Rather than inventing jokes on my own, I'll just post one of the top results for the phrase "That's classified."

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From high fantasy to slasher horror and everything in between, edged weapons can be found in all kinds of stories. In describing them, they're easier to get correct than guns, but there are still things a writer should know before talking about blades.

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It’s not just a way to tell how long you’ve been playing a shooter. The military depends on people following orders. Orders come from the top down, from higher ranks to lower ranks. You probably know common ones like Sergeant or Lieutenant, but what do they all mean? Fear not, I’ll put you in your place, recruit.

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Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

It always helps to have dirt on your enemies. Intelligence doesn't just come to you - you have to go collect it.

Surveillance is constant observation, like a satellite that passes over periodically.

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If you thought your own government was hard to understand, what happens when you combine every country's government?

If you're writing a story about Equestria meeting Earth, chances are that it might involve the UN. I thought I would give a laydown of how the United Nations is organized.

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I have friends in the military. It always baffles me when I see them post things like, "Getting on a plane to meet the ship in [redacted country]!"

Why would you tell the internet where to find you and your unit?

...openly and without resorting to illegal means, it is possible to gather at least 80% of information about the enemy...
-excerpt from an Al Qaeda training manual

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Propagation is their vocation.

Let's define a few terms first. "Radiation" is something that radiates, not necessarily bad nuclear stuff. Light is a kind of radiation–it radiates from the sun. Radio waves are another kind of radiation. Put it all together and you get the electromagnetic spectrum.

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It's what moves you.

So I've done a lot of these military blogs but never really talked about how all this hardware gets around. Time to fix that.

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Heavy metal!

Ever since we’ve had wheels, people have been using vehicles for war. Siege engines are a historical example that used armor to protect the people inside.

Let’s look through the history and types of armored vehicles.

Having something to hide behind to stop the things that want to kill you is a basic human instinct. This started out as wearable armor or fortifications.

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First off, it's important to note that the term Special Operations Forces (SOF) is different than Special Forces (SF). SF refers to a particular kind of US Army unit. Got it?

I was originally going to do just SEALs, but this is a bigger, better blog.

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