On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, converted to help move planes around the ship.
83 years later and a British tractor enthusiast is trying to organize an expedition to raise that tractor. Not the carrier, the tractor.
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Godara, interpreter
In times of war and transition, necessity overwhelms virtue. And was ever thus.
J.R. Harrell, et al.
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When talking about the dos and don’ts of taking on the Special Operations Assessment and Selection courses that the military has to offer, there are a ton of opinions out there
Marine Corps Compass Points
No substitute for global, combined arms infantry.
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., WSJ
The U.S. Army colonel, Palantir executive and ‘reindustralization maximalist’ Shyam Sankar on how to restore the U.S. edge and prevent World War III.
Editor’s Note: In honor of the Labor Day holiday in the United States, War on the Rocks is publishing a transcript of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Labor Day radio address from Sept. 1, 1941. * * *On this day — this American holiday — we are celebrating the rights of free laboring men and women.The preservation of these rights is vitally important now, not only to us who enjoy them—but to the whole future of Christian civilization.American labor now bears a tremendous responsibility in the winning of this most brutal, most terrible of all wars.
The Su-34 fighter has been procured in greater numbers by the Russian Armed Forces than any other class of tactical combat jet since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, with the first aircraft entering service in 2014 within months of the service’s operationalisation of the Su-35 air superiority fighter.
Military life is full of traditions and lore that have been passed down through generations of service members. Among the saltiest of Navy traditions is cribbage: the unofficial game of the U.S. Submarine Force. Cribbage has both a rich history and profound meaning among submariners. Learning to play cribbage with the submariner in your life can not only help you understand a new game but also gives you a glimpse into what their world is like under the surface.
Life aboard a submarine is unlike any other environment in the military.
“Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of ten thousand men could defeat the twenty thousand soldiers marching against him? And if he can’t, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away”
Jesus as quoted in Luke 14:31-32
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John “Rosey” Rosenberger
The outcome now is indisputable. We, the U.S.