It was the last day of a two-week Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center exercise, and this constructed amphibious battle was the end of a scenario in which the soldiers worked with partner forces to defend an archipelago and take back islands seized by the enemy.

HIMARS is a mobile, precision-strike launcher capable of firing rockets and missiles with a range of over 310 miles.

China has built 350 new missile silos and expanded nuclear warheads by 20% in one year, reaching "war footing," according to new congressional report on military buildup.

As Maj. Keith Petty, then an Army judge advocate, explained in an excellent summary of the law in a 2016 piece in Just Security, this is called the “manifestly unlawful” test, and — as Petty described it — the rule means that “the legal duty to disobey is strongest when the superior’s order is unlawful on its face.”

The drill was held by the Southern Theater Command, which is tasked with safeguarding China's interests in the South China Sea.

Since the end of World War 2, the United States has engaged in a number of military operations across the globe, each with its own strategic goals and human cost. From the Vietnam War to the Global War on Terror,

Shipping containers are ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in the Nansha district in southern China's Guangdong province, April 17. (Ng Han Guan/AP) If America goes to war with China, rocketry may be the U.S. Army’s most important contribution.

Throughout its 250-year existence, the United States has almost always been at war. From its beginnings right through to the[...]

In early September 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the DoD and its leaders may use the names “Department of War” and “Secretary of War” in certain contexts. The administration and its surrogates quickly began ...

Now, 57 years later, the brotherhood of the trio who served in the same Army unit is just as strong today as it was when they were all in combat together.

Now, 57 years later, the brotherhood of the trio who served in the same Army unit is just as strong today as it was when they were all in combat together.