(U.S. Navy Photo) In James Michener’s classic novel, The Bridges at Toko-ri, protagonist Harry Brubaker comes to Korea as a reluctant warrior, a reservist who wants nothing more than to get back to the good life he has left behind in Colorado. Yet, he flies against the dangerous bridges at Toko-ri with courage and determination thatContinue reading “Two Corsair night-fighters return to USS Boxer (CV-21) from a dawn “heckler” over rail lines in Korea.”
Category Archives: Military History
Kradschützen High Water Mark
laststandonzombieisland / Jun 23, 2026 at 12:07 AM Today marks the 85th anniversary of Barbarossa, a massive land invasion that was led in many places by small groups of guys hanging on to motorcycle sidecars. The 1920s German Reichswehr, officially restricted from the possession and use of armored vehicles and tanks but still well-aware of the successfulContinue reading “Kradschützen High Water Mark”
From Coal-Fired Battleships to Algorithmic Warfare: The Enduring Demands of Surface Command
A postcard with a photo of the USS Louisiana (BB-19) leading President Theodore Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet as it approaches San Diego. The fleet’s 1907 to 1909 circumnavigation of the globe tested the adaptability of the officers who commanded the ships. Today’s officers face a similar inflection point. From Coal-Fired Battleships to Algorithmic Warfare: TheContinue reading “From Coal-Fired Battleships to Algorithmic Warfare: The Enduring Demands of Surface Command”
Armored cruiser Georgios Averof in dry dock for restoration and repairs, Elefsis, Greece, May 2017
Georgios Averof (Greek: Θ/Κ Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ) is a modified Pisa-class armoured cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the Greek flagship during most of the first half of the century. Although popularly known in Greece as a battleship (θωρηκτό), she is in fact an armored cruiser (θωρακισμένο καταδρομικό), the only ship ofContinue reading “Armored cruiser Georgios Averof in dry dock for restoration and repairs, Elefsis, Greece, May 2017”
Naval History – The dusty cardboard box of Kaiser Karl
laststandonzombieisland by laststandonzombieisland The Habsburgs by the 1860s had at least five assorted life guard units in their Household Division, with probably the most elite of them– on regular watch anyway– being the Imperial-Royal Trabant Lifeguards (k.k. Trabantenleibgarde). Composed of long-serving Army officers and career NCOs, the half-company-sized Trabantenleibgarde was responsible for mounting the interior guard at theContinue reading “Naval History – The dusty cardboard box of Kaiser Karl”
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