Legion of Brothers is a 2017 documentary that tells the story of two Special Forces detachments that were among the first US forces sent to Afghanistan after 9/11. ODA 595, commanded by Mark Nutsch fought alongside the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance in the country's north, while ODA 574, commanded by Jason Amerine, fought its way toward […]

During the summer of 2017, a group of USMA cadets and faculty traveled to the Republic of Georgia to study that country's 2008 war with Russia. Over nearly two weeks, the group interviewed military and political officials, spoke to participants in the conflict, and traveled to the boundary with the Georgian territory that remains occupied […]

Max Brooks is the New York Times bestselling author of The Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z, and The Harlem Hellfighters. An entertaining and thought-provoking speaker, he uses fiction to examine the real-world challenges the military faces.