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An artist depiction of the Bushnell Turtle in action against the HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.

The US Navy’s first submarine was a hand-cranked wooden egg

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified information

By Stephen Ruiz

This Army pilot went from flying Black Hawks to setting a spaceflight record

By Stephen Ruiz

"Mad Anthony" Wayne

Washington’s most terrifying general was shot in the head and refused to leave the battle

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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

old dominion rotc cadets army

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

church of scientology paramilitary

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

giant killer richard flaherty vietnam green beret

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

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

mohamed farrah aidid son hussein warlord shutterstock

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

marine corps 250th birthday museum heritage foundation

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

air force legends chappie james

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

SR-71 blackbird revealed getty

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

By Blake Stilwell

saddam air force

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