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MILITARY HISTORY, PUBLISHED AND CONNECTED.
Read the complete 2026 Dispatch archive on Trackpads, then follow each article into companion audio and permanent Military History Wiki records.
208Complete 2026 Articles
4Active Editorial Lanes
561Dated Tuesday Entries
123Companion Infographics
208Companion Audio Links
Weekly Field Schedule
FOUR COMPLETE ARCHIVES. ONE CONNECTED PUBLICATION.
Each editorial lane keeps its own identity while sharing one searchable archive, permanent article pages, and reciprocal Wiki links.
MondayBeyond the CallThursdayLiving History
Medal of Honor stories placed back into their battlefield setting.
52 articles → TuesdayThis Week in HistoryA weekly calendar of anniversaries, turning points, and remembered moments.
52 articles → WednesdayHeadline WednesdayLong-form features on campaigns, battles, commanders, and pivotal decisions.
52 articles → FridayThe ArsenalWeapons, platforms, technology, doctrine, crews, and sustainment in action.
52 articles →2026 Publication Archive
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Issue 34 · 9 min read
This Week in History August 25th, 2026 – August 31st, 2026
From August 25th, 2026 through August 31st, 2026, the calendar links moments that stretch from the Revolutionary War to the close of America’s longest conflict.
Issue 22 · 11 min read
This Week in History June 2nd, 2026 – June 8th, 2026
From June 2nd, 2026 through June 8th, 2026, the calendar brings us face to face with some of the most revealing moments in United States military history.
Issue 36 · 11 min read
This Week in History September 8th, 2026 – September 14th, 2026
From September 8th, 2026 through September 14th, 2026, the calendar touches some of the most consequential hinges in United States military history.
Issue 33 · 9 min read
This Week in History August 18th, 2026 – August 24th, 2026
From August 18th, 2026 through August 24th, 2026, the calendar brings us back to moments when American arms, policy, and geography all shifted in important ways.
Issue 32 · 9 min read
This Week in History August 11th, 2026 – August 17th, 2026
From August 11th, 2026 through August 17th, 2026, the calendar carries echoes of American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines fighting, failing, learning, and ultimately reshaping the world around them.
Issue 04 · 10 min read
This Week in History January 27th, 2026 – February 2nd, 2026
From January 27th, 2026 through February 2nd, 2026, the calendar brings together moments of conquest, reform, innovation, and bitter reckoning in United States military history.
Issue 27 · 9 min read
This Week in History July 7th, 2026 – July 13th, 2026
From July 7th, 2026 through July 13th, 2026, this week’s Dispatch takes us from the first days of American independence to the early Cold War.
Issue 21 · 9 min read
This Week in History May 26th, 2026 – June 1st, 2026
The stretch from May 26th, 2026 through June 1st, 2026 links battles in colonial forests, grim Civil War fields, and storm-lashed Pacific islands.
Issue 29 · 11 min read
This Week in History July 21st, 2026 – July 27th, 2026
From July 21st, 2026 through July 27th, 2026, the United States military calendar brings together a striking range of anniversaries.
Issue 28 · 9 min read
This Week in History July 14th, 2026 – July 20th, 2026
The calendar week from July 14th, 2026 through July 20th, 2026 connects some of the most daring, tragic, and transformative moments in United States military history.
Issue 01 · 8 min read
This Week in History January 6th, 2026 – January 12th, 2026
From January 6th, 2026 through January 12th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a set of moments that stretch from the founding of the American republic to the jet age and beyond.
Issue 42 · 8 min read
This Week in History October 20th, 2026 – October 26th, 2026
From October 20th, 2026 through October 26th, 2026, the calendar lines up with some of the most consequential moments in United States military history.
Issue 15 · 11 min read
This Week in History April 14th, 2026 – April 20th, 2026
From April 14th, 2026 through April 20th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a series of turning points in United States military history.
Issue 41 · 8 min read
This Week in History October 13th, 2026 – October 19th, 2026
From October 13th, 2026 through October 19th, 2026, the calendar links today’s readers to moments when the United States military helped shape the course of a young republic, preserved a divided union, confronted global enemies…
Issue 17 · 8 min read
This Week in History April 28th, 2026 – May 4th, 2026
The span from April 28th, 2026 through May 4th, 2026 gathers together moments when American arms, diplomacy, and engineering reshaped not only battles but the map of the world.
Issue 40 · 9 min read
This Week in History October 6th, 2026 – October 12th, 2026
From October 6th, 2026 through October 12th, 2026, the calendar links us to moments when American sailors, soldiers, airmen, and Marines faced decisions that reshaped both campaigns and institutions.
Issue 03 · 10 min read
This Week in History January 20th, 2026 – January 26th, 2026
From January 20th, 2026 through January 26th, 2026, the calendar carries echoes of hardship on frozen hillsides, nervous arrivals in foreign harbors, and bold experiments in new technology.
Issue 52 · 12 min read
This Week in History December 29th, 2026 – January 4th, 2027
From December 29th, 2026 through January 4th, 2027, the calendar links moments of crisis, adaptation, and transformation across United States military history.
Issue 35 · 10 min read
This Week in History September 1st, 2026 – September 7th, 2026
From September 1st, 2026 through September 7th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a remarkably rich run of moments in United States military history.
Issue 46 · 11 min read
This Week in History November 17th, 2026 – November 23rd, 2026
From November 17th, 2026 through November 23rd, 2026, the calendar lines up with a series of moments when American arms, ideas, and institutions faced hard tests.
Issue 23 · 10 min read
This Week in History June 9th, 2026 – June 15th, 2026
From June 9th, 2026 through June 15th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a set of anniversaries that span the full arc of United States military history.
Issue 06 · 8 min read
This Week in History February 10th, 2026 – February 16th, 2026
From February 10th, 2026 through February 16th, 2026, the calendar of United States military history reaches across centuries of combat, diplomacy, and high-stakes leadership decisions.
Issue 37 · 11 min read
This Week in History September 15th, 2026 – September 21st, 2026
From September 15th, 2026 through September 21st, 2026, the calendar links moments of crisis, adaptation, and transformation across American arms.
Issue 43 · 9 min read
This Week in History October 27th, 2026 – November 2nd, 2026
From October 27th, 2026 through November 2nd, 2026, the calendar links trench lines outside Petersburg, destroyers in the North Atlantic, Marines wading ashore in the Solomons, and bomber crews orbiting on nuclear alert.
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