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Article: Artificers The Army's Hidden Forge

Artificers The Army's Hidden Forge

By USMilitaryArchive

An examination of the Continental Army's unheralded artificers: the craftsmen whose logistical support was vital to winning the Revolution.

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: Forged in Chaos The Continental Army's Arms Crisis

Forged in Chaos The Continental Army's Arms Crisis

By USMilitaryArchive

An arsenal born of necessity. The Continental Army's fight began with a chaotic mix of muskets, creating a logistical crisis for the nascent American ...

Article: The Unwanted Mission: Forging Close Air Support

The Unwanted Mission: Forging Close Air Support

By USMilitaryArchive

An analysis of the US Army Air Corps' interwar doctrinal conflicts, the flawed evolution of attack aircraft, and the battlefield failures that defined...

Article: Washington's Crucible Forging an Army

Washington's Crucible Forging an Army

By USMilitaryArchive

Examines George Washington's 1775 arrival in Cambridge to find not an army, but a "mixed multitude" he had to forge into a credible fighting force.

Article: Navy Jet Power and the Cold War Carrier

Navy Jet Power and the Cold War Carrier

By USMilitaryArchive

A detailed account of the US Navy's Cold War shift to jets, focusing on carrier engineering challenges, new air combat tactics, and the strategic nucl...

Article: The Brittle Chain of Early Naval Power

The Brittle Chain of Early Naval Power

By USMilitaryArchive

An analysis of the early US Navy's logistical struggles, from ad-hoc supply chains in the Barbary Wars to the fight against ship rot and disease at se...

Article: How Mules Moved Guns in the Mexican War

How Mules Moved Guns in the Mexican War

By USMilitaryArchive

Examining the U.S. Army's use of pack mules and the M1841 Mountain Howitzer to overcome logistical challenges in the rugged terrain of the 1846-48 Mex...

Article: Forging the Nation's Edge

Forging the Nation's Edge

By USMilitaryArchive

An analysis of the U.S. Coast Survey's 19th-century hydrographic operations, detailing the science, inter-service dynamics, and its impact on naval po...

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: Forging the Carrier Strike

Forging the Carrier Strike

By USMilitaryArchive

In the post-WWI US Navy, aircraft carriers were born as scouts in a fleet dominated by the battleship and the theories of Alfred Thayer Mahan.

Article: Davis's Camels The Army's Desert Gamble

Davis's Camels The Army's Desert Gamble

By USMilitaryArchive

In the 1850s, the Army's logistical failure in the desert led Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to champion an unconventional solution: the US Camel Co...

Article: Farthest North An Army Ordeal

Farthest North An Army Ordeal

By USMilitaryArchive

A Gilded Age mission of science and prestige, the 1881 Greely Expedition chronicles the U.S. Army's struggle against logistical collapse and starvatio...

Article: Belleau Wood's Crucible of Modern Marine Tactics

Belleau Wood's Crucible of Modern Marine Tactics

By USMilitaryArchive

In 1918, the USMC—a force built for small wars—confronted industrial combat. This analysis charts how the crucible of WWI forged its modern identity.

Article: The Steel Tide Engineering Normandy's Victory

The Steel Tide Engineering Normandy's Victory

By USMilitaryArchive

From the failure at Dieppe came engineering triumph. A study of the Mulberry Harbors, Hobart's Funnies, and PLUTO pipeline that supplied the Normandy ...

Article: The Hedgerow War American Infantry in Normandy

The Hedgerow War American Infantry in Normandy

By USMilitaryArchive

Analysis of the US Army's 1944 Normandy campaign, detailing tactical failures in the bocage, high casualties, and the field innovations that led to vi...

Article: Forging the Bastion Coast

Forging the Bastion Coast

By USMilitaryArchive

From the ashes of 1814 rose America's Second System of coastal forts. A study of the granite and brick engineering designed to shield the young republ...

Article: Revenue Cutters on the Alaskan Frontier

Revenue Cutters on the Alaskan Frontier

By USMilitaryArchive

Following the Alaska Purchase, cutters of the Revenue Cutter Service became the primary agents of U.S. law, policing the fur trade on a vast, new fron...

Article: Forging the Cold War Army Woman

Forging the Cold War Army Woman

By USMilitaryArchive

The 1948 act granting women permanent Army status was no social reform. It was a strategic necessity born from post-WWII manpower needs and the Cold W...

Article: The Cannons' Long Drag to Lake Erie

The Cannons' Long Drag to Lake Erie

By USMilitaryArchive

An examination of the overland logistics that moved cannons and anchors hundreds of miles to arm the US Great Lakes fleets during the War of 1812.

Article: Blockade on the Body

Blockade on the Body

By USMilitaryArchive

The US Navy's deadliest foe in the War of 1812 was not cannon fire, but disease. A history of the logistical and medical battle fought below the gun d...

Article: Signaling the West: Army Telegraphers' Ordeal

Signaling the West: Army Telegraphers' Ordeal

By USMilitaryArchive

An analysis of the U.S. Army Signal Corps' post-Civil War mission to build a frontier telegraph network and the extreme dangers faced by its operators...

Article: Black Regulars and the Frontier Army

Black Regulars and the Frontier Army

By USMilitaryArchive

Examines the formation, frontier campaigns, and societal impact of the U.S. Army's all-Black regiments, the 9th & 10th Cavalry and 24th & 25th Infantr...

Article: The Cutter Service Lighthouse Lifeline

The Cutter Service Lighthouse Lifeline

By USMilitaryArchive

Examines the Revenue Cutter Service's de facto role as the logistical arm for the U.S. Lighthouse Establishment in the 19th century's expansionist era...

Article: Forging Spirit on the American Frontier

Forging Spirit on the American Frontier

By USMilitaryArchive

Examines the dual role of Buffalo Soldier regimental bands in morale, community relations, and combat support on the post-Civil War American frontier.