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3 lesser-known Marine Corps tanks

In July 2020, the Marine Corps’ three tank battalions began the process of deactivation as their M1 Abrams main battle tanks were hauled away. The 1st Tank Battalion at 29 Palms, 2nd Tank Battalion at Camp Lejeune and 4th Tank Battalion at Camp Pen…

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From nursing to newspapers, these were the women of Vietnam

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4 real things Vietnam vets experienced that you won’t see in movies

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Did you know these military facts about Alcatraz?

ByJessica Manfre

Influential military wives from the Revolutionary War to today

ByAmanda Huffman

The first American woman to lead a military operation in the Civil War was Harriet Tubman

ByAmanda Huffman

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5 ways to camp like a soldier

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From nursing to newspapers, these were the women of Vietnam

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Did you know these military facts about Alcatraz?

ByJessica Manfre

Influential military wives from the Revolutionary War to today

ByAmanda Huffman

The first American woman to lead a military operation in the Civil War was Harriet Tubman

ByAmanda Huffman

This backwards looking tank was actually very effective

The first tank to break into Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge was almost lost to history

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The first British air raid on Berlin was perfectly timed

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WWII 101st Airborne veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin dies at 101

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The complete base guide to Nellis Air Force Base

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The CIA created demonic Bin Laden action figures in Operation ‘Devil Eyes’

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Crazy kings: Why was Henry VIII so weird?

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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies at 96

This is the most decorated pilot in the history of the Royal Navy

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How 9/11 caused Queen Elizabeth to break a 600-year-old royal tradition

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The Army developed a human catapult to launch Special Forces onto rooftops

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