The Spear

In 2003, just months after graduating from West Point, Misty Cantwell was a military police...

We are now twenty-one years past the events of 9/11. America’s war in Afghanistan has come...

In 2012, Sean Marquis was an infantry platoon leader—deployed to Dehqobad, Afghanistan—in a...

In the summer of 1993, Greg Banner was a newly appointed company commander in 10th Special Forces...

In the previous episode of The Spear, Tim Heck was joined by Karl Blanke. In 2003, he was a...

In 2003, the Fifth Marine Regiment was among the units that conducted the march up from Kuwait to...

Few books have had the impact on generations of young soldiers as Jim McDonough’s Platoon Leader:...

In August 2007, a US Army Special Forces team came under fire while passing through a valley in...