Category: Military History

Hammerhead Six is a hard, practical lesson in how small Special Forces teams won ground in Afghanistan by mastering culture, accountability, and relationships instead of relying on firepower alone.

After an MH-60S Seahawk sank nearly four miles into the Philippine Sea in January 2020, the U.S. Navy executed a record-setting deep-water recovery in March 2021 to retrieve critical components for the mishap investigation and prevent sensitive equipment from remaining on the ocean floor.

A field watch with real Pacific-theater lineage and A-11 DNA, the Praesidus Pacific Front line of timepieces are built to be worn daily, not displayed, quietly carrying forward a small piece of history.

As African nationalism surged and London hardened its demands, Southern Rhodesia found itself trapped between a promise of gradual reform and the gathering certainty that compromise was slipping beyond reach.

From a 1958 request for one Army bomb tech on standby to today’s global JEOD VIPPSA mission, EOD’s quiet partnership with the Secret Service has stood watch over presidents and candidates for decades.

Franklin D. Miller’s Medal of Honor was forged in the chaos of a SOG reconnaissance mission gone wrong, where discipline, loyalty, and relentless action under fire turned a near-annihilation into a survival story that still sets the standard for how a man carries himself when everything collapses.

Read the exclusive account of what kinds of gear SOG recon teams carried during their top-secret missions into Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam.

As Britain retreated from empire and the United Nations elevated procedure over consequence, Rhodesia became the proving ground for a moral framework that promised democratic legitimacy while quietly ensuring that the most ruthless actors would inherit the state.

He was not built for parades or speeches, but for the dark hours when the line is breaking, the ammo is gone, and one man’s refusal to quit decides whether others live or die.

In a bold and controversial move, Marcinko transformed his operators into skilled pilots, acquiring civilian planes for rapid response to hijacking crises, embodying the essence of a self-sufficient, covert unit.

In this riveting fourth interview of the series, “Demo” Dick Marcinko recounts the birth of SEAL Team Six during the aftermath of Operation Eagle Claw, detailing his role in crafting this elite unit from the ground up under the directive of Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, against the backdrop of a critical period in U.S. military history.

From a quiet Mississippi upbringing to a rooftop in Marjah, Kyle Carpenter’s life is a study in what happens when ordinary resolve collides with an extraordinary moment.