Capt. Dale Dye: The Battle of Guadalcanal

“It was scary, you know? The damnedest thing…” The old Marine flicked at a bright yellow tie he was wearing. “We were ordered to take Atabrine to prevent malaria. Most of us did that but it tended to turn our eyes and skin a bright yellow. And then a rumor started that the stuff would Rea...

By Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret) •

919th SOW Proves Mettle in New Readiness Inspection Construct

DUKE FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) —   Air Commandos from the 919th Special Operations Wing validated their warfighting capabilities during a Combat Readiness Inspection Aug. 6-9 at Duke Field and Hurlburt Field, Florida. The inspection was formally spearheaded by the Air Force Reserve Command In...

By Eric G •

M10 Booker: Not Your Daddy’s Light Tank

For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painf...

By Mason Berryman •

JK Armament 172 PRO-KOR 556K Suppressor Review

Editor’s Note: JK Armament provided the 172 PRO-KOR 556K suppressor featured in this article to the author for the purposes of review. The opinions and evaluations expressed here are the author’s own. One of the biggest complaints about suppressors is also one of their greatest streng...

By Jeremy Tremp •

POTD: Cut Away Trigger Guard – FBI Colt “Fitz Special” Detective Special

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a revolver with the front of its trigger guard removed on purpose. This is a 1937 Colt Detective Special in 38 Special, built in the factory Fitz Special configuration and shipped to the FBI’s New York office. The recipe came from Henr...

By Sam.S •
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