrain from engaging in the political process , “stay on...
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