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MILITARY HISTORY, PUBLISHED AND CONNECTED.
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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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Showing 36 of 52 articlesThis Week in History · randomized for this visit
Issue 16 · 8 min read
This Week in History April 21st, 2026 – April 27th, 2026
From April 21st, 2026 through April 27th, 2026, the calendar lines up with moments when American forces took bold risks, closed out bitter wars, and tested new roles on the world stage.
Issue 02 · 8 min read
This Week in History January 13th, 2026 – January 19th, 2026
The seven days from January 13th, 2026 through January 19th, 2026 carry echoes from some of the most important turning points in United States military history.
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.
Issue 14 · 7 min read
This Week in History April 7th, 2026 – April 13th, 2026
From April 7th, 2026 through April 13th, 2026, the calendar lines up with some of the most sobering pivot points 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 19 · 12 min read
This Week in History May 12th, 2026 – May 18th, 2026
From May 12th, 2026 through May 18th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a run of anniversaries that trace how American arms have met crisis, opportunity, and change.
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 48 · 11 min read
This Week in History December 1st, 2026 – December 7th, 2026
From December 1st, 2026 through December 7th, 2026, the calendar is thick with moments that reshaped the way the United States thinks about war, peace, and service.
Issue 13 · 10 min read
This Week in History March 31st, 2026 – April 6th, 2026
From March 31st, 2026 through April 6th, 2026, the calendar lines up with some of the most consequential days in United States military history.
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 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 30 · 10 min read
This Week in History July 28th, 2026 – August 3rd, 2026
Late July and early August have often found American service members in hard, hot places, from Midwestern river bluffs to the burning decks of carriers off Vietnam.
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 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 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 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 12 · 12 min read
This Week in History March 24th, 2026 – March 30th, 2026
From March 24th, 2026 through March 30th, 2026, the calendar links a surprising mix of moments from the long story of United States arms.
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 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 44 · 9 min read
This Week in History November 3rd, 2026 – November 9th, 2026
From November 3rd, 2026 through November 9th, 2026, the calendar links frontier skirmishes, blue-water fleets, Cold War walls, and house-to-house fighting in the Middle East.
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 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 07 · 11 min read
This Week in History February 17th, 2026 – February 23rd, 2026
From February 17th, 2026 through February 23rd, 2026, the military calendar brings together a striking mix of frontier skirmishes, civil war cities in flames, Pacific islands under bombardment, and armored columns racing across…
Issue 05 · 11 min read
This Week in History February 3rd, 2026 – February 9th, 2026
From February 3rd, 2026 through February 9th, 2026, this edition of “This Week in U.S.
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 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 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 50 · 10 min read
This Week in History December 15th, 2026 – December 21st, 2026
From December 15th, 2026 through December 21st, 2026, the calendar lines up with some of the most consequential weeks in United States military history.
Issue 26 · 13 min read
This Week in History June 30th, 2026 – July 6th, 2026
The days from June 30th, 2026 through July 6th, 2026 trace a powerful arc through United States military history, from the birth of the nation to the hard lessons of modern warfare.
Issue 20 · 8 min read
This Week in History May 19th, 2026 – May 25th, 2026
From May 19th, 2026 through May 25th, 2026, the calendar brings us back to a set of days crowded with hard decisions, desperate assaults, and quiet acts of courage across United States military history.
Issue 25 · 12 min read
This Week in History June 23rd, 2026 – June 29th, 2026
From June 23rd, 2026 through June 29th, 2026, the calendar brings together moments when American arms, diplomacy, and resolve were tested in very different ways.
Issue 18 · 10 min read
This Week in History May 5th, 2026 – May 11th, 2026
From May 5th, 2026 through May 11th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a remarkable spread of turning points in United States military history.
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 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 51 · 9 min read
This Week in History December 22nd, 2026 – December 28th, 2026
From December 22nd, 2026 through December 28th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a week crowded with turning points in United States military history.
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.
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