Francis Gary Powers, Jr., the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Cold War Museum, highlights the 50th anniversary of the spy exchange between U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and Soviet spy Rudolph Abel on the Glienicker Bridge in Potsdam, Germany.

Armchair General Advisory Board member Ralph Peters testifies to Congress and explains what YOU really need to know about Pakistan.

Author and historian Carlo D’Este examines what a difference someone like Winston Churchill might make in dealing with these difficult times.

An overview of Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, or NEO, is covered in this installment of Tactics 101, a continuing monthly series on Armchair General.

The action-thriller Act of Valor used active-duty U.S. Navy SEALS and live ammunition during filming to create a more intense movie.

Armchair General’s continuing monthly series Tactics 101 examines task organization, one of the most important actions during the planning process.

Timely decisions are critical on the battlefield. This month’s installment of Tactics 101 explains how the Decision Support Template can help commanders make timely and anticipated decisions.

There’s not a lot that’s new in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but it is an excellent sequel that doesn’t stray from a formula that works.

The book “Battlefield Angels: Saving Lives under Enemy Fire from Valley Forge to Afghanistan” shines a much-needed light on the all-too-often overlooked service of military corpsmen and medics and the evolution of battlefield medical care.

The Battlefield franchise returns with a vengeance. Battlefield 3 is the best game of the series yet.

Comparing how tanks operate in Battlefield 3 and Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad tells us a lot about how the games themselves are designed and the kind of gamer each will appeal to.

Armchair General’s recommendations among blockbuster bestselling AAA games of 2011

Hasbro’s new Risk is truly a NEW version that not only redefines the Risk game but upends boardgame conventions unlike anything that’s come before it.

This installment of Armchair General’s monthly series Tactics 101 focuses on the matrix form–style for writing an operations order.

A November 8, 2011, report by International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran’s efforts to build a nuclear weapon called ‘very comprehensive, credible, quite damning, and alarming.’

DICE and EA are back with Battlefield 3 and have a real chance at grabbing the title of best FPS of the year.