The French Army Thunder Run to Take Down a President
May 20, 2025
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New video on the Battle of Abidjan in Ivory Coast (2011), with a focus on the French Army's combined arms raid to enable the arrest of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo.
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Task Force 1-28 Infantry: The Last Permanent Light Infantry "Task Force"
Task Force 1-28 Infantry was a light infantry battalion task force from 2015 to 2020 under the 3rd Infantry Division. When it existed 1-28 IN was the only “organic” light infantry task force in the army. In this case, they use task force to refer to a reinforcement to the typical battalion structure and not a task organized unit, because the add-ons were organic to its MTOE and they shared the same regimental affiliation. It's not like a typical battalion task force, where
U.S. Army Honest John Nuclear Missile Battery of 1960
Honest John was a nuclear-capable unguided rocket. In Infantry and Armored Divisions ans EAD Honest John Battalions it was mounted on the M139, the heavy-duty version of the 5-ton 6x6. The M289 launcher with a very long 12.9 meter long launch rail is depicted here although the M386 launcher with the shorter rail would’ve been coming in around this time. Each battery had the organic means to assemble the delivered rockets and load them, either with a 5-ton wrecker or with the
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The Canadian Army’s Total 2026 Restructure Explained
The Canadian Army is restructuring from one being based around 4 regions (west, central, east and Atlantic) to one based around 4 functions (warfighting, homeland defense, garrison support, and training). This video dives into how Canada's new divisions will be organized in much greater detail than as been published through official media. Here is the order of battle as of September 2026, not including further out changes that may or may not take place (like an Aviation Briga
The USMC's Craziest Marine Division Structure (1947-49)
In this Depth Section video I talk about the U.S. Marine Corps short-lived J-series Marine Division that was used from 1947 to 1949. It was an unorthodox organization resulting from the shrinking of the corps post-WW2 and was the first purpose-built peacetime Marine Division (except for the H-series of 1946 that didn't change much). Instead of being based on 2 Infantry Regiments manned at cadre levels (about 50% manning) which would be expandable to 3 Infantry Regiments durin
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Cold War Japanese Military Manuals
A collection of Cold War Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Manuals, including on the Rifle Squad and Company.
21st Century US Marine Unit Organization & Manuals
Archive > Post Cold-War > Post-Cold War U.S. Sources > 21st Century U.S. Marine Unit Organization & Manuals Miscellaneous Documents • Tables of Organization Miscellaneous Documents with Organizational Info Title Date Remarks II MEFO 3100.3E, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs), Commanding General II MEF 11 May 2018 Includes detailed troop lists for reinforcing or augmenting units on a MEU, but not the T/O of units kept complete (MEU C
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