Operation Ivory Coast, November 21, 1970: The Raid on Son Tay Prison

By November of 1970, there were 450 known American POWs in Vietnam and more than double that amount who were missing. Reports were surfacing of brutal conditions, torture and starvation of American POWs. Operation Ivory Coast was the mission by U.S. Army Green Berets flown in by Air Force Commandos to rescue the POWs at […]

US and UK researchers test drone 4x4s

Michigan, USA—In a world first, British and American soldiers used Xbox-style controllers to drive drone 4×4 supply vehicles. U.S. Army researchers from the Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) working alongside with their British counterparts from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory tested unmanned resupply vehicles. The tests took place in Michigan and lasted for […]

Army’s 10th Mountain Division begins training to defend against attacks on American soil

For most of American history, the military has been tasked with defending our national interests abroad, taking the fight to the enemy while America’s law enforcement infrastructure, comprised of multiple local, state and federal agencies, handle domestic threats.  The roles of these disparate groups, however, do align from time to time, as some of our […]

The invasion of Leyte and the heroism of Captain Francis B Wai

On October 17, 1944, under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, the invasion of the Philippines began. This operation, code-named King Two, began the aggressive liberation of the Philippine islands. Since they were overrun by the Japanese two years earlier, the Philippine islands were a very strategic archipelago. Their recapture was vital to the overall plan […]

Watch: US Army live fire drills in Germany approximates modern warfare in Europe

Over the past 16 years, the average American concept of war has shifted to include vast, desert expanses and tan camouflage uniforms, and although a significant terrorist threat remains, the fight against our nation’s enemies has grown to encompass nearly every environment found on the planet.  As the recent tragic ambush of American soldiers in […]

Phil Melcher | U.S. Army

Phil Melcher may never know about the total impact he has made throughout the world, but he got a glimpse of it through a chance meeting in Columbia several years ago. Melcher, an Army Green Beret, was serving in the South American country when he was woken up at 2 a.m. to deliver a baby. […]

U.S. Army is Accepting Less Qualified Recruits to Meet Quota

The Army, to put it mildly, is feeling the pinch. With unemployment levels dropping, the nation’s largest of the armed forces is finding it increasingly more difficult to meet recruitment quotas. As a result, the Army is now accepting far less qualified recruits. After initiatives by the Obama Administration to downsize the military, the new […]

Senator wants communist West Point grad booted from the Army

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is demanding West Point officials revoke the commission of an officer who posted photos of himself with pro-communist messages hidden under his graduation uniform, calling it an “extreme embarrassment” for the military. In a letter to acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy Tuesday, the Republican senator also questioned whether service officials ignored […]

A soldier serving in Afghanistan was brought back to the US to face rape and kidnapping charges

A member of the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division was arrested in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and charged with multiple counts of sex-related offenses on Wednesday. Sgt. Andrew Lawrence Porter of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, was charged with second-degree rape, second-degree forcible-sex offense, and first-degree kidnapping. Porter, 31, was with his unit […]