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U.S. Army news, history, gear, culture, and stories from the branch who fought in every American war.

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There was a real-life Major Payne who was way less funny

By Blake Stilwell

7 regulations from von Steuben’s ‘Blue Book’ that troops still follow

By Eric Milzarski

The United States tried to make a flying Jeep

By Harold C. Hutchison

The Scorpion was Army airborne’s lightweight anti-tank firepower

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why Task Force Smith was essential in the Korean War

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why the Expert Field Medical Badge is one of the most difficult to earn

By Harold C. Hutchison

Here’s the gear an average soldier carried in the Civil War

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This was the Army’s fixed-wing recon plane

By Harold C. Hutchison

6 misconceptions about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinels

By Eric Milzarski

Here’s how the Army introduced the Bradley

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why the Veteran’s Day parade may be the big day for Pinks & Greens

By Eric Milzarski

The Army tested its own ‘jump jet’ in the 1960s

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is the average gear a soldier in WW2 carried

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Strykers to be the Army’s short-range air defense solution

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why Elvis Presley’s Army career was remarkably unremarkable

By Eric Milzarski

Watch how soldiers extract a tactical truck stuck in the mud

By Harold C. Hutchison

How the Army is resurrecting coastal artillery

By Harold C. Hutchison

8 reasons why the Army should update its combatives manual

By Eric Milzarski

What you need to know about 1st SFAB’s uniform update

By Eric Milzarski

How ‘The 4 Chaplains’ of WWII became Army legends

By Harold C. Hutchison

New changes to the ‘Pinks and Greens’ will make it the best uniform ever

By Eric Milzarski

This is what different berets mean in the Army and Air Force

This is the difference between Army corporals and specialists

By Eric Milzarski

First US woman to ‘make general’ dies at age 97

By Jacqlyn Cope

What it takes to be an Olympic-level athlete and still serve in the Army

By Eric Milzarski

American Dragoons get their up-armored firepower in Germany

By Harold C. Hutchison

7 holiday gift ideas for the Army

By Harold C. Hutchison

This whiskey pays homage to the men of the 10th Mountain Division

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is what a dishonorable discharge meant for Bowe Bergdahl

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is how the War of Independence was won in the trenches

This is what you should know about the return of the ‘pinks and greens’

By Eric Milzarski

In blast from the past, the Army just bought the new generation of Higgins boats

By Harold C. Hutchison

The world’s most iconic infantry clerk is dead at 91

By Blake Stilwell

The insane military legacy of the Roosevelts

What would happen if the Battle of Little Bighorn was fought today

This special instinct can help troops survive an ambush

By Tim Kirkpatrick

A Ranger describes what being a ‘towed jumper’ is actually like

The last soldier killed in WWI died one minute before the war ended

By Blake Stilwell

How Rangers ‘left their mark’ on the Italians at Sened Station

By James Elphick

This is what you need to know about the B-17 Flying Fortress

By Harold C. Hutchison

Jimi Hendrix got his musical start while in the 101st Airborne

By Gabriel Tolliver

This famous guerrilla leader captured the general hunting him

These were some of the ballsiest pilots of WWII, and their planes didn’t even have engines

By Harold C. Hutchison

Jackie Robinson was court-martialed for keeping his seat on a bus

This was the youngest soldier wounded in the Civil War

An Army medic was just returned to the US from the Chosin Reservoir

By Blake Stilwell

Why airborne units are obsolete

By The Havok Journal

America’s first-ever tank unit saw heavy combat in World War I

“Band of Brothers” veteran Ed Tipper dies

By Harold C. Hutchison

Army Legend Hal Moore Dies at 94

By Harold C. Hutchison

How the Army shoots down enemy mortars and rockets

This is what makes the M109 Paladin so badass

By WATM Partners

This Army colonel was stupid brave

By Frank Jastrzembski

This is one of the oldest Middle East deployments of American troops you’ve never heard of

By Harold C. Hutchison

The ‘combat diaper’ is getting a sleek upgrade

This full-contact Army combat tournament ends with a cage fight

By Blake Stilwell

How the soldiers of Outpost Harry decimated an entire Chinese Division

By James Elphick

That time a US general challenged Teddy Roosevelt’s orders with a 90-mile ride

By Frank Jastrzembski

Battle brewing to build the U.S. Army’s next rotary wing aircraft

By Ward Carroll

This infamous gangster left the ‘Goodfellas’ life to join the 82d Airborne

By Blake Stilwell

Now you can race to the Rhine fueled by 80-proof liquid Patton

By Blake Stilwell

This daring Army aviator turned a scout plane into a tank-buster

By James Elphick

Here’s how Patton earned the nickname ‘Old Blood and Guts’

By Orvelin Valle

9 things you didn’t know about General George S. Patton

By Blake Stilwell