Tech & Tactics Articles

Posted on Jul 22, 2022

Tactics

The case for why those obnoxious ‘Pit Viper’ sunglasses should be allowed in military uniform

By Matt Sampson

Updated on Jul 22, 2022

Fighter Aircraft

‘I need a cleanup crew’ — Navy pilot describes crapping his pants at 30,000 feet

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jul 21, 2022

taiwan soldiers training to counter chinese invasion

Warfare

The fundamental flaw in US plans to defend Taiwan from a Chinese assault

By Carl Forsling

Posted on Jul 20, 2022

Rescue

Air Force pits helicopter pilots against Russian-made Hinds in rare mock battle

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

Rescue

Army helicopter crew earns rare ‘broken wing award’ after surviving ‘catastrophic’ incident in Afghanistan

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

Aircraft

The Air Force is very sorry about killing your pets

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

Vehicles

How World War II gave the world the ‘American Chopper’ motorcycle

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

Missiles

More people have gone into space than have piloted the Air Force’s B-2 stealth bomber

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 18, 2022

Warfare

The wild story of how an American POW ended up fighting alongside the Soviets in WWII

By Allen Frazier

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

Rescue

Airmen acted on ‘gut feeling’ when they rescued 8 people from a circling bull shark

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 13, 2022

Fighter Aircraft

This whimsical machine gun-toting bunny is the Air Force’s latest squadron mascot

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 12, 2022

Missiles

Air Force F-16 pilot explains how he dodged 6 missiles during insane Gulf War mission

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 11, 2022

Fighter Aircraft

‘Do you wish you were a real pilot?’ — Comedian grills her F-35 pilot fiancé in hilarious interview

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 11, 2022

Amphibious Operations

We salute this Marine for having a promotion ceremony in the muck

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 8, 2022

Fighter Aircraft

How an F-15 scored an air-to-air kill by dropping a bomb on an enemy helicopter

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 7, 2022

Fighter Aircraft

Navy Blue Angels had to change their show after jet caused $180,000 in building damage

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 7, 2022

Navy Ship USS Bonhomme Richard Burns At Naval Base In San Diego

Amphibious Operations

A Navy warship burned while commanders argued over who was in charge

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 6, 2022

Rescue

Army pilots expertly land Black Hawk helicopter on knife’s edge ridge to save injured hiker

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 6, 2022

Ships

The Navy is paying $100,000 for tips on smuggling drugs and guns in the Persian Gulf

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jul 5, 2022

Rescue

A Marine’s Bronze Star offers insight into US troops’ heroism during the Kabul evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 5, 2022

Fighter Aircraft

The Air Force now has a golden F-16

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

Carriers

How a disaster of the Navy’s own making poisoned thousands of people in Hawaii

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

Drone Swarms

Off the shelf, above the fight: How cheap drones are completely changing warfare

By Ivan F. Ingraham

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

army Mobile Protected Firepower m10 booker combat vehicle

Tanks

Why the Army refuses to call its new light tank a ‘light tank’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

Training

Air Force A-10s continue to prove that runways are for suckers

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

Warfare

What the cult classic ‘Red Dawn’ teaches us about insurgent warfare

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 29, 2022

Fighter Aircraft

Air Force selects new helmet to replace the one pilots have loved to hate since the 1980s

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 29, 2022

Warfare

Ukraine’s new (and probably fake) war hero is a goddamn goat

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jun 28, 2022

Training

Air Force welcomes its first female commando with little fanfare

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 28, 2022

Missiles

US vet on the front line says Ukrainians need better infantry gear to beat the Russians

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 27, 2022

Fighter Aircraft

Meet the ‘Wizzo’ — The secret sauce to one of the Air Force’s deadliest fighter jets

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 25, 2022

Training

Watch these soldiers regret absolutely everything during gas chamber training

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jun 24, 2022

Missiles

Congress is bringing back the idea of a ‘limited’ nuclear war

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 24, 2022

Missiles

Why the US can’t afford to abandon Ukraine

By Lindsey Neas

Posted on Jun 24, 2022

Artillery

2 soldiers who just wanted to go home early wound up pulling a man from a burning truck

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 22, 2022

Destroyers

Iran is once again playing chicken with the US Navy

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jun 21, 2022

Warfare

Why this tiny island in the Pacific may be ground zero in a war with China

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 20, 2022

Drone Swarms

The Air Force wants to take on active shooters with drones and robots

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 20, 2022

Warfare

Russia is hoping higher pay can get more people to sign up to fight in Ukraine

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 19, 2022

Training

The Air Force has no idea how to make a PB&J

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 19, 2022

Destroyers

The Navy is firing a lot of officers and saying almost nothing about it

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 17, 2022

Training

Why Ukraine’s wins against Russian aircraft should worry the US Air Force

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 17, 2022

Training

US soldiers just showed Russia how a competent army performs a bridge crossing

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 16, 2022

Warfare

Inside the US military’s modern ‘island hopping’ campaign to take on China

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 16, 2022

Warfare

Ukraine now has killer robots with machine guns

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jun 15, 2022

Artillery

Ukrainians are putting paid messages on artillery rounds fired at Russian soldiers

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jun 14, 2022

Munitions

How structural racism led to the biggest mutiny in US Navy history

By William Jung

Posted on Jun 14, 2022

Artillery

Russia is hammering Ukraine with up to 60,000 artillery shells and rockets every day

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 13, 2022

Frigates

Three Navy commanders relieved of duty in the past week

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 11, 2022

Intelligence

Why we’d all be screwed without the Space Force

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

Helicopters

Navy helicopter crash marks the 5th military aviation mishap in less than 2 weeks

