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A group of people standing in line at a buffet-style food serving station. Several individuals wearing white paper hats and blue gloves are serving food from large trays and slow cookers. The person in the foreground on the right is wearing a military flight suit with an American flag patch and is using tongs to serve asparagus onto a plate held by a man in a green hoodie with an American flag patch on the sleeve. The setting appears to be indoors with white paneled walls and overhead lighting.

Military traditions for deployed troops celebrating Thanksgiving

By Eric Milzarski

This watch approved by the legendary British Para Regiment

This watch approved by the legendary British Para Regiment

By Miguel Ortiz

Inside a cockpit with illuminated control panels, four people are seated wearing headsets and festive holiday hats, including a Santa hat and elf hats. One person is dressed in a red Santa suit, while another wears camouflage military attire. The view outside shows a calm, blue ocean.

Alaska National Guard’s ‘Operation Santa Claus’ became a life flight

By Miguel Ortiz

Why Walter Cronkite and 7 other journalists attended aerial gunnery school

Why Walter Cronkite and 7 other journalists attended aerial gunnery school

By Miguel Ortiz

A missile is being launched from a military vehicle on the ground, with bright flames and thick smoke surrounding the launch area. The sky above is clear with some scattered clouds, and there are tall poles near the launch site.

Israel’s hypersonic anti-ballistic missile was used in combat for the first time

By Miguel Ortiz

Silhouette of a military missile launcher system positioned on a flat surface at sunset, with the sun low on the horizon and a clear sky in the background.

Israel leasing two Iron Domes from US

By Miguel Ortiz

Israel’s latest tank was just in time for the Hamas war

Israel’s latest tank was just in time for the Hamas war

By Miguel Ortiz

A person wearing a light gray uniform, helmet, and body armor is holding a rifle with a wooden stock. In the background, several people stand on raised platforms, some dressed in similar uniforms and others in civilian clothing, with trees and foliage behind them. The scene appears tense and serious.

‘The Hunger Games’ actually got these rifles right

By Miguel Ortiz

Cropped image of the USS Constellation from original painting.

The Navy’s first victory over a foreign ship was an amazing sucker punch

Starship megarocket launches

SpaceX gets FAA approval for ‘megarocket’ launch to infinity and beyond on Friday

By Tessa Robinson

Ruined flats in Limehouse, East London. Hughes Mansions, Vallance Road, following the explosion of the last German V2 rocket to fall on London, 27 March 1945.

A man found a piece of a V-2 rocket in his cheek 77 years later

Man in suit to protect from deadliest chemical weapons

Top 5 deadliest chemical weapons ever created

German Panzer on Utah Beach.

This panzer counterattack actually reached Normandy beaches

5 Special Operators killed in training accident Friday identified

By Tessa Robinson

The first nuclear bomber became a tanker for fighter jets

The first nuclear bomber became a tanker for fighter jets

By Miguel Ortiz

The 5 most ingenious weapons ever created for combat

Man shooting a suppressed rifle.

This is why ‘silencers’ don’t really exist — firearm suppressors do

By Eric Milzarski

F-16 Fighting Falcon air force shot down drone in syria

Why the US Air Force shot down an allied drone in Syria

Three Chinese astronauts in space suits waving at crowd.

3 Reasons why China will be the leading power in space by 2030

A sleek, gray, high-speed boat numbered 59 is cutting through choppy ocean waters, creating a spray of water along its side. The boat has a streamlined design with a raised structure near the rear equipped with antennas and a radar system. The sky is clear and the sea appears slightly rough.

The Navy’s unmanned boat fired in the Middle East for the first time

By Miguel Ortiz

A gray stealth fighter jet releasing a missile or bomb in mid-air against a clear blue sky. The jet has markings on its tail, including "ED" and "461 FLTS." The missile or bomb below the jet is white with an orange section near the front.

This is America’s latest nuclear bomb

By Miguel Ortiz

Piper L-4 "Grasshopper" at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

This tiny WWII prop plane used mounted bazookas against German tanks

Sa'ar-class missile boat Israeli Navy.

The Israeli Navy fought the first surface battle between missile boats

By Miguel Ortiz

Marine Corps robotic goat.

