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How a trip underwater propelled Teddy Roosevelt to improve submariners’ pay

By Stephen Ruiz

teddy roosevelt pt tests

Teddy Roosevelt is the reason for military PT tests

By Blake Stilwell

Lucas Tomlinson

This Navy veteran reported live from war-torn Ukraine

By Jessica Manfre

Big Tech wants the Navy’s old nuclear reactors to power the AI revolution

By Adam Gramegna

Tom Cruise Top Cun

Our ranking of 14 call signs from ‘Top Gun’

Phil McConkey touchdown in Super Bowl

This former Navy pilot became one of the unlikeliest Super Bowl champions ever

By Stephen Ruiz

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island

The friendly rivalry between ‘Hollywood Marines’ and Parris Island Marines

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit

The Littoral Combat Ship’s checkered past and how it all went wrong

By Stephen Ruiz

How the Growler disabled Venezuela’s air defense system

By Stephen Ruiz

marine and princess pose

A junior enlisted Marine once eloped with Bahrain’s Princess

By Blake Stilwell

donald trump class battleship uss defiant navy

The Navy is bringing back battleships with the Trump-class USS Defiant

By Miguel Ortiz

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A US Marine went to Somalia and became a warlord

By Blake Stilwell

The ‘Chopper Popper’ scored the A-10’s first air-to-air kill against an Iraqi helicopter

The ‘Chopper Popper’ scored the A-10’s first air-to-air kill against an Iraqi helicopter

By Blake Stilwell

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104-year-old Marine continues tradition for Corps’ 250th birthday

By Miguel Ortiz

marines at tripoli

‘The Few. The Proud’: The moments that made the Marines the Marines

A-10 Pilot's Coloring Book

The A-10 training guide from the 1970s was a hilarious coloring book

By Blake Stilwell

Bigfoot vietnam

Some US troops reportedly saw Bigfoot in Vietnam

By Blake Stilwell

Operation praying mantis

The US Navy unloaded on Iran in the most explosive surface battle since World War II

By Blake Stilwell

sam eckholm air force X

Air Force veteran Sam Eckholm is focused on good military stories and stunning imagery

By Shannon Corbeil

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5 Seldom-told tales about Air Force legends

By Blake Stilwell

narco-terrorist drug boat

3 cheaper ways the Navy could destroy a narco-terrorist drug boat

By Miguel Ortiz

cribbage navy submariners

How cribbage became the card game that rules the Navy’s Submarine Force

By Daniella Horne

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

By Blake Stilwell

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

By Blake Stilwell

Sidewinder loading

The Navy is spending $1.1 billion on the most successful air-to-air missile in the world

By Miguel Ortiz

comm guys war movies

6 reasons why comm guys hate military movies

By Blake Stilwell

peanut butter shot

Why the ‘peanut butter’ shot is the most dreaded injection

By Tim Kirkpatrick

military vaccine jet injector shot

The US military used compressed air for vaccines for 30 years

By Blake Stilwell

This look inside the B-2 Bomber is so detailed it should be classified

By Warrior Scout

A thermal camera image shows an Iranian F-14 on the ground with targeting sites overlaid on it.

Aviation nerds are mourning Iran’s F-14 Tomcats

the usns harvey milk

Here are the untold perils of renaming a vessel

By Blake Stilwell

Gray military fighter jet with the number 533 on the nose and tail, parked on a concrete runway with trees and water in the background. The jet has twin vertical stabilizers, external fuel tanks, and missiles mounted under its wings.

$580 million contract awarded to Raytheon for new Navy jammer

By Miguel Ortiz

Rendering of SSN-AUKUS submarine (BAE Systems)

We need to double submarine production…while cutting the budget

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 7: The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is carried by a joint services body bearer team on the East Front of U.S. Capitol on January 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. Carter's body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington on January 9. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Photo by Susan Walsh - Pool/Getty Images)

What it takes to be a presidential pallbearer

The A-10 has become an icon of American air power (U.S. Air Force)

The proposal to turn the A-10 Warthog into a firefighter

By Miguel Ortiz

Tom Cruise receives Navy’s highest civilian honor

Tom Cruise receives Navy’s highest civilian honor

By Miguel Ortiz

The ‘unluckiest’ U-boat of World War II couldn’t even sink itself

The ‘unluckiest’ U-boat of World War II couldn’t even sink itself

Undefeated Army Black Knights honor 101st Airborne with Army-Navy Game uniform

By Miguel Ortiz

A man with tattoos on his arms, wearing a black shirt and blue jeans, is sitting cross-legged on grass while hugging a large brown and black dog. The dog is wearing a black vest with patches, including one that says "AMERICAN HUMANE FIRST TO SERVE" and another with a fire rescue emblem. There is a fire pit with a metal ring in the background on the right side.

