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A lot of people died at the Alamo, especially considering it was a fortification that wasn't supposed to be manned at all. It was only when Col. James Bowie arrived at the Alamo to remove the guns did they realize its strategic importance. Sadly, t…

These days, tattoos are so commonplace in the U.S. military that every branch has its own policy as part of its uniform regulations, but a few years ago that wasn't the case. The U.S. Navy, however, has a long tradition of tattoos. Here…

WATM recently posted an article (inspired by 13 Hours: The Secret Heroes of Benghazi) about transitioning out of the military into a career in 

Despite the creation of the United States Space Force, we're still a long way off from building blasters like ones in the Star Wars universe and defeating our enemies with intense bolts of plasma energy. That's right, they're not lasers. In the S…

It's a general call to action. The formation snaps to attention and the unit shouts out their branch's battle cry. It gets used as a general stand-in for regular words and the listener can often pick up context clues to infer what the word repla…

Most members of the military will be familiar with the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which follows the story of the men of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in WWII. Produced by Steven Spielberg and…

It's one of the most critical battles of World War II. The Battle of Stalingrad was a brutal conflict that lasted for over five months.

Making fun of the enemy is nothing new, especially for American troops. When U.S. troops like something, they'll probably still come up with their own term for it. Even if they respect an enemy, they will still come up with a short, probab…

In a stunning reversal after years of tight-lipped silence, Army officials have revealed the capabilities of the "physical training belt," a reflective band soldiers wear around themselves to ward off everything from bullets to badgers to STDs.