The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first two American combat casualties of the Vietnam War with a special ceremony and wreath laying at The Wall on Wednesday, July 8, 2009.

The fighting style of Union general George Henry Thomas—to crush the enemy in big battles and avoid a war of attrition—worked for him at Missionary Ridge and Nashville in the Western Theater. Would it have worked in the East and saved lives?

Third annual, award-winning GI Film Festival to showcase 47 of the world’s best military films.

The National D-Day Memorial is inviting all D-Day veterans from around the nation to gather at the nation’s memorial to the Normandy invasion for the 65th Anniversary of D-Day in June 2009.

The 1598 siege of Ulsan during the Asian Seven Year’s War, or Imjin War, was a narrowly won victory. This article summarizes the action and asks, What would you have done differently?

General George Custer’s soldiers left their sabers behind when they set off to meet their fate at Little Bighorn. This was standard Army practice of the time, but would the battle’s outcome have been different if the 7th Cavalry had those sabers?

A new Civil War historical marker commemorates 28 members of the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry who died in an ambush near Simpsonville, Kentucky, January 25, 1865.

P.W. Singer, author of Wired for War, explains in his own words how technology is giving rise to the ‘strategic corporal’ and the ‘tactical general’.

When Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning decided to take his unprepared HQ into the field during Operation Market Garden did he waste precious resources that could have changed the outcome of the airborne operation?

Top forum topics on the Armchair General Web site this week include the status of the modern British army; the mysterious French cuirassier who supposedly was saved by the British at Mont St. Jean; the Black Book of Communism; and the Korean War.

A look at the week’s hottest Armchair General forum topics. Debates include Napoleon’s greatest battles, a comparison of the American and French revolutions, and the controversy over whether the U.S. should have used atomic bombs against Japan.

 I work in an office overlooking Farnborough airfield, and for the past two weeks I’ve been able to look out of the window and see the last flying Vulcan – XH558 – sitting on the tarmac awaiting some repairs …

Sometimes it’s wrong to be a pedant…

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The Fall of France, Nazi Germany’s only aircraft carrier, Confederate general James Longstreet at Gettysburg, and the upcoming Empire: Total War are the hottest Armchair General forums this week. ACG Searchlight illuminates the Vietnam War forum.

The Knob Creek Machine-Gun Shoot offers visitors a rare opportunity to fire such weapons as an M-16, Uzi, German MG 42, or even a flamethrower. The coinciding Knob Creek Military Gun Show has everything from weapons to militaria to meteorites.

The Armchair General forums are buzzing this week as members choose the most decisive battle of the Napoleonic Era. Other topics include a hypothetical Rome vs. the Han Dynasty, the future of Afghanistan, and spy wars.