More from Blake Stilwell

Special operators respond to hostage situation.
Aviation

Why Americans are twice as likely to die in a hostage situation

By Blake Stilwell

An older retired sailor stands next to a younger sailor in uniform.
Air Force

8 reasons why everyone knows you were in the military

By Blake Stilwell

captured troops raising their hands in pow camp.
Feature

7 troops who would get executed when captured by their enemy

By Blake Stilwell

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Feature

This was the last enemy ship sunk by the US Navy in combat

By Blake Stilwell

Civil War flag bearers
Civil War

What happened when two Civil War flag bearers fought each other

By Blake Stilwell

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Air Force

Why advanced fighter jets still carry guns

By Blake Stilwell

This Civil War battle literally saw brother against brother
Army

This Civil War battle literally saw brother against brother

By Blake Stilwell

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Air Force

8 haunting photos from an abandoned Air Force Base

By Blake Stilwell

soviet jokes
Cold War

The CIA declassified these 11 Russian jokes about the Soviet Union

By Blake Stilwell

This Air Force pilot took on an entire anti-aircraft complex – and won
Air Force

This Air Force pilot took on an entire anti-aircraft complex – and won

By Blake Stilwell

countries America hasn't invaded
Army

These are the only 3 countries America hasn’t invaded

By Blake Stilwell

richard nixon
Cold War

That time a drunk Richard Nixon tried to nuke North Korea

By Blake Stilwell

clint eastwood
Entertainment

Clint Eastwood once helped fund a Vietnam POW rescue mission

By Blake Stilwell

charms
Entertainment

This is why deployed Marines don’t eat Charms candy

By Blake Stilwell

civil war veteran
Cold War

The last Union combat veteran of the Civil War lived to see the Cold War

By Blake Stilwell

kara hultgreen
Aviation

The first combat qualified female naval aviator died in a crazy accident

By Blake Stilwell

teddy roosevelt pt tests
Army

Teddy Roosevelt is the reason for military PT tests

By Blake Stilwell

soldier shot in the head
Feature

This soldier stayed awake for 40 years after being shot in the head

By Blake Stilwell

disobey orders
Feature

9 troops who became heroes after they disobeyed orders

By Blake Stilwell

martial arts
Feature

This martial art was originally developed to beat up Nazis

By Blake Stilwell

fist fight
Army

That time an entire battle stopped to watch two soldiers in a fistfight

By Blake Stilwell

This is what happened when the Navy banned alcohol on its ships
Entertainment

This is what happened when the Navy banned alcohol on its ships

By Blake Stilwell

kissing sailor photo
Feature

The wife of the famous ‘kissing sailor’ is in the iconic 1945 photo – and it’s not the nurse

By Blake Stilwell

1911
Air Force

This pilot shot down an enemy fighter with his 1911

By Blake Stilwell

saddam air force
Air Force

Why Saddam Hussein buried Iraq’s air force in the desert

By Blake Stilwell

weirdest ammunition and firearms
Feature

The 4 weirdest ammunition types ever used

By Blake Stilwell

soviet tank
History

This lone Soviet tank was ready to fight the entire Nazi invasion of Russia

By Blake Stilwell

seawolf nuclear subs
Feature

This is why nuclear subs don’t try to rest on the sea floor

By Blake Stilwell

marine corps hymn
Feature

These are the battles mentioned in the Marine Corps Hymn

By Blake Stilwell

Tatra 87 nazi car
History

An awful car killed more Nazi generals than World War II

By Blake Stilwell

cosmonaut shotgun soviets
Cold War

This is why Soviet cosmonauts carried a shotgun into space

By Blake Stilwell

russian troops
Feature

Thousands of Russian troops almost fought the American Revolution

By Blake Stilwell

william speakman
Feature

That time a British soldier held back 6,000 enemy troops with beer bottles

By Blake Stilwell

military beard
Army

This commander prepped for war by organizing a beard growing contest

By Blake Stilwell

boot camp
Basic Training

The 7 universally important things to know before any boot camp

By Blake Stilwell

Titanic officer
History

A brave Titanic officer somehow survived to rescue troops from Dunkirk

By Blake Stilwell

robert smalls
Civil War

This slave escaped to join the Union Navy then bought his former master’s house

By Blake Stilwell

battleships
Military Branches

This is why the US Navy doesn’t use battleships anymore

By Blake Stilwell

dirty harry
Army

This is the cop who inspired ‘Dirty Harry’ and ‘Bullitt’

By Blake Stilwell

war of 1812 veteran
Civil War

This War of 1812 veteran saw the Battle of Gettysburg from his porch, then joined it

By Blake Stilwell

robert e. lee statue
Civil War

Robert E. Lee may have lost Gettysburg because of a heart attack

By Blake Stilwell

space cannon
Cold War

The Soviets fired this secret heavy space cannon while in orbit

By Blake Stilwell

comm guys war movies
Army

6 reasons why comm guys hate military movies

By Blake Stilwell

war movie
Entertainment

This ’65 war movie was so bad that Eisenhower came out of retirement to publicly slam it

By Blake Stilwell

son of a gun
History

The spectacular naval origin of the phrase, ‘son of a gun’

By Blake Stilwell

popeye
Military Branches

Popeye the Sailor was based on a real person – and this is what he looked like

By Blake Stilwell

uss indianapolis
History

A sixth grade history project exonerated the captain of the USS Indianapolis

By Blake Stilwell

german u boat lake michigan
History

There’s a German U-boat at the bottom of Lake Michigan

By Blake Stilwell

coast guard on the english channel
Coast Guard

This Coastie crossed the English Channel 10 times on D-Day

By Blake Stilwell

tibbets
Air Force

Why the pilot who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima doesn’t have a grave

By Blake Stilwell

bass reeves
History

Bass Reeves: The Wild West’s toughest lawman was born a slave

By Blake Stilwell

general patton
History

The 8 coolest war quotes ever spoken

By Blake Stilwell

roosevelt
Army

Why it was a bad idea for Army officers to complain to President Teddy Roosevelt

By Blake Stilwell

marines landing
History

This was the Marine Corps’ first amphibious landing

By Blake Stilwell

military slang
Entertainment

6 terms you won’t believe have military origins

By Blake Stilwell

colonel charles young
History

Here’s why Colonel Young rode 450 miles to get a new Army rank

By Blake Stilwell

f-14
Military Branches

This is what happened to all the old US F-14 Tomcats

By Blake Stilwell

vietnam war helmet
History

Why troops in Vietnam could write on their helmets

By Blake Stilwell

SR-71 blackbird
Air Force

Why the SR-71 Blackbird is the only aircraft with the SR designation

By Blake Stilwell

test pilot
Air Force

This test pilot dressed as a gorilla to mess with other Air Force pilots

By Blake Stilwell

military raid
Army

The human cost of the most daring special operations raids in history

By Blake Stilwell

red army
History

This is the story behind the Red Army’s most iconic WWII photo

By Blake Stilwell

Why was Germany blamed for World War I?
History

This is why Germany gets blamed for starting World War I

By Blake Stilwell

church of scientology paramilitary
Entertainment

The Church of Scientology has its own paramilitary Navy

By Blake Stilwell