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11 regional American foods we’d like to see in MREs
Military Life

11 regional American foods we’d like to see in MREs

Someone tell the MRE chefs there are better options out there.

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Surface

The Littoral Combat Ship’s checkered past and how it all went wrong

The Littoral Combat Ship program has had a rocky history, to say the least.

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Navy

How the Growler disabled Venezuela’s air defense system

We pity an adversary's air defense systems when the EA-18G Growler is around.

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Medal of Honor

This Civil War veteran nearly died while exploring the Arctic

Adolphus Greely survived battling the Confederacy. Extreme weather proved a much more challenging foe.

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Military News

Aldrich Ames, the Cold War’s deadliest CIA mole, completes life sentence

He died in the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland at age 84.

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Feature

A Russian fighting for Ukraine conned the Kremlin out of $500,000 by faking his own death

He's fighting with Ukraine to overthrow Putin's regime.

Harriet Tubman
Civil War

How female spies changed the course of the Civil War

While the Union and Confederacy raged war, women hid secrets in unexpected places and spearheaded vast spy networks.

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World War II

The Dutch wait years to adopt World War II graves in Netherlands American Cemetery

The cemetery rests near a strategically important part of Europe.

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History

This colonel-turned-mercenary held off a rebel army in his own Hind gunship

Rebels in Sierra Leone offered $1 million for "Gunship Ace" Neall Ellis' head.

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Feature

What life is like for Nicolas Maduro in his Brooklyn MDC jail cell

He can write his name on the wall next to Diddy's.

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History

The third Delta Force sniper you didn’t see in ‘Black Hawk Down’

Sgt. 1st Class Brad Halling lost a leg when his Blackhawk was hit by an RPG.

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History

5 general officers who were almost certainly crazy

It's only crazy if it doesn't work.

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Financial

Everything you need to know about using the Post-9/11 GI Bill with other financial aid

How it works with different schools, different scholarships, and different aid.

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Rotor

How a Montana businessman built a Cobra attack helicopter from spare parts

Ron Garlick used it for fighting fires and renting out to Hollywood.

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History

The only time a Medal of Honor recipient killed another Medal of Honor recipient

One became a lawman, the other became an outlaw.

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World War II

The American mafia teamed up with the Navy to get even with Mussolini

The U.S. Navy found a willing partner in America's criminal underworld.

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Feature

Everything there is to know about Venezuela’s oil (and why US companies are ready for it)

America's Gulf Coast refineries were built to chew on Venezuela's heavy sour crude.

venezuela absolute resolve S-300vm
Feature

An autopsy of Venezuela’s $2 billion Russian S-300VM missile system

How the "advanced defenses" quickly became a very expensive paperweight.

venezuela air defense Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas on January 3, 2026. (AFP via Getty Images)
Military News

How the US deleted Venezuela’s air defenses so quickly (and why the real war might be starting)

The U.S. made mincemeat of Maduro's Moscow-made missiles.

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History

Depression-era hobo signs were America’s first secret survival codes

Hobos entered pop culture in the 1930s, but still ride the rails today.