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 ...

Cold War firearms shaped modern infantry tactics by pushing combat decision-making down to the squad level. The AK-47 and M16 standardized assault rifle doctrine worldwide by prioritizing reliability ...

[Editor’s Note: This Blast from the Past article was initially published in Army Logistician (the former title of Army Sustainment) in the July-August 1983 issue.] The Logistics Center’s historian ...

At 3:10 a.m. on July 4, 1918, American soldiers climbed out of their trenches in northern France. Most had never seen combat before. They had arrived in Europe weeks earlier. Now they were attacking ...

Infantry tactics often evolved to compensate for weapon failures rather than to exploit superior firepower. Unreliable automatic weapons like the Chauchat and early M16 forced troops to slow assaults ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. – The Army Drone Team competed in the National Drone Association’s Drone Crucible Competition Dec. 4-6, joining some of the military’s top drone operators and industry experts in a ...

How would you describe the slaying of the Bijapur nobleman Afzal Khan by Sivaji? A battle? An assassination? A clever ...