When waging conventional wars, air superiority is an ironclad requirement. There is no substitute for it, and to achieve it aircraft must be built and crewed in quantities sufficient to dominate any contested airspace.

I'm pretty sure I was just told the drug cartels represent a clear and present danger to the national security of The United States...😎

To my knowledge, Patton didn't repeat his idiotic musings on the futility of fixed fortifications after an outnumbered German garrison held Metz against him from late Sept. to mid Dec, with heavy casualties on both sides.

Initially designed for air defense, the quad-50 was also an amazing anti-personnel weapon in the direct fire role. It saw service in WWII and in conflicts like Korea and Indochina. Aside: Mount it on a modern armored vehicle & hook a radar to it - be great for drone defense,

To my fellow GWOT Vets, just in case you need to hear someone say it today: Yes, it was worth it. Because America is still a going concern. It's that simple. As long as She's still in the fight, hope survives.

Perhaps one of the most historically illiterate test questions I’ve ever seen.

I'm going to live dangerously and disagree with the Colonel a bit here. 2nd El-Alamein wasn't about morale, or more accurately morale was a secondary issue. Allow me to explain. It is absolutely accurate to say Montgomery rebuilt the 8th Army from the wreck left by Archibald

Governments agree to LOAC/RoE restrictions in time of war for several reasons. Among these is the recognition that war is horrific by nature and under certain circumstances combatants can be spared its full measure of brutality. With the understanding that such arrangements are

The shooting of aircrew who’d bailed out was a particularly brutal practice. The Germans did it, the Russians did it, the Japanese were notorious for it. I’ve read accounts of the Allies doing it, particularly the RAF in the early years of the war, but I’ve never seen evidence of

The US Civil War seems, at least to me, the easiest fascination for American military history students. Every time I study it, I am continually amazed by the levels of political dysfunction in the Union Army. To the point where Corps and Army commanders were actively losing

The best “whole conflict” documentary series ever made on World War II. IIRC most of it can be found on YouTube these days.

A cinematic botched abortion of Erich Maria Remarque’s work. It would have been fine as a generic WWI movie, but I frankly despise this film for purporting to be an adaptation of All Quiet. The 1979 film starring Richard Thomas & Ernest Borgnine is a far more faithful attempt.

I agree we should be doing modern mass maneuver exercises if we’re preparing for a peer fight. Not only that, they should be progressive; starting with intra-service exercises and culminating in combined force exercises with all branches participating. The OpFor should be run

Air Force Security Forces uses 13; 3 fireteams of 4, plus the squad leader. I found it to be an effective & flexible arrangement. Though AF Defenders and the general purpose Army infantry squad admittedly have very different purposes.

One of the closest things the military has to a sin is wasting the lives of your people to no good purpose. Lord Cardigan, had he served a system other than the British Empire and had he not been of noble birth, might (should) have been court martialed and shot.

Every time I see one of these reels it always strikes me how easily the GI's move around. They're essentially carrying a personal weapon, ammo, grenades, extra ammo for the crew served weapons (possibly), some personal medical gear, and their canteens. As opposed to 80+ lbs of

I did not know that...

For those pointing to the Russo-Ukrainian War as an example of large units being obsolete: Once again, neither side in that conflict is effectively trained or equipped for combined arms operations - something the US trains for obsessively and with good reason.

I’d be very interested to hear Gen. George expand on that, specifically on how that will translate into operations for the Army in INDOPACCOM. Maneuver warfare, historically, gets very tough there. Glad they’re getting after solutions and prepping for the peer fight.