The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Sea Hunter program is a Navy platform designed to stalk foreign submarines. What makes this unique is Sea Hunter will cover thousands of miles over open seas, for months at a time, without a single crewmember. Prototype testing completed, it has been referred to the Office of Naval Research. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work […]
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WW II presented an almost unlimited opportunity for American GIs to collect souvenirs, due in no small part to the fact that the taking of enemy “war trophies” was officially sanctioned by the U.S. military. Thousands of Japanese and German rifles and pistols were brought back by the GIs. The military even provided official paperwork to expedite passage through U.S. […]
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Armies have always had a need to track and identify soldiers. As far back as the American Civil War, soldiers began wearing metal or wood discs, and jewelry that bore their name and identifying information. But this practice was not standardized and not mandatory. This resulted in a staggering amount of those killed in the Civil War being unidentified. Amazing […]
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Beginning in 1942, German and Italian prisoners of war began coming into Allied hands. The question immediately arose, what to do with all these prisoners? They had to be removed from the battlefield and Western Europe didn’t possess the available space or facilities to house their increasing numbers. The problem was solved by using ships, emptied after unloading their cargo […]
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This 1985 feature is based on actual events. Directed by John Schlesinger, it stars Timothy Hutton as Christopher Boyce and Sean Penn as Andrew Daulton Lee. Childhood friends and former altar boys, they grew up in one of Southern California’s wealthiest communities. Boyce is studying to become a Catholic priest but leaves the seminary and returns home. In 1974, with […]
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Podcast host David Diaz is a former Marine who is shining a light on military Veterans who have become entrepreneurs and embarked upon successful post-military careers. His podcasts allow them to share their experiences, not only in the military, but on adjusting back to life outside of the military, including dealing with the VA. This particular podcast should be viewed […]
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“Regimental” beer steins commemorating one’s military service emanated from imperial Germany and go back to the late 19th century. Conscripts into the German military incorporated their service into a piece of iconic German culture, the beer stein. These were custom made, hand painted and specific to the unit in which the soldier served, along with his dates of service. Often, […]
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This 1983 documentary by Gwynne Dyer takes us through basic military training. Though the film focuses on the United States Marine Corps, the process is fundamentally the same in all branches of the service in every country. For 10 weeks, Dyer and his film crew accompanied a platoon of recruits from Day 1 through their training through graduation. This is […]
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The U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored Division established their reputation on the battlefields of Europe in WWII as one of the greatest fighting units ever fielded by the United States. Landing on Omaha Beach shortly after D Day, they were in continuous combat until war’s end. Along the way, the picked up the moniker “Spearhead” for leading the U.S. First Army’s […]
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Long Binh Jail, or “LBJ,” was the U.S. Army’s primary detention facility in Vietnam. It held military prisoners on a short-term basis, as punishment for crimes such as going AWOL, theft, drug offenses, etc. But there were also a substantial number of murderers, rapists and violent offenders. Conditions were brutal. It was hot; overcrowded to about twice its intended capacity; […]
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