Military Subjects & War Stories (Incldg the Cold War)

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Inside The Army's Grueling Mountain Warfare School | Boot Camp | Business Insider​

May 14, 2025 #army #russia #businessinsider
As ice caps in the arctic have melted and uncovered new shipping lanes and highly sought-after resources, the US Army has announced a new arctic strategy to establish a dominant presence and compete against countries like Russia and China. Key to this new strategy is the Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vermont, where soldiers are being trained on mountaineering, cold-weather skills, and high-elevation tactics.

Business Insider’s senior producer Jake Gabbard spent 14 days inside the Army Mountain Warfare School, where service members train to fight, move, and survive in extreme cold temperatures and mountainous terrain. Fifty-one students begin the course, and only 40 will make it to graduation.


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This one is a bit different. Has to do with moving cargo (supplies) during WWII.

What's Going on With Shipping: 1942 Edition with Historian Jon Parshall​

May 25, 2025 #worldwar2 #shipping #maritime #naval #history
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses with historian Jon Parshall the global shipping situation in 1942 and his new book, 1942: The Crux of War. In this episode, Jon discusses the shipping situation in the Mediterranean, Pacific, and Atlantic and...
 
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Defense and Security News Web TV is a global TV Channel bringing you coverage and reports on military news as well as defense and security, business, technology, exhibition, events, and products in the fields, of Army, Air and Navy, with the goal to serve an audience of senior military...
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The Forgotten Hero of D-Day:
Waverly Woodson treated men for 30 hours on Omaha Beach. But his heroic record that day became a casualty of entrenched racism, wartime bureaucracy and Pentagon record-keeping. (Politico)
 

React: U.S. Army Ranger School Documentary | EP1: RTAC​

Jun 6, 2025 #military #soldier #rangerschool
The U.S. Army created a whole new Ranger School documentary series. From what I understand, they plan to release four complete episodes, which I believe will be for RTAC, and each phase of Ranger School (Darby, Mountains, Swamp). Seems like a pretty legit project so far, what do you guys think?


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🎥 Original video: Episode 1 of The Creed: Ranger School: • So, you want to be a U.S. Army Ranger? | T...
 

Nazi Breeding Machines: Hitler & NSDAP Mothers​

Jun 8, 2025
In 1938, Hitler instituted a series of awards to honour the German mother, and specifically for those mothers that produced lots of children for the Fatherland. They were awards for breeding and very exclusive, bringing with them increased social status and many benefits for awardees.

Nazi Breeding Machines: Hitler & NSDAP Mothers
 

Navy BULLIED To OBLIVION Over This PROMOTION Photo?!​

Jun 9, 2025


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GAO Report on U.S. Maritime Security​


The following is the June 10, 2025, Government Accountaiblity Office report, Maritime Security: Actions Needed to Address Coordination and Operational Challenges Hindering Federal Efforts.

From the report​

What GAO Found

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employs assets—including aircraft and vessels—and personnel across the U.S. and abroad to secure U.S. borders, support criminal investigations, and ensure maritime security and safety. Relevant DHS components include the Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

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Navy hospital ship ‘The Comfort’: Rare look inside | NewsNation Reports​

Premiered Jun 5, 2025 #Navy #TheComfort
NewsNation's Brian Entin takes you on a tour of a floating Department of Defense hospital — the United States naval hospital ship Comfort. It’s one of two hospital ships owned and operated by the DoD and the U.S. Navy. "The Comfort" is the largest floating trauma facility in the world. This tour will take you through their facilities, and you’ll hear from high-ranking naval officials about their missions and plans should the U.S. enter a war.


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American submarine NR-1 - Wikipedia

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America’s Tiny “NR-1” Submarine Spied on Russia for Decades—and the Kremlin Never Knew​

This submarine’s mission sets were diverse and secretive, blending scientific research with covert military activities.​

Admiral Hyman Rickover is without doubt one of the greatest men who ever led the United States Navy. During the Cold War era, he singlehandedly ensured that the nuclear submarine service was second-to-none. Rickover, a fastidious taskmaster, shaped the modern Navy into the greatest maritime fighting forces in history.

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How One Soviet Pseudoscientist Starved Millions: The Tragedy of Lysenkoism​

Jun 22, 2025 #ColdWar #TheColdWar #USSR
Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a deeper look at Trofimov Lysenko, a Soviet agronomist who's pseudoscientific ideas gained traction due to their ideological alignment with the Soviet regime, resulting in the deaths of millions.


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*SOURCES*
Kean, Sam. “The Soviet Era’s Deadliest Scientist Is Regaining Popularity in Russia.” The Atlantic, December 19, 2017. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/a...

Jerry A. Coyne, Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible (Penguin Random House, 2016)

Dr Vadim J. Birstein, The Perversion of Knowledge: The True Story of Soviet Science (Basic Books, 2008)

William Dejong-Lambert and Nikolai Krementsov (eds.), The Lysenko Controversy as a Global Phenomenon, Volume I: Genetics and Agriculture in the Soviet Union and Beyond (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)

Michael Ellman, "Stalin and the Soviet Famine of 1932–33 Revisited," Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.59, No.4 (2007)

Loren R. Graham, Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: A Short History (Cambridge University Press, 1993)

Valeriĭ Soyfer, Lysenko and The Tragedy of Soviet Science (Rutgers University Press, 1994)
 
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