MSM "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." Patton's remark, while it had not advanced the study of war by...
MSM "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." Patton's remark, while it had not advanced the study of war by...
In 2019, the Missouri River flooded at historically high levels and damaged 137 facilities, destroyed 1.2 million square feet of workspace, and flooded 3,000 feet of runway at Offutt Air Force Base. Repairing the installation cost $1.2 billion. The Trump administration and Department of Defense just
In 2004, I was a boot (translation: brand new) first lieutenant in 1st Battalion, 7th Marines at a retransmission site in the middle of nowhere, al-Qa’im, Iraq. I heard a sudden explosion and small-arms fire two kilometers away. The battalion radio net burst with chatter, with someone saying t
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A century later, the meaning of Abd el-Karim and the Rif Rebellion is still up for grabs.