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They also served
Four stars were added last week to the Central Intelligence Agency’s Memorial Wall. Established in 1974 with 31 stars, the wall commemorates fallen officers in the field going back to the agency’s...
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Of Chucks and Berettas
Source photo An Italian Gruppo Operativo Incursori (G.O.I.), del Comando Operativo Subacquei e Incursori (COM.SUB.IN.) operator shown in 1973 with a super sweet Beretta M12 SMG with jungle clipped...
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Beware of an old man in a profession where one usually dies young..
That 40mm M79 Bloop Gun, though…known in Australian service lovingly as “The Wombat Gun” and the plot device to at least one Gus Hasford novel about Vietnam.
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Adelbert Waldron, forgotten sniper ace
Sniper at work (SGT Waldron) via Sharpeneing the Combat Edge: The Use of Analysis to reinforce military judgement, by Lieutenant General Julian J. Ewell In the first half of 1969, 36-year old Sgt...
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That’s not your father’s MAC
We all know the MAC, and quite a few hate it. Well a subgun enthusiast created this rather eclectic looking MAC with a Practical Solutions Thompson stock for an M11/9, extensively modifying a M1928...
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Farewell Yugo 5.56 PAPs, we hardly knew ye
Yugoslavia’s (Serbia) Zastava has announced that they will no longer be making their series of AK pattern rifles and pistols (M85 PAP NP, M90 rifle) in 5.56/.223 Rem. Company officials say they have no...
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Welcome USS Michael Monsoor
BATH, Maine (June 18, 2016) Sally Monsoor christens the future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), which is named in honor of her son, Medal of Honor recipient Navy MA2 (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor. DDG-1001...
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Coast Guard patches up broke down icebreaker with surfboard repair kit
The nation who at one time had the world’s largest and best-equipped icebreaker fleet has for years been suffering in that department. So much so that the only true heavy breakers we have under U.S....
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To all Sailors, everywhere ye may be
While poking around locally, I found these two wartime shellback certificates from WWII in an area seafood restaurant. These time-honored “Crossing the line” certificates come when veteran Sons of...
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Happy Independence Day
Classic F-4J Phantom IIs Vandy 1 and Vandy 761 of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX-4, back in the smokey J79 days of Naval Aviation. And when Playboy wasn’t just about the articles.
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John Gresham has passed
In the small world of top-notch military commentary, there were a handful of legitimate experts. That pool has grown smaller with the untimely passing of John D. Gresham. If you ever thumbed through...
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Ghosts of the Somme
With the five month hell of the Somme remembered forever as the bloodiest battle of the British Empire’s history (481,842 killed, including a staggering 19,240 on the first day alone), some 1,400...
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When fish are needed, call in the Kiwis
74 Years Ago Today: ‘Gone Fishing’New Zealand soldiers trout fishing using rifles near the Syrian and Turkish border during World War II, 9th July 1942.Photograph taken by M D Elias. ‘Been fishing…Got...
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Volunteering to clean some of the largest guns in New England
The 16″/45cal guns on the USS Massachusetts were used to plaster enemy ships and troops during World War II but are in need of some attention to last another 75 years. Decommissioned in 1947, she has...
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IF
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and...
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Crafting your own Black Rifle
As I mentioned back in April, picked up 10 stripped Anderson lowers from a local FFL and have been working on a couple of builds. These two are now loaded with a Palmetto State Armory AR15 Fire Control...
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Death’s Head pennant from the Marne, and its echos
This 26-inch long, 13-inch wide cavalry pennant came currently on display at the Imperial War Museum in London may look like it comes from the Napoleonic period but in fact is a century newer. From...
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The time a P-51 shot down a perfectly good C47 on purpose
Lt. Louis Curdes, USAAF in his P-51D “Bad Angel.” The markings are from the 3rd Air Commando Group, 4th Fighter Squadron, from Laoag Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 1945. Proudly displayed on the...
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Bringing the Second Amendment to the hood
The Black Lives Matter movement has embraced gun control and allied with anti-gun groups while their leadership has very publicly painted the group as non-violent and non-confrontational. Not...
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Clean your M4 (or AR) the Army way
Fort Benning’s Army Marksmanship Unit has put out a short training film on Disassembly and Maintenance of the M-4, and it isn’t half bad. The AMU has been producing “Shooter’s Corner” clips for the...
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