Category: Military History

Jerry Sage was a member of OSS and later Special Forces. Find out why his exploits were a major inspiration for “The Great Escape.”

The fighting on Iwo Jima and Okinawa gave American planners a glimpse of what almost certainly awaited them in mainland Japan.

“Robin Sage” is the final exercise that all prospective Special Forces soldiers must pass before being awarded the Green Beret.

The huge fireball headed straight towards the area near the pax shed where the 500 paratroopers were located in Pope Air Field Base. 

POTUS may extend the deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan according to reports trickling out of Washington.

On March 15, 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated. His death ushered in a new era for Rome and Western history.

Eager to show the Airborne Test Platoon veterans that airborne training was still tough, the “Black Hats” smoked us like cheap cigars.

One of the tenets of Army SF is their language and cultural capabilities. They can insert anywhere link up with groups of resistance fighters.

Operation Anaconda demonstrated the skill and bravery of US special operations forces, international partners, and local Afghan fighters.

“You’re not going anywhere down there at Remagen. You’ve got a bridge, but it’s in the wrong place. It just doesn’t fit in with the plan.”

If there’s one lesson one can take from our military history — and the budgets behind it — it’s this: You save blood by expending treasure.

Today is the anniversary of the Boston Massacre one of the major events that led to the American Revolution a few years later.