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Article: West Point's Crucible Forging America's Officer Corps

West Point's Crucible Forging America's Officer Corps

By USMilitaryArchive

The Continental Army's reliance on militias and foreign experts during the Revolution created a doctrinal void that demanded a new class of American o...

Article: Forging the Airborne Spearhead

Forging the Airborne Spearhead

By USMilitaryArchive

A historical analysis of the U.S. Army's shift to strategic airborne doctrine, transforming the 82nd and 101st into a global fire brigade for the Cold...

Article: First Protectors: The Army in Yellowstone

First Protectors: The Army in Yellowstone

By USMilitaryArchive

By 1886, Yellowstone was a park in name only. Lacking funds or authority, its civilian stewards watched as poachers and vandals nearly erased the new ...

Military Unit: USS Missouri

USS Missouri

By USMilitaryArchive

The USS Missouri (BB-63), affectionately known as "Mighty Mo," is the last battleship ever commissioned by the United States and is arguably the most ...

Article: Union Army's War for the Mississippi

Union Army's War for the Mississippi

By USMilitaryArchive

After Vicksburg, the Mississippi was far from "unvexed." The Union waged a grueling war of occupation against partisans to secure its new, vulnerable ...

Article: Vicksburg The Engineer's Gauntlet

Vicksburg The Engineer's Gauntlet

By USMilitaryArchive

A logistical history of the Vicksburg Campaign. Grant's army fought a grinding war against terrain and supply long before the final, famous siege.

Article: Fueling the Revolution: The Saltpeter Crisis

Fueling the Revolution: The Saltpeter Crisis

By USMilitaryArchive

The Revolution nearly failed from a gunpowder famine. This is the history of the desperate, forgotten war for saltpeter that armed the Continental Arm...

Article: Acoustic Command on the Civil War Line

Acoustic Command on the Civil War Line

By USMilitaryArchive

On smoke-choked Civil War battlefields, the bugler's calls formed an auditory nervous system, translating a commander's intent into tactical maneuvers...

Article: Shadow War The Navy's ELINT Cold War Missions

Shadow War The Navy's ELINT Cold War Missions

By USMilitaryArchive

A history of the US Navy's secret Cold War ELINT missions. Unarmed aviators flew to the Soviet border to chart an unseen electronic battlefield.

Article: Oil and Orders: Lighthouse Logistics in the War of 1812

Oil and Orders: Lighthouse Logistics in the War of 1812

By USMilitaryArchive

During the War of 1812, British blockades severed the oil supply to U.S. lighthouses, forcing keepers into isolation and creating strategic dilemmas f...

Article: Forged by Law America's 1798 Marine Corps Act

Forged by Law America's 1798 Marine Corps Act

By USMilitaryArchive

Analysis of the 1798 law creating a permanent US Marine Corps, detailing the naval needs of the Quasi-War and the Corps' formative operational trials.

Article: The Revolution's Shadow Navy Gamble

The Revolution's Shadow Navy Gamble

By USMilitaryArchive

A history of legalized plunder in the American Revolution, when Congress sanctioned privateers to wage economic war on the dominant British Royal Navy...

Article: Army Forges the Invisible Airways of WWII

Army Forges the Invisible Airways of WWII

By USMilitaryArchive

Details the Army Signal Corps' development of the Low-Frequency Radio Range and its vital role in navigating US airpower for WWII mobilization.

Article: The Industrial Web and the Bombing Myth

The Industrial Web and the Bombing Myth

By USMilitaryArchive

At the Air Corps Tactical School, theorists rejected terror bombing, forging the industrial web theory to achieve victory through precise economic par...

Article: The Myth of the Surgical Air War

The Myth of the Surgical Air War

By USMilitaryArchive

A historical account of interwar air power theory, from the promise of surgical strikes to the brutal reality of area bombing that defined World War I...

Article: Command by Cadence Drummers of the Civil War

Command by Cadence Drummers of the Civil War

By USMilitaryArchive

An analysis of the Civil War drummer's function in battlefield command, the ethical implications of using child soldiers, and their role in camp disci...

Military Unit: Delta Force

Delta Force

By USMilitaryArchive

Delta Force, officially known as 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D), is the U.S. Army's top-tier special missions unit. Thes...

Article: The Army's War on Panama's Sickness

The Army's War on Panama's Sickness

By USMilitaryArchive

An analysis of the US Army's sanitary campaign in Panama. It details the logistical conquest of yellow fever and malaria that enabled the canal's cons...

Article: A Flawed Gambit USN Destroyer Doctrine

A Flawed Gambit USN Destroyer Doctrine

By USMilitaryArchive

Examines the evolution of US Navy destroyers under treaty limits, the development of night attack doctrine, and the catastrophic failure of the Mark 1...

Article: Anatomy of the Vertical Attack

Anatomy of the Vertical Attack

By USMilitaryArchive

The U.S. Navy's interwar creation of dive bombing: a deliberate engineering and doctrinal response to the vulnerability of the capital ship.

Article: The Unforgiving Launch Naval Catapult Evolution

The Unforgiving Launch Naval Catapult Evolution

By USMilitaryArchive

A deep analysis of the US Navy's brutal catapult evolution, from dangerous 1920s powder charges to the powerful hydraulic systems of WWII's carrier fl...

Article: Sustaining the Spear Halsey's Floating Supply Line

Sustaining the Spear Halsey's Floating Supply Line

By USMilitaryArchive

The secret to the US Navy's sustained 1945 assault on Japan was not a weapon, but a revolutionary mobile logistics fleet: Service Squadron Ten.

Article: WAF Architects of the Cold War Air Force

WAF Architects of the Cold War Air Force

By USMilitaryArchive

Examines the 1948 creation of the Women in the Air Force. Details the legislative battles, early service challenges, and the vital role WAFs played in...

Article: The Unswept Threat Navy Mine Warfare's Interwar Failure

The Unswept Threat Navy Mine Warfare's Interwar Failure

By USMilitaryArchive

Details the US Navy's interwar neglect of minesweeping, from WWI lessons forgotten to the frantic WWII race for new ships, tech, and doctrine.

Article: The Contraband Intelligence Front

The Contraband Intelligence Front

By USMilitaryArchive

Analysis of the Civil War intelligence network built from enslaved people, detailing its operational impact on Union Army campaigns and strategic plan...