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Watch this huge guided-missile destroyer turn on a dime

By Harold C. Hutchison

Battle of Little Bighorn

Today in military history: Battle of Little Bighorn begins

Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered WWII

Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered WWII

The F-14 Tomcat was designed around its engines, radar and missiles

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The F-14 Tomcat was designed around its engines, radar and missiles

By Miguel Ortiz

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Today in military history: US Senate repeals Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Titan Submersible

Race against time: How the military is trying to find the Titan submersible

By Miguel Ortiz

us constitution

Today in military history: US Constitution ratified

The history behind the ‘other’ flag patch on Navy uniforms

By Miguel Ortiz

The spectacular naval origin of the phrase, ‘son of a gun’

By Blake Stilwell

The origin of the A-10 Warthog’s shark mouth goes beyond the Flying Tigers

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: Battle of Bunker Hill began

A Make-A-Wish recipient became a Soldier for the Army’s birthday

By Miguel Ortiz

Happy Birthday, Army! Fun facts to celebrate

By Jessica Evans

5 times Marines came to the rescue while off duty

By Uncle Walkie

when was us army founded

Today in military history: US Army is founded

A Navy diver lived a record-breaking 100 days underwater

By Miguel Ortiz

Why flares are the first line of defense for military aircraft in flight

Popeye the Sailor was based on a real person – and this is what he looked like

By Blake Stilwell

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A sixth grade history project exonerated the captain of the USS Indianapolis

By Blake Stilwell

5 famous times senior enlisted told officers to shove it

radomes cold war history

A piece of forgotten Cold War history

By Megan Harless

barracks full metal jacket

6 surprise barracks inspections that will make you LOL

By Orvelin Valle

german u boat lake michigan

There’s a German U-boat at the bottom of Lake Michigan

By Blake Stilwell

This is what happened when a C-130 and a C-17 had a baby

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why the trench knife was the most stupidly awesome weapon ever issued

By Eric Milzarski

A black and white photograph of a military transport aircraft flying over a mountainous landscape. The aircraft has four propeller engines and displays a U.S. Air Force star insignia on its fuselage. The tail number "559" is visible on the vertical stabilizer. The image captures the plane in mid-flight with rugged mountains and a partly cloudy sky in the background.

How an airman shot down a Japanese fighter from the cockpit over the Himalayas

The near-suicidal way American pilots played possum in WWI

7 crazy facts you didn’t know about D-Day

7 crazy facts you didn’t know about D-Day

A concrete bunker partially covered with grass, featuring a large dark green double door and a smaller adjacent door. The bunker has several small ventilation pipes on top and is surrounded by a grassy field with a paved path in front. The sky is overcast.

How 150 British Paratroopers seized a fortified artillery battery on D-Day

By James Elphick

coast guard on the english channel

This Coastie crossed the English Channel 10 times on D-Day

By Blake Stilwell

A Hollywood director explains what it was like to film soldiers fighting in Afghanistan

A Hollywood director explains what it was like to film soldiers fighting in Afghanistan

By Orvelin Valle

Why the pilot who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima doesn’t have a grave

By Blake Stilwell

marines alien invasion

5 reasons why US Marines could easily destroy an alien invasion

model 299 aircraft

This clever advertising doomed thousands of aviators

battle of midway

Today in military history: Battle of Midway ends

Meet the United States Navy officer who saved Midway

By Harold C. Hutchison

ronnie simpson global solo challenge

Combat-wounded Marine to sail around the world in Global Solo Challenge

By Jessica Manfre

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7 unit mottos that came straight out of combat

By James Elphick

This is how Patton smashed his way out of Normandy

By James Elphick

Why it was a bad idea for Army officers to complain to President Teddy Roosevelt

By Blake Stilwell

This is what happens if you try to illegally enter Area 51

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The Asian American Foundation announces heroes for second annual AAPI Heritage Heroes Special

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The 5 most demoralizing tactics used in recent military history

This is what happened to all the old US F-14 Tomcats

By Blake Stilwell

vietnam war helmet

Why troops in Vietnam could write on their helmets

By Blake Stilwell

artillery strike

That time a soldier saved the day by calling an artillery strike on himself

By James Elphick

james whitey bulger

How James ‘Whitey’ Bulger went from the Air Force to Alcatraz

5 things you didn’t know about the Battle of Belleau Wood

By Tim Kirkpatrick

gorilla test pilot

This test pilot dressed as a gorilla to mess with other Air Force pilots

By Blake Stilwell

benedict arnold

4 amazing things Benedict Arnold did before becoming a traitor

military animal paratroopers

5 animals that became paratroopers

life saving skills

3 life saving skills still worth practicing as a civilian

things veterans do

4 things veterans do that are actually very common everywhere but the United States

6 things platoon medics absolutely hate

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The human cost of the most daring special operations raids in history

By Blake Stilwell

george washington French and Indian War

Today in military history: George Washington spills first blood of French and Indian War

major fred galvin a few bad men

A conversation with Major Fred Galvin: Modern Marine Raider pioneer and author of ‘A Few Bad Men’

By Nick Coffman

wars shape modern medicine

How World War II changed modern medicine

By Bethaney Phillips

The highest-ranking Filipino American was in the Army, not the Navy

By Miguel Ortiz

A Russian submarine had a ‘Crimson Tide’ moment near Cuba

royal navy bismark

Today in military history: Royal Navy takes down the Bismarck to avenge their flagship

naming military vehicles

The actual process of naming military vehicles isn’t what most people think

By Eric Milzarski

look like a marine ega

How Marines spot each other in the wild

By Uncle Walkie

Today in military history: Bonus Army marches on Washington to demand veteran pay