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Infantry have long been looking for a way to deal with tanks. Today, missiles like the FGM-148 Javelin and BGM-71 Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) can give even the lightest of infantry forces the ability to give an armored unit a…
Women in the military have only just begun to join combat jobs, but their influence on military service has been felt for decades. Some of their contributions changed the way we treat our veterans or even changed the way we live our lifes. They all …
Back in the late 1970s and early 80s, the Coast Guard thought they had a better way to search for people lost in the ocean. They tested using pigeons affixed to the underside of helicopters. Yes, like the pigeons in the park. And, yes, it…
There's no shame in asking for help.
The Indian Air Force's Pathankot Station in Northern Punjab, very near the border with Pakistan, was attacked in the early hours of January 3, 2016. Six terrorists from a Kashmir-based separatist group, heavily armed and dressed in Indi…
In the Battle of Stalingrad a group of 25 men in a nearly abandoned apartment held off thousands of German soldiers during nearly two months of fighting. Time and time again, the assaulting Nazi forces attacked the building occupied by Junior Sgt. Y…
In August 1942, the Allies and Japanese would meet in the pivotal battle for Guadalcanal. With the Americans precariously holding Henderson Field, the Japanese despe…