The Marines put an anti-tank rocket on a ‘robotic goat’

By Miguel Ortiz

Russian military equipment covered in snow.

‘Meatgrinder’ Report details how Russia is protecting its limited tanks

Helicopter flying low.

This rare Army award is given to aviators who expertly crash

A-36 mustang dive bomber.

This was the dive-bomber version of the famed Mustang

By Harold C. Hutchison

F-20 tigershark is the plane that almost beat f-16.

This is the plane that almost beat out the legendary F-16

By Harold C. Hutchison

Cloud from hydrogen bomb test explosion.

Today in military history: US tests first hydrogen bomb

IDF rifles being fired.

The IDF’s two standard issue rifles

By Miguel Ortiz

iron sting system in flight.

IDF used ‘Iron Sting’ in combat for first time

By Miguel Ortiz

How the Soviet MiG-29 became a NATO fighter jet

By Miguel Ortiz

Weird ways the Army tried to mobilize the M2A2 Howitzer

By Miguel Ortiz

A soldier tours Hamas tunnels circa 2014

What we know about the Hamas tunnels

By Bethaney Phillips

army night stalker aircraft

These are the aircraft used by the Army’s Night Stalkers

sks vs m1 carbine

Comparing the Soviet SKS rifle to the American M1 carbine

By Harold C. Hutchison

Vitalii Klychko Showed Journalists The Remains Of Missiles And Drones That The Russians Used To Attack Kyiv

Russia is sabre rattling with this dud missile

Israeli Tactical Training Academy students firing at pistol range.

Why Israelis don’t carry with one in the chamber

By Miguel Ortiz

IDF poofy chef hats israel agilite

Why Israeli soldiers wear mitznefet—poofy ‘chef’s hats’—on their helmets

By Miguel Ortiz

Trophy APS mounted on Israeli tank.

Israeli Trophy Active Protection System is like a mini Iron Dome for vehicles

By Miguel Ortiz

F-8 Crusader on aircraft carrier USS Midway.

F-8 Crusader: The last gunfighter of Vietnam

Israeli army Merkava battle tanks deploy along the border with the Gaza Strip.

10 incredible facts about Israeli Defense Forces

By Bethaney Phillips

ATACMS on the background of the flag of Russia.

Army Tactical Missile System could finally break Russia’s spine

wwii dive bomber

The Army Air Forces had a dive bomber during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

soviet fighter jet intercepted

That time the USAF intercepted a pilotless Soviet fighter

a-37a dragonfly plane flying.

This Dragonfly stung the Communists in Vietnam

By Harold C. Hutchison

Painting of the USS Constitution ship.

Today in military history: USS Constitution launched

soviet transport plane copied this american aircraft.

The Soviets ripped off this strange Boeing transport plane

By Harold C. Hutchison

This German tank with three turrets confused Allied spies during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

cuban pilot defected

This Cuban pilot defected to the US then went back to rescue his family

By Miguel Ortiz

This leader had a complete nervous breakdown during the Six-Day War

By Jim Fletcher

raid on entebbe sid hurwich

Israel might have used a magnetic superweapon in the raid on Entebbe

last invasion of britain

The last invasion of Britain was stopped cold by wine and Welsh women

What are the different body armor levels?

By Brady Kirkpatrick

Marine Corps during the civil war

The role of the Marine Corps during the Civil War

combat submarine

Today in military history: World’s first combat submarine sinks

airman wilbanks

This airman earned the Medal of Honor providing close air support in a Cessna with his M16

By Miguel Ortiz

russian nuclear powered missile

Russia is testing the world’s dumbest weapon again

ukraine thermobaric drone

Ukraine is unleashing thermobaric drones against Russia

Is 5.7×28 better than 9mm?

By Brady Kirkpatrick

bombers over hawaii

The reason the military bombed this volcanic crater in Hawaii

By Miguel Ortiz

This was the last enemy ship sunk by the US Navy in combat

By Blake Stilwell

Brothers in paws: A list of military-utilized dog breeds

Brothers in paws: A list of military-utilized dog breeds

By Zackry Colston

wwi combat pilots

The 8 rules for rookie combat pilots in World War I