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On August 18, 1942, U.S. Marine Corps Raiders assaulted Japanese positions on Makin Island (today known as Butaritari). The Raiders were a WWII-era elite unit trained for special amphibious light infantry combat. Their mission was to destroy Japan…
Now that we can thank McDonald's restaurants for serving breakfast all day, we should take the time to thank fatigue-clad troops for not having to leave our cars to get it. Despite the Army and Air Force's current relationship with Burg…
Flying boats played an unheralded, but crucial part in some of World War II's biggest naval battles. For example, pilots in Consolidated PBY Catalinas made the discovery of the Japanese carriers at Midway and helped locate the German battleship Bis…
Military installations are built to be self-sustaining. Many have their own water and power supplies, housing facilities, and enough entertainment options to keep troops on the installation. Just off-post, however, you'll always find the same selec…
The Marines' modified HK416 is now the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle.
Have you stopped checking email, turned off all notifications, and started saying no to unproductive meetings but still struggling to get ahead of your work? These seven productivity hacks from the U.S. Navy can help you be more efficient:
The wreckage of the USS Conestoga, a Navy tug that also served as a minesweeper and fleet tender in World War I, has been found off the coast of California 95 years after the ship was lost with all hands. It was found 2,000 miles from wher…
America has some of the world's most elite special operators and they get a lot of press. But on most of the missions that Special Forces, SEALs, and other top operators conduct, they bring a very special airman. The Air Force combat con…
A submarine surfacing can happen pretty fast. And pretty violently. Even at its calmest and slowest pace, that's still almost 9,000 tons of titanium-hulled, nuclear-powered Russian sub coming at you at 8 miles per-hour.
Gettysburg was the deadliest battle in American history.
