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Help save the USS Indianapolis photo collection
The United States Naval Institute (been a member for over twenty years, and so should you!), has a Kickstarter project to try to save the rare photos from the USS Indianapolis and WWII: Preserving the...
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Now thats a pimp little Mauser…
Above is a Villista revolutionary c. about 1914. with Mauser cavalry carbine. The much shorter 1891 style rifle is very different from the standard 1910 Model Mauser. Note the short...
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USCG to name new Sentinel class cutter for BMCS Horne
Back in 2012 I blogged about Senior Chief Horne, who while serving on an 87 foot WPB off the California coast, lost his life. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III of Redondo Beach and...
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Loadout of the British soldier through the ages
The Telegraph just ran a great series of photographs by Thom Atkinson of the the weapons and equipment of British warriors down the ages, from top to bottom; Huscarl, 1066 Crusader knight, 1244...
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Warship Wednesday Aug 6: Of an General, an Admiral, a Cadet, Mother’s Day and...
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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The art of the Vendetta
Corsican folding knife (Vendetta Corsa) emblazoned with “Che la mia ferita sia mortale” (“may all your wounds be mortal”)
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Sounds like a fair trade
Just read that the USAF plans to replace its 350~ remaining A-10 “Warthog” close air support attack aircraft, which have proven reliable across the past thirty years….. We give you the A-10 at full...
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MARSOC are now Marine Raiders
On the 6th of August, 2014, with the proclamation of Commandant of the Marine Corps General James Amos, MARSOC was officially re-flagged as the Marine Raiders. According to the Commandant ,who...
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Warship Wednesday Aug 13, 2014 A Sad Story of Fish, Genius, Sightseeing and...
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That’s an impressive bird you got there, bluejacket.
US Navy men pose with an eagle they rescued in the North Pacific, 1944
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Vive le Mort! Part trois!
As you are probably aware, I am a huge pulp art and military art fan. One of the best there ever was in the business is the famous Mort Kunstler. In the past I’ve posted several of the Master’s works...
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The Black Uniform of Pontos
Evzones regular uniform (right) and the Black Uniform of Pontos (left) Soldiers of Hellenic Presidential Guard (Evzones) dressed with the Black Uniform of Pontos, to honor the Genocide of 353.000...
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Warship Wednesday August 20: The Impressive Italian 17-inch Heroes
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take out every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. - Christopher Eger Warship...
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Tour of Holland and Holland
Winston Churchill’s man cave? TTAG Has a great write up of Holland and Holland, perhaps one of the best known custom rifle and shotgun makers in the world. The company has been around since 1835 in...
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The martial art of Norem
Born in April 1924, a young man by the name of Earl Norem found himself as part of the first unit in the U.S. military trained to fight modern warfare in the mountains. This group, the famed 10th...
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Japanese Bakufu Infantryman
An excellent rendering of a Japanese Bakufu Infantryman, April 29, 1867. He is armed with what looks to be a P1851 Minié rifle, soon to be replaced by some 40,ooo newly ordered French Chasspot...
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Warship Wednesday August 27, the plucky Perch, hardy frogman steed
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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WASP Special Delivery by Gil Cohen
The time: Late Autumn, 1944. The place: The tarmac of the Lockheed Aircraft Plant in Burbank, CA A group of four Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) are gathered around their flight leader. She is...
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The Regiment!
“Remember Your Regiment,” American cavalry of the 2d Dragoons led by Captain Charles A. May attacks Mexican lines during the 1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma, by H. Charles McBarron, 1945.
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Farewell, 1812
Evgeny Demakov’s “Farewell 1812.” While the Cossacks got all the credit, fully one-third of the horse mounted cavalry of Tsar Alexander I’s Imperial Russian Army that faced Napoleon was made up of...
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