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Special Forces soldiers in NW Florida still awaiting child care center
A decision on whether Special Forces families will get a child development center at Camp "Bull" Simons, Florida, may arrive in the coming weeks.
By Karen Jowers
Aircraft carrier: Ship of fear
The author believes one well-placed cruise missile or even a World War II torpedo could take out a modern aircraft carrier, but 90 years of success suggest these uniquely American weapons are here to stay.
By Geoffrey Norman, Military History Magazine
Miracle at Midway?
At 10 o’clock on the morning of June 4, 1942, the Japanese were winning the Pacific War; an hour later, three Japanese aircraft carriers were on fire and sinking.
By Craig L. Symonds, World War II Magazine
Trial by fire in the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a tactical defeat for the U.S. Navy that also proved to be a significant strategic victory.
By Joseph H. Alexander, Military History Quarterly
‘I’m House’ — inside the case of the commander in flip-flops who got canned
Cmdr. John W. House was fired as head of Navy Recruiting District Michigan in January.
Sometimes, a good man has to take a hatchet to a bad man’s skull.
The captain’s stateroom looked like a slaughterhouse.
By Jonathan W. White, Civil War Times Magazine
In the last hours of war, blood and heroism and irony and loss
World War II was clearly in its closing days — or was it?
By Sam Moses, World War II Magazine
How naked World War II sailors ended up riding Mongolian ponies in the Gobi Desert to shoot bazookas at the Japanese
“Set off explosives and run like hell.”
By Linda Kush, World War II Magazine
A new home away from home for wounded warriors and their families
The Warrior Retreat at Bull Run opened a second home on its 37-acre countryside campus this week, hoping to boost its capacity to host more than 500 service members, families and caregivers each year.
By Natalie Gross