By Chris Sajnog From the May 2015 issue of SOF Across the ages, every great society has celebrated and revered a great warrior tradition and passed on the stories of these heroes in folklore. We can look back to the Spartans, Roman legionnaires, Vikings, knights, samurai or Aztecs, and each …

July 1, 1863. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – The largest land battle ever fought in North America, involving about 90,000 Union and 75,000 Confederate troops, begins by accident when a column of southerners encounters Union cavalry while looking for a supply of shoes. On this first day the Confederates push the Union …

Washington Guard helped defend US after Pearl Harbor attack By Joseph Siemandel, Joint Force Headquarters – Washington National Guard A Guardsmen stands watch in Hawthorne, Cal. in 1942 (Archive Photo) CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – As the sun rose Dec. 7, 1941, U.S. military personnel stationed at Pearl Harbor Naval Base were …

JIMMY STEWART FLEW IN VIETNAM?   WHAT MOVIE WAS THAT !!​ ©  J David Truby 2018 Brig. Gen. James Stewart (middle) and the crew of the Green-2 B-52 on February 20, 1966. The aircraft flew a classified Arc Light bombing mission over Vietnam with Stewart aboard as an official observer. Stewart was …

November, 2004 – Into the hot zone at the Second Battle of Fallujah By Pablo Villa Staff Sgt. David Bellavia was bleary eyed. He had been awake nearly 48 hours, denied sleep by a cacophony of sporadic gunfire aimed at him and his platoon as they made their way through …

From the Author: Remembrance “Freedom is not Free ! This book includes the experiences of many friends of mine. Read it” Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, Tuskegee Airman, WWII, Ex-Pow, Purple Heart. “A wonderful story of a young son of a Korean veteran who came to respect and publicize the work …

“We are not makers of history, we are made by history,” – Martin Luther King Jr. Members of the 1st Special Operations Contracting Squadron recently took part in a restoration project for the Memorial Air Park at Hurlburt Field. The team worked to restore the park by washing, sanding and …

LTC Mark Fitzgerald takes you “Behind the Steel Curtain” to discuss the recent maneuvers in Eagle Pass. This effort is part of @GovAbbott@GregAbbott_TX‘s #OperationLoneStar, putting @TXMilitary and @TxDPS side-by-side to confront criminal activity along the Texas-Mexico border. The #Texas Guard is has been — and continues — to exercise Steel …

Soldiers conduct sling load operations with a CH-47 Chinook during a training exercise at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, South Korea, March 25, 2021. For Contingencies in Indo-Pacom, Army Will Serve as ‘Linchpin’ for Joint Force DEC. 1, 2021 | BY C. TODD LOPEZ, DOD NEWS photos By: Army Spc. Brooke Davis …