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

Warfare

How the Marine Corps went to war with itself over the next war

By Worth Parker

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

Tactics

US Navy aircraft carriers may be useless in a war with China

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Helicopters

A helicopter flown in Afghanistan is now a military couple’s camper

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Artillery

Inside the battle for Severodonetsk, where a Ukrainian unit of 60 was reduced to just 4 soldiers

By Michael Godwin

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Training

The Air Force wants airmen to train without getting their hands dirty

By Matt Sampson

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Weapons

A legendary Army bomb tech who was paralyzed and learned to walk again has retired from the military

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Warfare

‘Assume you can be jammed’ — What US troops are learning about electronic warfare in Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Warfare

D-Day through the eyes of a combat medic in the first wave at Omaha Beach

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jun 6, 2022

Warfare

Who are the Chechens, Russia’s most feared fighters?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 6, 2022

Warfare

Russia strikes Kyiv, promises more attacks if U.S. supplies long-range missiles to Ukraine

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 5, 2022

Navy

Navy F-18 pilot, special operator killed in separate incidents in California [Updated]

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 4, 2022

1st Special Forces Command Validates Special Operations CBRN Soldiers

Warfare

How Russia’s war with Ukraine has changed the face of military reconnaissance

By Ethan Brown

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

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The fatal flaw in the Marine Corps’ approach to countering China

The case for why those obnoxious ‘Pit Viper’ sunglasses should be allowed in military uniform

‘I need a cleanup crew’ — Navy pilot describes crapping his pants at 30,000 feet

The fundamental flaw in US plans to defend Taiwan from a Chinese assault

Air Force pits helicopter pilots against Russian-made Hinds in rare mock battle

Army helicopter crew earns rare ‘broken wing award’ after surviving ‘catastrophic’ incident in Afghanistan

The Air Force is very sorry about killing your pets

How World War II gave the world the ‘American Chopper’ motorcycle

More people have gone into space than have piloted the Air Force’s B-2 stealth bomber

The wild story of how an American POW ended up fighting alongside the Soviets in WWII

Airmen acted on ‘gut feeling’ when they rescued 8 people from a circling bull shark

This whimsical machine gun-toting bunny is the Air Force’s latest squadron mascot

Air Force F-16 pilot explains how he dodged 6 missiles during insane Gulf War mission

‘Do you wish you were a real pilot?’ — Comedian grills her F-35 pilot fiancé in hilarious interview

We salute this Marine for having a promotion ceremony in the muck

How an F-15 scored an air-to-air kill by dropping a bomb on an enemy helicopter

Navy Blue Angels had to change their show after jet caused $180,000 in building damage

A Navy warship burned while commanders argued over who was in charge

Army pilots expertly land Black Hawk helicopter on knife’s edge ridge to save injured hiker

The Navy is paying $100,000 for tips on smuggling drugs and guns in the Persian Gulf

A Marine’s Bronze Star offers insight into US troops’ heroism during the Kabul evacuation

The Air Force now has a golden F-16

How a disaster of the Navy’s own making poisoned thousands of people in Hawaii

Off the shelf, above the fight: How cheap drones are completely changing warfare

Why the Army refuses to call its new light tank a ‘light tank’

Air Force A-10s continue to prove that runways are for suckers

What the cult classic ‘Red Dawn’ teaches us about insurgent warfare

Air Force selects new helmet to replace the one pilots have loved to hate since the 1980s

Ukraine’s new (and probably fake) war hero is a goddamn goat

Air Force welcomes its first female commando with little fanfare

US vet on the front line says Ukrainians need better infantry gear to beat the Russians

Meet the ‘Wizzo’ — The secret sauce to one of the Air Force’s deadliest fighter jets

Watch these soldiers regret absolutely everything during gas chamber training

Congress is bringing back the idea of a ‘limited’ nuclear war

Why the US can’t afford to abandon Ukraine

2 soldiers who just wanted to go home early wound up pulling a man from a burning truck

Iran is once again playing chicken with the US Navy

Why this tiny island in the Pacific may be ground zero in a war with China

The Air Force wants to take on active shooters with drones and robots

Russia is hoping higher pay can get more people to sign up to fight in Ukraine

The Air Force has no idea how to make a PB&J

The Navy is firing a lot of officers and saying almost nothing about it

Why Ukraine’s wins against Russian aircraft should worry the US Air Force

US soldiers just showed Russia how a competent army performs a bridge crossing

Inside the US military’s modern ‘island hopping’ campaign to take on China

Ukraine now has killer robots with machine guns

Ukrainians are putting paid messages on artillery rounds fired at Russian soldiers

How structural racism led to the biggest mutiny in US Navy history

Russia is hammering Ukraine with up to 60,000 artillery shells and rockets every day

Three Navy commanders relieved of duty in the past week

Why we’d all be screwed without the Space Force

Navy helicopter crash marks the 5th military aviation mishap in less than 2 weeks

How the Marine Corps went to war with itself over the next war

US Navy aircraft carriers may be useless in a war with China

A helicopter flown in Afghanistan is now a military couple’s camper

Inside the battle for Severodonetsk, where a Ukrainian unit of 60 was reduced to just 4 soldiers

The Air Force wants airmen to train without getting their hands dirty

A legendary Army bomb tech who was paralyzed and learned to walk again has retired from the military

‘Assume you can be jammed’ — What US troops are learning about electronic warfare in Ukraine

D-Day through the eyes of a combat medic in the first wave at Omaha Beach

Who are the Chechens, Russia’s most feared fighters?

Russia strikes Kyiv, promises more attacks if U.S. supplies long-range missiles to Ukraine

Navy F-18 pilot, special operator killed in separate incidents in California [Updated]

How Russia’s war with Ukraine has changed the face of military reconnaissance

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