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One of the Marine Corps' greatest heroes had to earn his "butter bars" (as the rank of second lieutenant is called because the devices are yellow/gold in color) not once or twice, but three times before it stuck.

When you're asked what's the most important tool for any U.S. service member who's facing down a bad guy in battle, the most obvious response is his or her weapon.

Letters are a very personal and specific method of communicating, filled with all the details about feelings and moments that would get left out of official reports and summaries. That's why they're so loved by historians.

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel pulled himself out of poverty by joining a gang headed by immigrant Meyer Lansky. During the Prohibition Era, Lansky and Siegel ran a large bootlegging operation and were influential in Jewish and Italian immigrant crime sy…

Few people have lived a life as hardcore and fulfilling as that of Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow. He attended college and became the first member of his tribe to obtain a master's degree. While working on his doctorate, he taught at the Chemawa Indian S…

Life in the barracks blows. You're crammed into as tight of a space as possible so your superiors can keep an eye on you. There's always something going on so you never get sleep. And you often have to share a tiny room with someone. Bu…

Bob Ross might be one of the last names you'd think of when considering all the celebrities that have served. The videos of him "painting a happy little bush in the corner right there" exude calmness and tranquility — exactly the opposite of wh…

Some of these may seem obvious, but new troops may want to be prepared.

They're bad and they should feel bad.

The U.S. Coast Guard was officially formed in 1915, but it traces its history to 1790 through the Lifesaving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service. Formerly part of the Treasury Department and now under the Department of Homeland Security, the Coas…