By Callie Oettinger
CALLIE OETTINGER was Command Posts’ first managing editor. Her interest in military history, policy and fiction took root when she was a kid, traveling and living the life … Read the article
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham
OPERATION RED WINGS
American forces in Afghanistan knew that terrorists were planning to do everything they could to sabotage the elections, from trying to stop people from voting to assassinat- ing the … Read the article
By Callie Oettinger
CALLIE OETTINGER was Command Posts’ first managing editor. Her interest in military history, policy and fiction took root when she was a kid, traveling and living the life of an Army Brat, and continues today.
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By John C. McManus
Back at the main column, General Terry and Colonel Gibbon watched as a lone horseman, Bradley’s runner (Private Henry Rice from H Company), rode across the river and up to them. Rice’s face was pale and flushed … Read the article
By Robert Klara
Late into the afternoon of Thursday, March 29, 1945, the warm, languid breezes blowing off the Tidal Basin carried with them the only promise that Washington, D.C., ever entirely keeps: a summer of voracious humidity. But spring still … Read the article
By Callie Oettinger
The War Began Here—June 25, 1950.
CALLIE OETTINGER was Command Posts’ first managing editor. Her interest in military history, policy and fiction took root when … Read the article
By L. Douglas Keeney
June 19, 1944, a formidable Atlantic storm strengthened and started to move toward the coastline of France. With a dark wall bearing furious winds and thundering waves twenty-feet high, it swept across the D-Day beaches of … Read the article
By James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn
In March 1775, representatives from Virginia’s counties met to choose delegates to the Second Continental Congress, and once again they elected Washington, Peyton Randolph, Patrick Henry, and others. They also voted to prepare … Read the article
By Callie Oettinger
CALLIE OETTINGER was Command Posts’ first … Read the article