Martha Gellhorn: The only woman present on D-Day
Martha Gellhorn was a daring journalist who even managed to sneak her way into the D-Day invasion.
The special operations that paved the way for D-Day
On June 6, 1944, the Allies stormed Normandy and began the liberation of Europe. Special operations were key to the success of D-Day.
The Army is working on a next-gen smokescreen that can disrupt enemy sensors
The need to mask movements amid unprecedented levels of technological surveillance is driving the Army to create a next-gen smokescreen.
Keeping it weird – The most bizarre features on military firearms
Let’s enjoy some of the weirdest features and attachments we can find on military weapons.
Winter woes and vehicle acrobatics in the Big Army
The vehicle was stuck in an Olympic-standard nose dive: its nose in the bottom of the pond, while its rear was still on dry land.
Army and Marines embrace kamikaze drones for ground combat
Loitering munitions, or kamikaze drones, have become a key weapon in modern warfare.
Unusual and unconventional artillery shells
There is no sweeter sound to an entrenched infantryman than that of friendly artillery fire.
Danger, Mines! Delta Force misadventures in Bosnia
Sometimes you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you can always re-teach it the old tricks.
How the AR-18 influenced a generation of service rifles
The AR-18 would go on to be one of the most influential assault rifles in the world – it just took it 50 years.
Upgrades ahead across the special operations helicopter fleet
Special operators are upgrading nearly every aspect of their helicopter fleet as they await the Army’s newest addition to the rotary wing section.
Soldier skills and fieldcraft still matter despite tech advances, as Army’s newest optic shows
Fieldcraft and soldier skills will be a major factor in facing any near-peer enemy.
Mishaps during Rubber Duck operations with the Delta Force
The Rubber Duck operation is a Special Forces-developed technique used for parachuting a small, seven-man Combat Rubber Raiding Craft into a body of water.
Death of the Golden Hour in Ukraine might make it harder to save US combat casualties in the future
The war in Ukraine has shown that it will be much more difficult to care for casualties in the future.
SOCOM’s new OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft will make America’s elite units operating far from home more lethal
The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) recently received its newest attack plane, the OA-1K Skyraider II.
An encounter with St. Elmo’s fire before Operation Just Cause
It was a dark and stormy night. We were attempting to link up with a group of Green Berets returning from a long-range patrol in kayaks.
A Green Beret remembers his favorite foreign weapons
One of the perks of being in a special operations unit was the chance to be trained on and fire all kinds of foreign, rare, and sometimes very old weapons.
The unique world and uses of howitzers
Howitzers can shoot at targets both directly and indirectly, which helps the weapon stand apart from other artillery pieces.
Barrett’s Squad Support Rifle System will make infantry squad deadlier
This year Sandboxx News saw and handled the Squad Support Rifle System at SHOT Show.
Delta Force Assessment and Selection: Spending nights at base camps
Delta Force candidates who successfully complete a day’s turmoil are rewarded with a night’s peace in a structured campsite with a duffel bag packed full of personalized sustaining gear.
The Switchblade, loitering munitions, and the new terrifying face of warfare
The rise of UAVs in Ukraine has been a harsh wake-up call.
Are the Army’s old Beretta M9 and new SIG M17 pistols as similar as people think?
In 2017, the United States Army announced that the SIG P320 had won the Army’s Modular Handgun Contest to replace the Beretta M9.
Anduril’s Roadrunner is a unique reusable missile interceptor
Roadrunner doesn’t work like traditional missile interceptors.
A Delta man’s failure to follow instructions was more than it seemed
Conan burst through the door cupola on the roof of Modelo, which had been explosively opened by a member of his assault team just seconds before.
Soldiers in Alaska landed their Black Hawk on a train in a special ops exercise
You’ve heard of snakes on a plane. Here’s a Hawk on a train.
The ultimate guide to the Patriot air defense system
America’s MIM-104 Patriot Air Defense system, like the air defense enterprise itself, is a widely misunderstood topic online.