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To give some perspective, The Simpsons is older than Operation Desert Storm. Troops who enlisted when the show started are able to retire from the armed forces now. After 27…

A UFO sighting with national security implications.

They say that life at sea is like living in a prison, but you don't have to live like an inmate. A sailor's life at sea means not stepping on land for long periods of time. Sailors have to live with the items they board the ship with un…

The chief of police of Washington D.C's Metropolitan Police Department, Peter Newsham, visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Aug. 14 with many of his senior leaders and police officers and participated in a wreath-laying ceremony and other eve…

No one wants to be labelled a "geardo." They're the person in the unit that spends way too much money to buy themselves things that are either not authorized for wear with the uniform or are redundant because the issued version is just as good.

Every job has its unexpected perks. Even being a Marine Corps aviator in World War II had some unexpected benefits. This is because Marines make do, as the saying goes, and are used to making the most out of whatever Uncle Sam provides them…

While the Korean War Battles of Old Baldy, Triangle Hill, and Geumseong may not be the first battles that come to mind when we think of the Korean Conflict, for Colombia, they were certainly important. Like their Brazilian neighbors in World War II,…

Wrap your heads around this.

Brutal cold, rough terrain, and intense firefights were just some of the dangers the allied troops dealt with on a daily basis while engaging enemy forces in the Korean War. In the summer of 1950, approximately 75,000 soldiers from the N…

The Cold War was a worldwide war that often manifested in bizarre ways that aren't fully understood, even today. In 1958, Richard Nixon was veep to Dwight Eisenhower's Presidency and the Cold War was in full swing. Latin America was experiencing a…

Last year, President Trump drew headlines all over the world with the announcement that he intended to establish a new branch of the American armed forces dedicated solely to orbital and deep-space defense. This new Space Force would be res…

Just a few feet away from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., is a life-size statue called "Three Soldiers." Crafted in bronze by sculptor Frederick Hart, he portrayed the men garbed in uniforms representative of the…

He carried on the proud Kiowa tradition.