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A shipwreck, two Nazi spies and the Boy Scout who noticed
Editor’s Note: The opening passage is excerpted from Sara Vladic’s The Dangerous Shore: How a Motley Crew of Scientists, Mobsters, Double Agents, Retirees, Volunteer Pilots (and a Boy Scout) Stopped the Invasion of America (HarperCollins, 2026). That night, snow falls in heavy, wet flakes, coating Hancock Point in a thin, white blanket — the first snow of the season. Harvard…
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A shipwreck, two Nazi spies and the Boy Scout who noticed
Editor’s Note: The opening passage is excerpted from Sara Vladic’s The Dangerous Shore: How a Motley Crew of Scientists, Mobsters, Double Agents, Retirees, Volunteer Pilots (and a Boy Scout) Stopped the Invasion of America (HarperCollins, 2026). That night, snow falls in heavy, wet flakes, coating Hancock Point in a thin,…
Congressmen launch bipartisan military range, test facility caucus
A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives launched a caucus focusing on educating Congress and the public on military ranges and test facilities in an effort to further encourage the federal government to invest in its associated infrastructure, land and workforce. The Congressional Military Range and Test Facility Caucus was formed…
US Army looks to high-flying balloons to help see, strike along front lines with China
To burst China’s anti-access/area-denial bubble, the U.S. Army is looking at using high-flying balloons with payloads that can monitor the battlefield, relay communications and strike adversaries. The Army has tinkered with high-altitude balloons for some time, but interest and experimentation have grown in recent years. Against China’s growing arsenal in…
Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, famously captured by ‘Band of Brothers,’ deliberately set ablaze
A 33-year-old German citizen was arrested over the weekend after a fire tore through one of the last architectural relics of Nazism. On Friday, roughly 200 firefighters were deployed to Adolf Hitler’s notorious Bavarian retreat, dubbed the “Eagle’s Nest,” shortly after a smoke detector triggered an alarm around 9:15 p.m.…
US Army practices digging temporary battlefield graves
The Army is preparing for the grim possibility of burying fallen soldiers on the battlefield, testing how fast it can dig temporary graves while preserving remains for eventual identification and return to families after the end of a conflict. During an exercise in North Carolina, engineers, preventative medicine teams, chaplains…
US Army practices digging temporary battlefield graves
The Army is preparing for the grim possibility of burying fallen soldiers on the battlefield, testing how fast it can dig temporary graves while preserving remains for eventual identification and return to families after the end of a conflict. During an exercise in North Carolina, engineers, preventative medicine teams, chaplains…