The American infantryman is undergoing the biggest transformation since Vietnam. New rifles, advanced optics, suppressors, drone warfare, and battlefield networking are reshaping how soldiers fight ...

When we think back on military history, the focus tends to overwhelmingly skew towards things like weapons, leaders, and decisive battles. The atomic bomb, the invention of the battle tank, and the ...

Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard's 175th Infantry Regiment shared their expertise in ambush tactics with members of the Estonian Defence League in Rutja, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. The ...

Some of the most important shifts in military history didn’t come from strategy rooms, instead they came from the machines rolling onto the battlefield. Certain combat vehicles proved so effective, so ...

Infantry dominance resulted from technology that gave foot soldiers the ability to neutralize cavalry, armor, aircraft and fortifications without support. Portable anti-tank weapons like the RPG and ...

Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute, conducted an infantry tactics exchange with soldiers from the Republic of ...

Welcome to Rewind & Reconnoiter. Each week, we’ll ask one of our authors to look back at an article they’ve written for War on the Rocks in light of a current news event. Did their argument hold up?

Guam’s vast logistics infrastructure makes it the keystone for any military operation in the Pacific — and a prime target for China.