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Live fire exercise

The pros and cons of the Army’s new rifle and machine gun

By Miguel Ortiz

U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew train as part of the Advanced Helicopter Rescue School (AHRS)

Coast Guard families are underreported victims of the Homeland Security shutdown

By Sara Jane Ginn

Bob Feller military service throws to Joe DiMaggio during his Apr. 30, 1946 no-hitter at Yankee Stadium. (Hugh Broderick/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Decorated Navy vet Bob Feller is the only MLB pitcher to throw an Opening Day no-hitter

By Stephen Ruiz

Gatorade shower

How a Navy veteran basically invented the sports drink industry

By Stephen Ruiz

Gremlin Special survivors

How the daring rescue of 3 Army soldiers after a WWII plane crash in ‘Shangri-La’ unfolded

By Friedrich Seiltgen

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Old Dominion ROTC cadets rushed and stabbed an active shooter seconds after the first shot

By Shannon Corbeil

How this Air Force veteran allegedly spied for Iran

By Stephen Ruiz

Tomb of Unknown Soldier

6 things to know about the Sentinels guarding Arlington’s Tomb of the Unknowns

Why the Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security

By Stephen Ruiz

World War II squadron

The WWII bombardier whose family spent 12 years bringing him home from the ocean floor

By Stephen Ruiz

This is what a broom tied to a mast means in the US Navy

This is what a broom tied to a mast means in the US Navy

West Point graduate

The complete guide to West Point

By Jessica Evans

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Everything to know about the Sea Org, Scientology’s paramilitary Navy

By Blake Stilwell

Sinking decommissioned ship

A US submarine sunk an enemy ship with a torpedo for the first time since WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

This is what makes the Mark 48 one of the deadliest torpedoes ever built

This is what makes the Mark 48 one of the deadliest torpedoes ever built

F-15 Downed over Kuwait Reddit

How Kuwait’s air defenses downed three American F-15 Strike Eagles

By Adam Gramegna

How the Marine Corps’ oldest division survived at Chosin Reservoir

By Stephen Ruiz

Vietnam War Hanoi Hilton

How a sailor remembered 256 prisoners of war through song

By Blake Stilwell

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The shortest soldier in American history was a Green Beret who fought in Vietnam

By Blake Stilwell

Marine Corps 250th birthday

Remembering 250 years of Marine Corps Commandants

By Daniel Tobias Flint