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The General the Military Tried to Silence: Billy Mitchell and America’s First Modern National Security Whistleblower Billy Mitchell, a World War I air power commander, warned battleships were obsolete and future wars would be decided in the...
Welcome to Hell: Russia Once Lost 2,000 Men in Grozny, Then Repeated the Same Mistakes in Ukraine Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev promised he could seize Grozny with a single parachute regiment in two hours. On New...
North Vietnam's Best General Beat France at Dien Bien Phu, Then Failed With the Same Tactics Against Marines at Khe Sanh Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap earned his reputation as one of history's great military commanders on May 7, 1954, when 16,000 French...
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Official 2025 White House Christmas Ornament Celebrates 150 Years of State Dinners The Official 2025 White House Christmas Ornament is built around a milestone that shaped American diplomacy: the 150th...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
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When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
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![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-12/960px-hai_duong_bridge_bombing_1972.jpg?itok=Y77-8urK "A U.S. Navy LTV A-7E Corsair II (BuNo 157526, pilot Michael A. Ruth, call sign "Banjo") of Attack Squadron VA-195 Dambusters bombs the Hai Duong railway and highway bridge in North Vietnam. VA-195 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) for a deployment to Vietnam from 17 February to 28 November 1972. On 10 May 1972, "Operation Linebacker I" commenced, the U.S. Navy's contribution to the air offensive against North Vietnam consisted of 176 attack sorties, 60% of them flown by A-7 aircraft. (Wikimedia Commons)")
