Milstack Saturday

3 January 2026

Lady Butler Roll Call (1874)

This year, each episode of Milstack Saturday will begin with a picture painted by Elizabeth Thompson, the Victorian artist who, after the knighting of her husband, became known as ‘Lady Butler’.

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Donald Vandergriff takes the US Army to task for treating drones as an adjunct to manned aircraft.

John Schmitt presents a tactical decision game that asks players to take on the role of the leader of an old-fashioned rifle squad who finds himself in an twenty-first century situation.

The Bismarck Cables offers, in a suitably telegraphic style, an overview of recent events in Venezuela.

Seth Hettena credits the success of the raid that resulted in the capture of Nicholas Maduro techniques that has been used for more than eighty years.

Sala de Guerra provides a hemispheric perspective on the same operation.

For Further Reading

Sergeant Arent

Chuck Melson on 'Kleinkrieg'