Me Against My Brother: At War in Somaila, Sudan and Rwanda is the first-hand accounts of Scott Peterson's reporting from these locations in Africa during their periods of conflict. Scott also discusses the events that transpired to bring about these conflicts.
Monday, March 31, 2003
How to Support Our Troops
A little off-topic, but here is the DoD's list of ways to support our troops.
Sunday, March 30, 2003
Fourth Generation Warfare
The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation is an interesting article about the future of warfare (some of which is already here).
Marine Corps Doctrine Division
The US Marine Corps Doctrine Division looks to contain a lot of interesting information.
Friday, March 28, 2003
Thursday, March 27, 2003
New 6mm Discussion Group
There's a new 6mm Miniatures discussion group with active moderators to curb abuse at the 6mm_Miniatures Yahoo group.
Modelling a Modern Dam
Mid-Atlantic Gamers has some interesting info, including a modern dam terrain project.
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Maps
East View Cartographic has a lot of highly-detailed topographical maps for sale, including unusual locations such as Africa.
Monday, March 24, 2003
Lebanese Forces
Lebanese Forces: Fighting for Freedom is the site of the Christian "Lebanese Forces," and has a bunch of military photos.
Wargaming Lebanon 82
Wargaming Lebanon 82 is back up, which has great info about wargaming the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982.
Crete 2002
Rhys Batchelor has a great WW2 Crete mega-game report page. Of particular note is his Village Construction game.
Plastic Kits and More
Phoenix Model Company is a kit vendor which has a very nice selection plus the ability to search via scale and category. Looks very nice.
Sunday, March 23, 2003
Speed Painting 15mm ACW
Since last Saturday, I have finished painting, basing and sealing 206 15mm Battle Honors ACW infantry. Here's how:
LZ X-Ray
LZ X-Ray is a website devoted to the battles of LZ X-Ray and LZ Albany in the Ia Drang valley of Vietnam, the basis of the very good book We Were Soldiers Once, and Young.
Gulf War 2 Photographs
Of course, Military Photos has a number of good ones up. Also, check out this group of over 200 from Yahoo. If you know of any others, please let me know. Thanks. Updated: More sites below:
Saturday, March 22, 2003
Friday, March 21, 2003
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
War Online
War Online has some very interesting modern information, especially in the IDF and Iraqi armed forces.
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Artificial Intelligence and Games
Artificial Intelligence and Games has some interesting info as it relates to wargaming, particularly Lecture IV: Modelling Fatigue and Morale.
Saturday, March 15, 2003
The Gizmologist's Lair
Even though the guy at The Gizmologist's Lair doesn't appear to be a wargamer, he has some very interesting projects, such as a hot wire foam cutter and a working 1/5 scale Sherman.
15mm Painted Aliens, Predators, Marines
I'm selling a nice lot of my painted 15mm Aliens with Queen, Predators, Marines and Colonists. Take a look.
Friday, March 14, 2003
Ztum-Setum
Ztum-Setum is a nice modern Africa site, featuring many pictures of 15mm figures and vehicles.
Military Map Symbols
Tom Mouat's MapSymbs has several military symbol fonts available to download, along with other interesting wargaming related items.
Thursday, March 13, 2003
Laser Cut Wood Bases
Litko Aerosystems makes some very nice laser cut 3mm wooden wargaming bases. These were used is the Piquet game in my Cold Wars gallery.
Hot Wire Foam Factory
The Hot Wire Foam Factory makes a number of interesting hot wire tools for fashioning styrofoam terrain.
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Editing Photos with Photoshop
BKPainting has an interesting page on Editing Photos with Adobe Photoshop.
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Hackworth
David H. Hackworth, author of Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of the U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam has some very interesting information on modern warfare on it.
Vietnam Piquet
Chris of Norwich Rearguard Wargames Society has a nice page on wargaming Vietnam in Piquet. I like his ideas on markers.
Monday, March 10, 2003
Spaceship Miniatures
Tom's Spaceship Miniature/Game Lists is a nice resource for spaceship-related games.
Cold Wars 2003 Pictures
I've uploaded my Cold Wars photographs to the new miniatures gallery. Updated: DavidsGameSite has also put up a number of Cold Wars pictures as well.
English Civil War
Here are some sites on the ECW: The English Civil War Pages, British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-1660, and The Sealed Knot.
Tuesday, March 4, 2003
The Primary Main Objective...
The Primary Main Objective... is another blog run by a deployed U.S. serviceman.
Monday, March 3, 2003
The Basement Updated
The Basement has been updated, including modifications to the Arc of Fire house rules.
The Defense of Duffer's Drift
The General Dennis J. Reimer Training & Doctrine Digital Library also has a one page copy of The Defense of Duffer's Drift, making it easy to save a local copy. If you're interested in that, also check out my review of The Defense of Hill 781.
Saturday, March 1, 2003
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