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How the Navy feels about finders keepers and sunken wrecks
The Navy tends to be very strict when people recover items from sunken wrecks. In fact, when an Enigma machine was taken from the wreck of U-85,…
Could the SR-71 Blackbird have been a fighter plane?
The SR-71 Blackbird is an awesome plane. But did you know that it could have been even more awesome than it was? The Air Force was planning to make a fighter version of the plane.
These daring defectors turned the Viet Cong against itself
In 1966, the Marines in Vietnam found themselves with an unusual opportunity – to turn the tables on the enemy. This came by way of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese defectors who were willing to be retrained to work and fight with America…
Why Okinawa is the most haunted place in the military
The profession of arms deals in death, no matter how we like to think of our daily military lives. No matter what your military speciality is, you're helping that end. If you're a cook, you feed warfighters who are out there dealing death. If you …
7 best video games to get into the Halloween spirit
Winter is coming... but first, there's Halloween. It's the season of costumes, jack-o-lanterns, and horror. So, while plenty of people are going to paste themselves in front of TVs to watch a few Halloween classics, the rest of us are grabbing con…
Photos of US military legends with their hands in their pockets
There's one rule that every branch knows of: keep your hands out of your pockets while you're in uniform. And yet, here we are. Eve…
That time Germany scuttled its own navy in sneaky scheme
In June 1919, the bulk of the German High Seas Fleet was sitting at anchor at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. The cruiser Emden sent out the message, "Paragraph 11; confirm." Then, all 74 of the warships in the natural harbor attempte…
The insanely lucky sub that changed naval warfare in one fight
U-boats were still in their infancy in 1914, and most naval officers looked down on the fleet. At best, they were considered defensive weapons that could help hold an enemy fleet away from the coasts. But then, on Sept. 22, 1914,