Confessions of a Weekend Warrior: Thirty-Five Years in the National Guard Review
“Smith weaves together themes of leadership, duty, and the evolving responsibilities of the National Guard, giving insight into the organization’s growth and the complex challenges of command.”
Mail Call – Spring 2024
Find out what the readers of On Point thought about our past issues.
M102 105mm Howitzer
Emplaced at dozens of fire support bases (FSBs) across South Vietnam, U.S. Army artillery, including 105mm, 155mm, and 8-inch howitzers, along with 175mm guns, provided crucial support to infantry in the field or other FSBs under enemy attack.
A “Damned Nobody” to Four Stars: The Life and Career of General Bruce C. Clarke
“The Army has had two great trainers,” General Dwight D. Eisenhower once asserted. “Von Steuben, and Bruce Clarke.” A relatively obscure figure in the pantheon of notable American military leaders, Bruce C. Clarke holds a position of quiet importance in Army history.
A Record Unequaled – The 20th General Hospital in World War II
The legacy that the 20th General Hospital left behind is one of men and women who provided exceptional medical care to the wounded (both Allied and enemy) in the austere environment of the China-Burma-India Theater and adds to a history of University of Pennsylvania medical personnel providing care to the nation’s soldiers that stretches from the American Revolution to today.
Soldiers and Scholars: A Historical Examination of Distance Education in the U.S. Army and Its Connections to American Education
The advent and development of distance education has provided accessible, affordable, and quality education to millions of Americans. Distance education can trace its roots to educators in the late 1700s publishing newspaper advertisements offering to teach shorthand through correspondence.
Fort Michie, New York
Fort Michie was a U.S. Army coast artillery post located on Great Gull Island, New York, from 1897 to 1948.
Artwork of the Spanish-American War
2023 marks the 125th anniversary of the Spanish-American War, the brief but pivotal 1898 conflict that garnered the United States an overseas empire and solidified its position as an emerging […]
Army Almanac – Spring 2024
Take a journey through summers of yore with this issue’s Army Almanac, featuring thirty-plus important dates in Army history.
Stray Rounds – Summer 2024
This summer’s Stray Rounds includes Stories Behind the Stars, POW/MIA Burial, Endangered Battlefields and more.