When we think back on military history, the focus tends to overwhelmingly skew towards things like weapons, leaders, and decisive battles. The atomic bomb, the invention of the battle tank, and the ...

Today, we are witnessing another military revolution, driven not by muskets but by machines. First-person view drones are changing the calculus of battle, placing surveillance and precision strikes in ...

Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...

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In the chaos of a firefight, during a hostage negotiation, or while rescuing survivors from a collapsed building, elite military personnel and first responders rely on more than just their equipment ...

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alissa Platukis, assigned to the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, performs the sandbag throw event during the Modified Expert Physical Fitness Assessment (MEPFA ...

In tactical professions (military, police, firefighter, EMT), athletic specialization is a liability. Being too good at one ...

A powerful display of synchronized airpower, once seen as a farewell gesture, is now being reassessed through a sharply different lens. What unfolded above Fort Bragg nearly a decade ago was more than ...