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Here’s what happens to the body when you pull a muscle
There are 640 muscles in the human body. The primary functions of these critical, fibrous structures are to support movement and help circulate blood throughout our anatomy. Everyone has three different types of muscles: smooth (or visceral), card…
6 reasons why working with a foreign military can suck
Going to another country on Uncle Sam's dime can be amazing. It gives you an opportunity to travel and learn about a new culture in ways most civilians will never know. As a service member, working with a foreign military is one of the m…
This is how Julius Caesar started a civil war
The title of Caesar and everything that it represents stems from the actions of a heroic man who had an undying thirst for advancement. That man, Julius Caesar, had a brilliant, tactical militant mind that he joined with the political shrewdness of …
It’s surprisingly easy to earn a modern-day knighthood
Being knighted today holds a much different meaning than it did in the days of old. Nations with a monarch as their head of state would, once upon a time, issue knighthoods to their loyal subjects and foreign citizens who have done great deeds for t…
You could lose your boat for looting shipwrecks in American waters
Seventy-five years ago, the destroyer USS Roper sank the Nazi submarine U-85 with all hands going to a watery grave. This was not an unusual occurrence. During World War II the Nazis lost 629 U-boats to a number of hostile acts, from being depth-cha…
This is why the US military gave GPS away for free
One of the most ever-present devices in modern times is the navigation system in everything from cell phones and wrist watches to in-dash car displays. All of them are made possible with just a few constellations of satellites, most of them launched…
Unseen valor: Operation Neptune Spear
Ten years after 9/11, the Navy SEALs got Osama bin Laden.
4 top reasons why veterans should play battle royale games
Whether you've served or not, you know the difficulty of leaving a job and moving away. For all you civilians out there, take the struggles and anxieties that come with moving away from a place, a people, and a function you know and amplify them te…