Retired military working dog reunites with his handler after more than two years apart

hurricane response

An Air Force veteran hiked to the Asheville VA to restore power

By Miguel Ortiz

Left side: A man wearing a headset with a microphone holds a sign that reads "CAPTAIN O.T. BRYE & COMPANY." Right side: A U.S. Air Force cargo plane with four propellers is parked on a large metal runway or flight deck at sunset.

Military Branches

50 years ago, he saved a team in Vietnam. Now, he’s trying to find them.

PARSIPPANY, NJ - APRIL 26: John Amos attends the 2013 Chiller Theatre Expo at Sheraton Parsippany Hotel on April 26, 2013 in Parsippany, New Jersey. (Photo by Bobby Bank/WireImage)

John Amos, prolific actor and Army veteran from Roots, The West Wing, dead at 84

The Air Force said goodbye to its last KC-10 Extender aerial tanker

The Air Force said goodbye to its last KC-10 Extender aerial tanker

By Miguel Ortiz

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Soldiers of the 4th Ranger Training Battalion, Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade, demonstrate the U.S. Army’s newest weapon during a Rangers in Action Ceremony September 16, 2022, at Victory Pond, Fort Benning, Georgia. The XM5 Rifle will replace the M4/M4A1 carbine within the close combat force. The new ammunition includes multiple types of tactical and training rounds that increase accuracy and are more lethal against emerging threats than both the 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammunition. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick A. Albright, Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning Public Affairs)

What troops really think of the Army’s new XM7 rifle

By Miguel Ortiz

This firetruck was the first to respond to the Pentagon on 9/11

Military Branches

This firetruck was the first to respond to the Pentagon on 9/11

By Miguel Ortiz

HONOLULU, HI - DECEMBER 11: A ziploc bag is used to cover Jamie Williams' bathroom faucet at her Aliamanu Military Reservation home in Honolulu, HI on December 11, 2021. Williams, like many other Hawaii residents, has been forced to contain the fuel leaking into their water supply. (Photo by Marie Eriel Hobro/For the Washington Post)

Lead detected in tap water on Hawaii military base

The new Marine One flew President Joe Biden for the first time

The new Marine One flew President Joe Biden for the first time

By Miguel Ortiz

child doing karate

5-year-old military child becomes one of youngest members admitted to MENSA

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Today in military history: US pilots get green light to destroy anti-aircraft targets

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- An AC-130U gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron, jettisons flares over an area near Hurlburt Field, Fla., Aug. 20. The flares are a countermeasure for heat seeking missiles that may be launched at the aircraft during real world missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

An AC-130 gunship refueled and rearmed on a highway in Arkansas

By Miguel Ortiz

Union Navy at Mobile Bay

Today in military history: Union victory at Mobile Bay

Senior Airman Shelby Duncan, 582nd Operational Support Squadron Det. 5 special missions aviator, mans an M240D machine gun at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 14, 2016. The 54th Helicopter Squadron has two M240s per aircraft to help deter adversaries and defend the 91st Missile Wing’s Airmen and assets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

Exciting Air Force jobs you didn’t know about

By Jessica Evans

(Original Caption) 9/1972: Close-up of actor/comedian Bob Newhart in his office at home.

Bob Newhart, comedy legend and US Army veteran passes at 94

Air Force’s newest tanker flies around the world for the first time

Air Force’s newest tanker flies around the world for the first time

By Miguel Ortiz

Two Civil War soldiers awarded Medal of Honor for Great Locomotive Chase

Two Civil War soldiers awarded Medal of Honor for Great Locomotive Chase

By Miguel Ortiz

soldiers are in the shade

4 Army tips to beat the summer heat

By Miguel Ortiz

The Air Force is bringing back Warrant Officers

The Air Force is bringing back Warrant Officers

By Miguel Ortiz

ST PETERSBURG, FL - APRIL 14: Actor Bill Cobbs attends the Sunscreen Film Festival Opening Night at Baywalk Muvico on April 14, 2010 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)

Before Bill Cobbs was a successful actor, he served in the Air Force

NATO membership closer for Ukraine with the help of this rifle

Military Branches

NATO membership closer for Ukraine with the help of this rifle

By Miguel Ortiz, Tessa Robinson

7 pranks that can only be done in the military

Why the Sherman tank was nicknamed ‘death trap’

Why the Sherman tank was nicknamed ‘death trap’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

That time American and Russian tanks faced off in a divided Berlin

The ‘Great Raid’ liberated more than 500 POWs

The ‘Great Raid’ liberated more than 500 POWs

By Jessica Evans

USS Midway love letters reveal surprising similarities of military service past and present

USS Midway love letters reveal surprising similarities of military service past and present

By Kathryn Butler