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During World War I, steel for building ships was in short supply. While American President Woodrow Wilson was determined to keep the U.S. out of the war, he didn't want America's Merchant Marine to be left unbuilt. So he approved the co…
The Drug Enforcement Administration is the premier law enforcement agency on the front lines fighting the War on Drugs. The mission of the (DEA) is to enforce the controlled su…
When "Black Hawk Down" hit theatres in 2001, it was marketed as a cast of 'no names'. The real "stars" were the elite troops depicted onscreen: the Army Rangers, Delta Force soldiers and 160th SOAR pilots who made up Task Force Ranger in the …
A dishonorable discharge is, plainly, something nobody serving wants to get. It comes with a lot of adverse consequenc…
Forget everything you think you know about losing fat. I'm going to sum it up into one simple sentence."Burn more energy than you take in."That's it.When trying to figure out how to do this, most people ask the same basic qu…
The terms "Happy Hour Club," "Happy Hour Social Club," and similar names, had been in use as the names of social club since at least the early 1880s. By June 1913, the crew of the USS Arkansas had started referring to their social gatherings as …
Troops always like feeling appreciated. A simple "good job" at the right time can go a long way in improving the morale of a unit. You can even take it a step further by expressing your gratitude to troops in many different ways: by releasing them…
The United States sent its forces into Syria in 2014 to hasten the demise of ISIS. After the fall of the "caliphate" capital in the Syrian city of Raqqa three years later, the U.S. remained. It was determined to conduct operations that would bring…
Automatic weaponry has been a major asset to the United States Military for a long time now. There's been a lot of innovation since James Puckle patented his famous gun in 1718 — arguably the world's first "machine gun." It should come as no s…
On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger conducted a raid in the Black Sea neighborhood of Mogadishu, Somalia to capture high-ranking lieutenants of the Aidid militia. The task force was an all-star special operations team composed of elements from the…
There are all sorts of great bits of military lingo and slang that eventually fall by the wayside. While FUBAR has survived through to modern day, SNAFU and TARFU have been mostly forgotten — even though all three were popular slang and h…
