My fellow Wikipedia Military History editors awarded me a Golden Wiki as 2012 Wikipedia Military historian of the year.


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The F-22 Raptor would be one of the most lethal fighter aircraft if it were flying

The British are keeping their nuclear deterrent. It'll come in handy for a war with India.

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America's School for War: Fort Leavenworth, Officer Education, and Victory in World War II (Modern War Studies)by Peter J. Schifferle ( Read more... )

Jury begins deliberations in Semrau court-martial

There are currently around 1,600 Australian troops in Afghanistan. A Reconstruction Task Force based around the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment with elements from the 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and the Special Air Service is based in Orūzgān Province in southern ( Read more... )

Historians dig up the truth on a man who has claimed to be a former POW for the last twenty years.

Lashed to vehicle in Afghanistan, wounded SAS soldier fought on...

Rolling Stone magazine has published a good piece on John McCain:

"In one vital respect, however, the comparison is deeply unfair to the current president: George W. Bush was a much better pilot."

Make-Believe Maverick: A closer look at the life and career of John McCain