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How Army’s mascot came to be

How Army Special Forces pulled a sneaky to get Glock pistols

By Miguel Ortiz

The Army’s youngest-ever general was left for dead but survived

The 2021 Army-Navy game uniforms are epic

By Miguel Ortiz

This Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant made bullets for WWII

By Jessica Evans

Old Ironsides and Operation Torch: The Army’s 1st Armored Division

By Jessica Evans

Gen. Ben Skardon, Bataan Death March survivor and famed Clemson grad, passes away at 104

By Miguel Ortiz

Yabba Dabba Doo: Did you know the Army owned dinosaurs?

By Jessica Evans

Watch a real US Army honor guard perform the ‘Razzle Dazzle’ from the movie ‘Stripes’

By Blake Stilwell

The Army Museum Support Center is the biggest treasure trove you never knew existed

By Jessica Evans

8 of America’s top Army Rangers

Robert Carmody fought for his country in the boxing ring and on the battlefield

The unknown Army aircraft that flew a tank

By Harold C. Hutchison

Beloved former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell dies at 84

By Miguel Ortiz

This U.S. Army artillery unit savaged 41 Iraqi battalions in 72 hours

Why President Truman ordered this NCO interred at Arlington National Cemetery

This Union Medal of Honor recipient was the most wounded soldier of the Civil War

Why World War II soldiers mutinied in the days after V-J Day

4 reasons Fort Polk is paradise on earth or… pick your own expletive

By Samantha Peterson

The Army once considered putting the A-10’s BRRRRT! on a tank

This brave turret gunner faced 200 German aircraft

What it looks like when one Army legend rates another

This trailblazing Asian American Olympian was also an Army doctor

By Miguel Ortiz

Here’s what it takes to guard the ‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The last soldier drafted by the US Army retired in 2011

By Blake Stilwell

This convoy system staffed mostly by African Americans kept the invasion of Europe rolling

By Miguel Ortiz

A guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier got stabbed and carried on

By Blake Stilwell

Their first battle: Truman rallies his men under artillery fire

This is the story of Old Abe, the ‘Screaming’ Eagle

By Eric Milzarski

This suicide mission ended the Philippine-American War

‘Vinegar’ Joe Stilwell lost the best WWII assignments twice

The first Asian American to command a U.S. battalion

By Miguel Ortiz

Listen to these 10th Mountain Division soldiers revive an old WWII song

By Miguel Ortiz

America’s ‘most decorated woman’ fought from the Philippines to Korea

8 amazing facts about General Douglas MacArthur

These 1941 war games decided how the Army fought World War II

WATCH: What’s it like inside the War College in Pennsylvania?

By Jessica Evans

A rare glimpse of life as a Delta Force operator

By Orvelin Valle

The US Army once tried to weaponize a Nerf football

Best Sniper competition held at Fort Benning

By Bethaney Phillips

It took this Green Beret 48 years to get the Medal of Honor he deserved

By Blake Stilwell

This Medal of Honor recipient made a life out of fighting fascists

By Blake Stilwell

The Army went old school and named this Stryker the ‘Dragoon’

By Harold C. Hutchison

The largest ever snowball fight was fought by the Confederate Army in 1863

This hard-luck WWII soldier survived the Bataan Death March, torture and the atomic bomb

By Blake Stilwell

This Vietnam War Veteran was reunited with his lost arm after 50 years

By Blake Stilwell

West Point’s Class of 1915 is one the stars fell on

By James Elphick

Legendary paratrooper, WWII and Vietnam vet ‘Rock’ Merritt dead at 97

By Miguel Ortiz

That time an Army officer was crowned Miss USA

This is why soldiers wear unit patches

By Eric Milzarski

This is why the Apache is a flying fortress

By Tim Kirkpatrick

6 interesting facts about American Indians in the US military

By Blake Stilwell

This is the real Iraq War battle behind ‘The Long Road Home’

By Blake Stilwell

Why Native American nations declared war on Germany twice

By Blake Stilwell

The last combat soldier to leave Vietnam was killed in the 9/11 attacks

By Blake Stilwell

That time Vito Bertoldo fought as a one-man army for two days

This is why a Civil War soldier would drop a gun to pick up his unit’s flag

By Harold C. Hutchison

America’s oldest WWII veteran lived to 112

A sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stood watch for 23 hours during a hurricane

By Blake Stilwell

Why the Army should consider bringing back the Pathfinders

By Eric Milzarski

This was the anti-aircraft tank more likely to attack toilets than jets

A mass murderer allegedly learned to kill from an Army vet-turned hitman

By Blake Stilwell

Why Jungle Warfare School was called a ‘Green Hell’

By James Elphick

Important lessons to learn from your Grandpa’s Army Manual