Introduction Submarine warfare is one of the four divisions of underwater warfare, the others being anti-submarine warfare, mine warfare and mine countermeasures. Submarine warfare consists primarily of diesel and nuclear submarines using torpedoes, missiles or nuclear weapons, as well as advanced sensing equipment, to attack other submarines, ships, or land targets. Submarines may also be… Read More
Introduction An unsinkable aircraft carrier is a term sometimes used to refer to a geographical or political island that is used to extend the power projection of a military force. Because such an entity is capable of acting as an airbase and is a physical landmass not easily destroyed, it is, in effect, an immobile… Read More
Introduction Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk (spelling varies) was a plan by the British during the Second World War to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete (a mixture of wood pulp and ice) for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic, which were beyond the flight range of land-based planes at that time. The idea… Read More
Introduction The United States Air Force (USAF) Weapons School is a unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the 57th Wing. It is located at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada. Mission The mission of the USAF Weapons School is to teach graduate-level instructor courses, which provide advanced training in weapons and tactics… Read More
Introduction The United States School Garden Army (USSGA), was founded by the Bureau of Education in 1917 during the administration of President Wooodrow Wilson’s. Background Wilson described gardening as “just as real and patriotic an effort as the building of ships or the firing of cannon” and opined that “food will win the war”. The… Read More
Events 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. 1280 – The Spanish Reconquista: In the Battle of Moclín the Emirate of Granada ambush a superior pursuing force, killing most of them in a military disaster for the Kingdom of Castile.… Read More
Introduction The term vismod is an abbreviation of the term visually modified, and is used by the elements of the United States Department of Defence to refer to any vehicle, aircraft, or other object that has been altered to simulate equipment used by an enemy for training purposes, often by specialised units referred to as… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 