73 Easting and the 100-Hour War: The Left Hook That Destroyed the Republican Guard
Approximately 348 Abrams tanks and Bradleys of the 1st Armored Division attacked the Medina's positions. The 37th Armor Regiment's Task Force 1/37 alone dest...
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The Fulda Gap and REFORGER: Where the Cold War Was Won Without a Shot
For over four decades, American soldiers lived in the crosshairs of World War III. Their battlefield was a stretch of rolling German lowlands between the Eas...
Before the Acquisition Corps: How America's Arsenals Built the Army's Weapons - And Its DNA
From George Washington's first armory to the most sophisticated military procurement system on earth, the Army has always built what it fights with. The tool...
Ivy Serpent: Hunting Insurgents in the Shadows of Saddam’s Fall
What really happened in Iraq after “Mission Accomplished”? Operation Ivy Serpent was one of the first major efforts to answer that question—with rifles, raid...
De Oppresso Liber: The Inspiring History Behind the U.S. Army Special Forces' Motto
The motto of the U.S. Army Special Forces doesn't promise victory. It doesn't promise survival. It promises something harder than both: that someone else's f...
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