The IRGC proved its worth during the eight year war with Iraq. This began in 1980 when Iraq sought to grab some Iranian oil fields on the border while the Iranian civil war was still underway. The ...

Israel and Jordan worked out a deal, perhaps with some international organizations, for running Jerusalem. Israel tried to get Arab states to stop treating all the Palestinians like refugees and ...

Key: On this table, figures originally given in various local coinages have all been converted to livres tournais, worth about £4 sterling; s, shilling, of which there were 12 to the pound; d, penny, ...

January 30, 2025: Russian leader Vladimir Putin has frequently mentioned his regrets that the Soviet Union is gone and his desire to restore the Soviet state. Putin went on to explain that once he ...

Last year featured an unusually large number of efforts to rearrange the ethnic, religious and political realities of the Middle East. The most visible and endlessly frustrating effort is the ...

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) and the U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine ...

At the division level, the number one lesson learned over the entire Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is that units from platoon to division level must be able to command and control on the move. Systems and ...

Estimates of the number of men engaged at Gettysburg vary widely. Figures for the strength of the Army of Northern Virginia range from a low of about 65,000 men of all arms to a high of about 75,000, ...

During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion was the battalion supporting the Third Infantry Division (Mechanized) (3ID [M]). During the attack to Baghdad each maneuver battalion, ...

Various official sources list as many as 106 battles, engagements, actions, and skirmishes occurring in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania related to the Gettysburg Campaign. There ...

As Confederate Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead lay mortally wound in the middle of "the angle" atop Cemetery Ridge he uttered a cry for help, adding the phrase "as the son of a widow". As the Rebel tide ...