Author: Steve Balestrieri

At the time, Thomas Jefferson’s slave passage created a lot of contention and was eventually dropped from the Declaration of Independence.

He was 78 when British troops shot him in the face, bayonetted him six times, and clubbed him. They thought he was dead. They were wrong.

Never again would the Confederates venture into Northern territory. From that point, until the war’s end, they’d be fighting a defensive war.

On July 4, 1976, while the United States was celebrating its bicentennial, a small group of Israeli Special Operations troops was carrying out one of the most brilliant hostage rescue operations in history.  Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu — the brother of the incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — was the Commander of the […]

From the genius of Flagg’s Uncle Sam poster to the cringy 80s to the animation of today, these are the best and worst Army recruiting ads.

At its peak, the Bagram Air Base was the hub of all U.S. activity in Afghanistan and a bastion of stability. Now it faces abandonment.

Considered by many the architect behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Donald Rumsfeld and his legacy will continue to divide.

“It’s one of the most difficult and complicated situations that I’ve ever seen,” Colonel Vach of the Israeli team said to the press. 

The famous Thompson submachine gun, popularly known as tommy gun, served U.S. Marines in the Pacific as well as mobsters in Chicago.

“U.S. Forces in Syria, while under multiple rocket attack, acted in self-defense and conducted counter-battery artillery fire,” the U.S. said.

After three months of drone strikes againsta U.S. interests, the Air Force strikes back at Iranian proxy militias.

The President has had 158 days to get it done… and we are still waiting for Alwyn Cashe to get his due recognition and receive the Medal of Honor.