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A lot of accomplishments in the military get overlooked or rewarded with a couple metal baubles to be worn on the chest. But sometimes, a man leads a couple of invasions and gets to keep his callsign for the rest of his life as a nickname…

Kamikaze attacks — known as "special attacks" by Japan — were an infamous tactic designed to not only destroy American ships but also strike fear in the Allied navies. But two months before the first kamikaze attacks were carried ou…

They took the heat, but the real blame belonged to Washington.

The rock band Foo Fighters didn't just put some gibberish out there and call it a band name. Frontman Dave Grohl was actually reading a book about UFOs and he picked a name that, at the time, seemed to fit. "Around the t…

America's technology advantage has always been part of its successes on the battlefield. Military research offices and DARPA spend every minute of every day trying to make sure the U.S. stays at the front of the technological arms race. …

The Navy has the mission of securing American interests on the ocean, otherwise known as "most of the planet." Here are 7 weapons that help them fight battles across the globe:

Tattoos are, by their very essence, pretty bad ass. They're statements to the entire world that you're willing to go through a few hours of pain to showcase your dedication to a certain thing. They're messages that you'll carry on your body fore…

By the beginning of the 19th Century, it was already well established that indeed the Earth was round instead of flat. But the study of modern geology was still in its infancy and prompted many to established some hair brained ideas about how the Ea…

If Napoleon could have predicted everything as well as he did China's rising influence, he might not have been exiled twice.