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3D animation shows the inner-workings of an AR-15
The video explains why the rifle is such an efficient, and ultimately dangerous, weapon.
By Sarah Sicard
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‘There is stuff’: Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs
A report summarizing what the U.S. knows about “unidentified aerial phenomena” — better known as UFOs — is expected to be made public this month.
Inside America’s daring plan to mine Haiphong Harbor
Operations Pocket Money, Linebacker I and Linebacker II helped prod North Vietnam to sign a peace deal in Paris.
By Marcelo Ribeiro da Silva, Vietnam magazine
Arsenal: The river patrol boat was the backbone of the Brown Water Navy
Submarines and aircraft carriers were of little use against irregulars relying on sampans and junks to ferry supplies and fighting men on the Vietnam's river highways.
By Joe Follansbee, Vietnam Magazine
Free records — 8 million of 'em!
An instant hit with World War II sailors, V-Discs are today a priceless archive of rare performances by jazz and pop greats.
By Lewis Lord, World War II Magazine
Remembering why we are at war in Afghanistan
We have lost track of why we went to Afghanistan in the first place, says the author of this commentary.
By Charles "Sam" Faddis
Mutiny on the Amistad: ‘All we want is make us free.’
On Aug. 26, 1839, the Navy brig Washington seized the Spanish slaver Amistad near Montauk Point, New York, sparking one of the most important anti-slavery cases in American history.
By Dr. Howard Jones, American History Magazine
Target: Makin Island
On Aug. 17, 1942, daring Marine Raiders stormed Makin Island. But far worse fighting faced soldiers, sailors and Coast Guardsmen when American forces returned in late 1943.
By William B. Allmon, World War II Magazine
A wedding ring in a muddy pond
More than 50 years after being shot down, a Navy pilot is honored for his sacrifice.
By Thomas R. Messick, Vietnam Magazine
Dead by their own hands: Why the Germans scuttled a fleet
Just a few fathoms below Scapa Flow’s dark surface lie the remains of a navy — four battleships and four light cruisers of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet, scuttled by their own crews in 1919 in the largest act of self-destruction in naval history.
By Mark T. Simmons, Military History
Guts: The mission beyond darkness
Think about hurtling off of an aircraft carrier in the middle of the world’s biggest ocean. Think about doing it at twilight, fairly certain that you’re not coming back.
By Robert M. Citino, Fire for Effect
The lessons we learned from the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942
In geostrategic matters, hubris is often a fatal character flaw.
By Joseph F. Callo, Military History Magazine