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6 comfort zones you’ll learn to break out of in the military
Nobody wants to hear the phrase, "suck it up, buttercup." But there's a reason for it outside of being pla…
How adrenaline gives you strength during combat
We've all read stories online about its potency and we've seen the Hollywood renditions of scientists synthesizing it to great effect. In the stories and movies, people experience unbelievable spurts of strength during crazy times because of thi…
4 things you didn’t know about Roman gladiators
Roman gladiators were some of the most vicious and popular athletes of all time. The extremely violent sport of gladiatorial fighting was as popular back then as MMA is today. In ancient Rome, crowds would swarm to see their favorite warrio…
This is the Army’s super secret special ops aviation unit
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment is widely considered to be the best unit of its kind in the world. Known to recruit only the best pilots the US Army has to offer to fly its MH-60 Black Hawks, MH-6 Little Birds and MH-47 Chinooks, the …
5 things you didn’t know about Sgt. Elias’s death scene in ‘Platoon’
There are so many war movies out there to choose from, yet not many come from the perspective of a man who personally lived through the hell that was the Vietnam War. Critically acclaimed writer-director Oliver Stone (an Army veteran) to…
This Coast Guardsman saved a Navy base during the Vietnam War
As fires ravaged a U.S. Navy weapons and supply installation in Vietnam one March day in 1968, Lt. j.g. William Carr, USCG,
8 times your troops failed you outside of combat
Ask anyone who plays a team sport and they'll tell you it's impossible to win every game. Even professional athletes don't perform as well as you'd hope each time they step foot on the field. It's the same with enlisted troops. In a perf…
Godzilla exists thanks to this Japanese prisoner of war
With the new Godzilla movie coming out this Friday (May 31), we thought it would be a good time to remind everyone that we only have the iconic movie monster—or the more than dozen other kaiju of the Godzilla universe—thanks to the survival of a…
That time a Nazi captain recommended HMS Glowworm captain for the Victoria Cross
"The lights went out, the ship rolled and tossed and suddenly seemed to settle well on her starboard side," stoker Bert Harris later said. "The Germans had shot us to pieces." "Abandon ship!" HMS Glowworm was lost, b…