Arsenal: B-2 Spirit in Stealth Global Strike, Post-Cold War Era follows the flying wing from dark Atlantic crossings to precision strikes over Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, showing how a bomber built for nuclear deterrence became a global conventional scalpel. Listeners hear the Spirit in action over heavily defended airspace, the problem it was designed to solve against dense radar and missile networks, and the design choices that led back to the flying wing. The episode walks through cockpit life on thirty hour missions, crew workflow, and what maintainers face keeping stealth ready for combat. It closes with the B-2’s combat record, evolving upgrades, and long shadow over future bombers. Arsenal is the Friday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and the podcast is developed by Trackpads dot com.

Headline Wednesday: Opening Night of Desert Storm, Gulf War follows the first hours of the air campaign as coalition aircraft slip into the skies over Baghdad to shatter Iraq’s command system. This episode traces how stealth fighters, cruise missiles, and electronic warfare converged on leadership bunkers, radar sites, and power grids, turning a heavily defended capital into a stunned, half-blind center of gravity. You’ll hear how pilots, radar operators, and commanders experienced those hours from very different vantage points, and why that sudden shock still shapes how we think about air power today. Headline Wednesday is the Wednesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and the series is developed by Trackpads.com.

From the long build-up of Desert Shield to the moment F-117s cross into Iraqi airspace, the episode walks through the planning, rehearsal, and hard choices behind the opening blow. We follow the first helicopters going after early-warning radars, cruise missiles threading through valleys, stealth fighters diving toward downtown Baghdad, and conventional strike packages riding the gaps they opened. The story then tracks the break in Iraq’s network, the muted response from its air force, and how those shocks set conditions for the later ground offensive. Use this episode as a clear, single-sit rep of the air campaign’s first night, whether you are brushing up for your own reading, a unit discussion, or a staff ride.

This Week in U.S. Military History: January 27th, 2026–February 2nd, 2026 brings together frontier violence, treaty tables, island landings, and the birth of new institutions. Listeners follow a narrative arc from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the vast expansion of American territory to the winter tragedy of the Bear River Massacre and the creation of the United States Coast Guard and the Army Nurse Corps. Each story is told in clear, human terms, showing how soldiers, sailors, aircrews, and families experienced these turning points and how they fit into the larger wars and eras around them.

Along the way, the episode traces early carrier raids in the Pacific, the struggle for Kwajalein, and the shock of the Tet Offensive and the Paris Peace Accords, where battlefield outcomes and public opinion collided. The focus stays on what it sounds and feels like to walk through the week’s events, hearing how decisions in Washington reach all the way to remote outposts and crowded city streets. This Week in U.S. Military History is the Tuesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads.com, inviting listeners to connect past campaigns and hard-won reforms to the service and sacrifice of today.

Beyond the Call: Private First Class Albert Ernest Schwab at Okinawa Shima, 1945 follows a young Marine flamethrower operator whose solitary assaults on two machine gun nests turn a doomed valley into a narrow, hard-won foothold in the Pacific war. Listeners hear the story of his journey from Tulsa oil fields to the First Marine Division, the desperate fight for a ridgeline on Okinawa, and the split-second decisions that cost him his life but saved his company. The narrative highlights the meaning behind his Medal of Honor citation, explores leadership and character under extreme fire, and reflects on how his legacy endures. Beyond the Call is the Monday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and this podcast is developed by Trackpads.com.

Arsenal: F-15 Eagle in the Air Superiority Role, Cold War to Desert Storm follows the Eagle from early battles over Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley to sweeping Iraqi fighters from the sky in Operation Desert Storm, showing how a purpose built air dominance fighter reshaped modern air combat. Listeners hear the Eagle in action at night over the desert, the painful Vietnam era lessons that drove its design, and the way pilots, maintainers, and controllers worked together to turn thrust, radar, and missiles into real control of the air. The episode traces its combat record, key variants, and lasting influence on later stealth fighters and doctrine. Arsenal is the Friday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads.com.

Headline Wednesday: Battle for Hue City, Vietnam War follows Marines, soldiers, and South Vietnamese forces as they fight block by block for a historic imperial capital. This episode walks you into rain-soaked streets along the Perfume River, past shattered shopfronts and into the shadow of the Citadel, where North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units turned temples, houses, and courtyards into strongpoints. You’ll hear how a quiet garrison town became a city under siege and why retaking Hue mattered far beyond I Corps. Headline Wednesday is the Wednesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads.com.

From the first confused radio calls and refugee warnings to the final push through ruined neighborhoods and ancient walls, the episode traces the full arc of the battle. We follow small-unit leaders learning urban tactics the hard way, armor and Ontos vehicles blasting open strongpoints, and South Vietnamese troops grinding forward inside the Citadel. The turning points, the terrible civilian cost, and the wider impact on the Tet Offensive and public opinion all come into focus. Use this episode as a vivid refresher for your own reading, study, or staff-ride prep whenever urban combat and the lessons of 1968 are on the table.

This Week in U.S. Military History: January 20th, 2026–January 26th, 2026 traces a remarkable arc from a Revolutionary War mutiny in frozen New Jersey camps to nuclear alert bombers scattering their dangerous cargo over North Carolina. Along the way, you move from Joseph Hooker’s takeover of the battered Army of the Potomac and the quiet arrival of USS Maine in Havana harbor to the first American ground troops stepping onto European soil in Northern Ireland and the hard, costly gamble of Operation Shingle at Anzio.

Listeners follow a continuous narrative that links the end of the Battle of the Bulge, Audie Murphy’s stand near Holtzwihr, and the launch of USS Nautilus with the siege of Khe Sanh and the seizure of USS Pueblo, showing how leadership, technology, and human endurance collide under pressure. “This Week in U.S. Military History” is the Tuesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads.com, offering a weekly walk through seven days that reshaped American arms and service.

Beyond the Call: Platoon Sergeant Joseph R. Julian at Iwo Jima, 1945 follows a Marine platoon sergeant in World War II’s Pacific campaign as he leads solo assaults against entrenched positions on the island’s black volcanic slopes. The story traces his journey from Massachusetts hometown to drill instructor to frontline leader with the 5th Marine Division, then walks listeners through the desperate fight to break a Japanese strongpoint that had pinned down his company. Along the way it explains the meaning behind his Medal of Honor citation, the tactical importance of his actions, and the leadership and character traits his example still illustrates today. Beyond the Call is the Monday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and this podcast episode is developed by Trackpads.com.