America’s Navy is more powerful than any other in the world, but that wasn’t always the case. The US Navy was first designated the Continental Navy. Not long after the Revolutionary War ground battles at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on… Read More
How did the United States of America develop into the most powerful nation in history? This is the first of a series on the history of the US Armed Forces that will answer that question. In this, the first part… Read More
Why does the US Department of Defense (DOD) still find itself dependent on China? Despite years of efforts to reduce reliance on Beijing for raw materials, semiconductors, and other crucial supply chain items, the United States remains entangled in a… Read More
Mona Goff was the younger sister of the only hero she had ever known: her brother. Marion Robert Goff was a young man who put on a military uniform in 1943 to go and fight in World War II. He… Read More
Keeping America’s warships, tanks, and aircraft supplied to meet real-time national security threats adequately is a challenge under the best of peacetime circumstances. With the depletion of US war-readiness stocks to support Ukraine’s critical struggle against the unprovoked invasion by… Read More
Wisdom and experience meet youth and exuberance, or that’s what the US Air Force hopes as it attempts to meet recruiting goals by raising the maximum age limit for entrance. To a greater extent than the other services, the Air… Read More
Every November 11, the US gives a day to the courageous men and women who sacrifice their safety and time with their families to protect and defend our country. Beginning November 11, 1919, Armistice Day, as it was originally dubbed,… Read More
Throughout February, four balloons were discovered floating over the United States. Government officials are reportedly still perplexed about what precisely the flying objects are and why they are hovering above different parts of the US. At this point, the UFOs… Read More
Memorial Day has always been a day to remember and honor soldiers who died in the line of duty. However, this holiday wasn’t always known as Memorial Day – it started out being called Decoration Day. And at that time,… Read More
December 7, 1941. That was the date Japanese air forces launched a surprise bombing on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The very next day, the United States declared war on Japan. Eighty years after the attack, America… Read More
Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) have mystified mankind for a long time – have alien spacecraft visited our planet, or do these objects belong on Earth? Some people search the skies for signs of alien life, believing that we have been… Read More
Tensions with Iran Relations between the U.S. and the Middle Eastern country of Iran have been tense for a long time, but over the past week they have gotten worse. On New Year’s Eve, protestors stormed the U.S. Embassy in… Read More