Military History

These silent guardians of the deep have witnessed an incredible evolution, from rudimentary submersible crafts to formidable war machines.

We thought drone warfare would be the future—turns out, it was the present all along, and we just didn’t recognize the buzz of change until it hovered over the tree line, camera rolling.

The Navy didn’t just name a ship after Kyle Carpenter—they forged steel around the kind of courage that throws itself on a grenade to save a brother.

They don’t wear tuxedos or sip martinis, but the men and women of the Special Reconnaissance Regiment are the closest thing the British military has to real-world secret agents—armed with cameras, carbines, and a license to disappear.

Extortion 17 wasn’t brought down by some grand conspiracy or hidden failure—it was a tragic, rare hit by enemy fighters who happened to be in the right place at the right time with a lucky shot.

The bomb didn’t just flatten a city—it ripped a hole in the world so deep that eight decades later, we’re still peering into the abyss and pretending it’s not staring back.

We were fighting a war without a front line, where cruelty was as much a weapon as any rifle, and the enemy’s strength lay in finding the weakest point to strike.

David Bellavia didn’t come back from Fallujah with swagger or speeches—he came back with ghosts, blood on his boots, and a vow that he’d never freeze again when the devil kicked in the door.

Against the backdrop of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, while international headlines were captivated by the broader war narrative, a small team of Green Berets was tasked with a mission critical to the success of the more extensive campaign.

Israel’s failure to recognize the full extent of Hamas’ capabilities and intentions leading up to October 7th, 2023, shows that even the most advanced intelligence agencies can overlook critical threats when they make dangerous assumptions about their adversaries.

It’s 1980. My UDT is tasked with a training op to assault a docked vessel from the open ocean. The trick? It’s guarded by Navy dolphins.

Victory isn’t flags on rooftops or borders redrawn—it’s the stubborn act of existing, of speaking your mother tongue in defiance, while the sky falls and the world debates your worth.