Skillset Magazine The Fall of Saigon: Our Sacrifices Were Absolutely Necessary By Skillset Staff Until recent events, of which I am sure we are all painfully aware, the fall of Saigon was one of... Read more »
Skillset Magazine The 4 Most Effective Military Shoes Ever Worn into Battle By Skillset Staff Forrest Gump might have been a fictional soldier, but there his equally fictional commanding officer, Lt. Dan Taylor, had a... Read more »
Skillset Magazine A Confederate Sniper Had More Than 100 Union Kills – All For Revenge By Skillset Staff When we think of snipers today, chances are good we’re thinking of either Tom Berenger or some burly special operator... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Fighter Pilot Capt. Charlie Plumb Survived 2,103 Days As A POW By Skillset Staff Under his code name “Plumber,” fresh-faced and zealous U.S. Navy pilot Charlie Plumb made more than 100 successful carrier landings... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Aswang: US Troops Scared Communist Insurgents Using Vampire Folklore By Skillset Staff Aswang, Philippine vampire folklore rooted in Central Luzon, was one of the primary tools of keeping the Philippines out of... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Robin Olds: The Only Airman Able to Wear a Mustache During Vietnam By Skillset Staff Robin Olds: The Chosen One When Air Force Col. Robin Olds took over command of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Hit Of The Month: The Brutal Death Of Libyan Dictator Muammar Gaddafi By David Bruce Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of Libya and Africa’s “King of Kings,” was no stranger to attempts on his life. In... Read more »
Skillset Magazine Rare History: The Day General Patton ‘Marked His Territory’ At The Rhine By Skillset Staff Gen. George S. Patton was one of the big successes of World War II. He was one of the key... Read more »
Skillset Magazine 5 Reasons Why the Fall of the Soviet Union Was Inevitable in the Cold War By Blake Stilwell The only surprising thing about the fall of the Soviet Union is why it took so long. The USSR, the... Read more »
Skillset Magazine William E Fairbairn: The Man Who Shaped Hand-to-Hand Combat in WW2 By B.C. Sanders The “House of Horrors” from William E Fairbairn was something special. Smoke fills the doorway as the recruit, armed with... Read more »
