Category: Military History

The origins of the National Guard are older than America itself as a country. At 385 years old, the National Guard is the nation’s oldest military branch.

The 2,500 U.S. troops still in Iraq are being renamed “advisors” in a move that even the Pentagon admits is just a change in mission and not one in posture or numbers, saying, “There won’t be a dramatic shift from yesterday to tomorrow.”

Award-winning author Toby Harnden has written a riveting account of the very first days of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan that followed the September 11th Attacks in 2001. Harnden’s book, “First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA to Avenge 9/11,” relies extensively on personal interviews with the particpants of these early battles to overthrow Taliban control of Afghanistan.

SOFREP’s resident Football expert and Senior Editor Steve Balestrieri gives you the rundown on the 122nd Army-Navy football game.

Since the bush war began in 1966, the Rhodesian mounted infantry played a crucial role in the fight.

Hollywood might often showcase submarines hunting down and attacking other submarines, but it’s actually been a very rare event in history.

A lot has changed since MCRD San Diego was commissioned on December 1, 1921. But the determination of the Marines to defend their country has not.

This is the story of why Thanksgiving is celebrated in towns in Western Europe even today.

Men have fought in combat under every possible condition but the conditions listed under the five worst battlefields would give any casual reader pause.

“We are going to rescue 70 POWs from a camp called Son Tay. This is something American prisoners have a right to expect.”

Even among the ranks of American special operators, Marcinko, his record, and his reputation are all exceptional — and it’s easy to see why.

Hitler planned for his winter 1944 Ardennes Offensive to turn back the Allied tide. To accomplish this, he aimed to create confusion and disarray.