A Pohang orphanage built by Marines in 1952 — and still visited by them seventy years later — is the living embodiment of Semper Fidelis. The final part of the Always Faithful series.
Inchon was a terrible place to launch an amphibious assault — which is exactly why it worked. Part II of the Always Faithful series follows the Marines who landed behind enemy lines and retook Seoul.
A morning run through Seoul reveals a modern megacity still quietly built around an unfinished war. Part I of a three-part series on the Korean War, the fall of Seoul, and the Marines who turned the tide.
Becoming an Air Force SERE specialist is one of the most demanding training pipelines in the military. From assessment and selection through the apprentice course and beyond, here's how the service builds the instructors who prepare others to survive behind enemy lines — and why the mission still matters in 2025.
Scott O'Grady wasn't the first American forced to survive behind enemy lines. From WWII bomber crews to Korean POW camps to the skies over Vietnam, hard lessons paid in blood built the modern SERE program — and the specialists who teach it today.
On June 2, 1995, Air Force pilot Scott O'Grady was shot down over Bosnia. For six days he evaded capture behind enemy lines — and the training that kept him alive traces back to one of the military's most demanding programs: SERE.
