This Week in U.S. Military History: December 9th, 2025–December 15th, 2025 follows a week where early Patriot volunteers, Civil War armies, and modern expeditionary forces all leave their mark. Listeners move from the muddy causeway at Great Bridge and the quiet but foundational ratification of the Bill of Rights to the bloody slopes at Fredericksburg and the decisive Union victory at Nashville. Along the way, the narrative traces how citizen soldiers, professional formations, and commanders in crisis wrestle with technology, terrain, and political pressure while the country watches and waits.

The story then shifts to the killing of Sitting Bull on the Northern Plains, the global turn of December 1941, amphibious landings on Mindoro, and the winter evacuation at Hungnam before arriving in Somalia and Iraq. Listeners hear how a humanitarian beachhead, the capture of Saddam Hussein, and a flag-lowering ceremony in Baghdad connect to older questions about power, accountability, and coming home from war. This Week in U.S. Military History is the Tuesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads.com, and this episode offers a guided walk through seven days that stretch from small boats on Lake Borgne to convoys rolling south out of Baghdad.