The Father of Battlefield Medicine & A Name Nobody Remembers
Wounded Union soldiers were left on the battlefield for days. They lay in the rain, without water, without food, without medical attention. Some were left fo...
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The Father of Battlefield Medicine & A Name Nobody Remembers
Wounded Union soldiers were left on the battlefield for days. They lay in the rain, without water, without food, without medical attention. Some were left for a full week before anyone came for them. Some crawled...
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What Afghanistan’s Bloodiest Battles Reveal About War with Iran
Iran has approximately 46,000 mountain peaks. Roughly 55 percent of the country is covered by mountain ranges. Any armored advance has to penetrate narrow ca...
Quiet Death: The USS Submarine That Just Reminded the World What the U.S. Navy Was Built For
The generation that fought World War II understood naval warfare in their bones. They understood it because they lived it. They watched ships burn. They floa...
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...
Operation Alljah: Securing Fallujah, One Precinct at a Time
Fallujah, 2007: a city long scarred by conflict, where insurgents once ruled the streets. Amid the chaos, a bold experiment in security and community rebuild...
Taji Under Fire: Inside Operation Colt
Amid the narrow streets and tense checkpoints of Taji, Iraq, U.S. Army forces pressed forward in mid-September 2007. Operation Colt combined precision buildi...
Operation Head Hunter 2007: U.S. and Iraqi Forces in Tarmiyah
In 2007, U.S. and Iraqi forces carried out Operation Head Hunter in Tarmiyah, Iraq, striking deep into insurgent-controlled neighborhoods. The mission target...
Operation Ultra Magnus: Breaking al-Qaeda’s Grip in Diyala
Overview The Battle for Hussein Hamadi Operation Ultra Magnus unfolded in late October 2007 in southern Diyala province, Iraq. The focal point of the mission...
Operation Arrowhead Ripper: The Battle for Baqubah
In the summer of 2007, Baqubah - once declared the capital of al-Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq - became the focus of one of the fiercest offensives of the wa...
Operation Rock Jackhammer & Rock Reaper: Restoring Security in Diyala
In late 2007, U.S. forces launched Operations Rock Jackhammer and Rock Reaper to dismantle insurgent networks, clear weapons caches, and restore stability to...
Operation Market Garden: Rebuilding Salman Pak’s Heart and Hope
In a city scarred by years of insurgency, Salman Pak’s streets had fallen silent and its markets abandoned. But in late 2007, a new mission sought to turn fe...
Operation Shock Wave: Quiet Strength South of Baqubah
In October 2007, south of Baqubah, Charlie Troop of the 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment launched Operation Shock Wave - a quiet but determined push to roo...
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