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Major Fred Galvin served 27 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, beginning as a 17 year old who rose from the enlisted ranks to become an officer.

Saving lives on the battlefield often has broader applications.

Is there a lost confederate treasure hiding under Lake Michigan? And how did it get there? Read more on We Are the Mighty today.

The majority of Filipino enlistees joined the Navy, but the highest-ranking Filipino American in the U.S. military was actually in the Army.

Learn about the Battle of Saipan and how it helped change the course of WWII.

Three Soviet officers aboard a submarine designated B-59 were headed for Cuba during one of the most tense events of the Cold War.

A down-on-his-luck aristocratic gentleman named Bill McCoy had the answer to the Prohibition: buy rum where it is legal and import it.

The Maxim gun was an earth-shattering a weapon in its heyday – and a true weapon of empire.

On May 27, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck was sunk by the Royal Navy after a three-day chase.

When it's time for a crew to take command of new military vehicles, they need to give it a name. Here's how they decide.

"Wheel of Fortune" is one of the most popular game shows in the country. On one show, a veteran helped another by throwing the round.

Sandwiched between the WWII and the Vietnam War, many call the Korean War of 1950-53 the “Forgotten War.” But what about the second one?

Marines are particularly adept at identifying each other. Here are five ways that Marines spot each other in the wild.

Memorial Day is meant to honor the fallen heroes of our nation and their families that live with that sacrifice every day. But, how?

Troops just saw the most significant military pay raise in two decades, and military members received their first increased paycheck.

A global ice age brought on by the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano could alter America’s perceived military invulnerability.

We're not just surviving, we're thriving as we delve headfirst into the pulse-racing world of military survival training: SERE.

What gifts do you get for your favorite (crazy) North Korean dictator? Why, a weird-looking Olympic bear, of course.

What Americans thought would be a 5-megaton nuclear explosion generated a 14.8-megaton blast. Discover how it happened.

There are a variety of tactics that enemy soldiers could use. Most are violent or offensive in some way. But what if they just laughed?