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Beginning on June 30, 1943, American soldiers, marines and sailors would endure three months of hard fighting to retake the New Georgia Islands from the Japanese in the Pacific. While the ground troops slugged their way through the thick jungles, th…
Helmets and body armor are heavy, and wearing them in desert air rippling with heat is a grueling and uncomfortable experience. But no matter how hard you've been tempted to go helmet-free for a few minutes, these 16 stories of troops surviving hea…
When the military needs to get down and dirty with the enemy, it usually means a few things have gone wrong. It's best for the U.S. if fights are conducted at long range where more assets can be brought in to assist. Still, the enemy get…
So, you just became friends with a Recon veteran and he's got a decorated wooden paddle on his wall. What the f*ck is that all about? Well, it's a tradition. Simple as that. But there's history behind that tradition and, if you really wa…
The battle for Shal Mountain, named Operation Rugged Sarak, went from October 8-15, 2011. Shal Mountain sat above Shal Valley and controlled two important supply routes, one vital to coalition forces for resupply and one critical to insurgent smuggl…
In 2012, knife manufacturer Condor named a new tactical blade after Cpl. Samuel Toloza, one of 380 El Salvadorans who fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Corporal Toloza was part of a small force of Central Americans in Najaf, Iraq in 2004…
