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This Marine nails what it’s like to get out of the military
Veterans

This Marine nails what it’s like to get out of the military

I think that for most of us we leave the military wanting desperately to escape. At some point, the majesty and nobility and glamour runs out. The pride has been spent sometime between the incompetent staff-non commissioned officer who yelled at you…

A meme with the text "when you take a good look in the mirror" shows a split image: on the left, a football player in a Navy uniform with the number 20, and on the right, a mirror reflecting a tied black garbage bag.
Sports

The best Army-Navy trash talk, in tweets

‘Songs of Service’ is a one-of-a-kind military tribute, hosted by ‘SEAL Team’s’ Toni Trucks
Music

‘Songs of Service’ is a one-of-a-kind military tribute, hosted by ‘SEAL Team’s’ Toni Trucks

The crew of Super 64 a month before the Battle of Mogadishu. From left: Winn Mahuron, Tommy Field, Bill Cleveland, Ray Frank and Mike Durant. Not Marines Mogadishu
History

Today in military history: Marines storm Mogadishu

Operation Restore Hope was meant to protect international aid.

A central painting of a horse dressed in a suit, standing on a cobblestone path with a garden and leafless trees in the background. On the left and right sides of the painting are oval-framed black-and-white portraits of two men in military uniforms, both with mustaches. The man on the left has a more formal uniform with decorative shoulder details, while the man on the right wears a cap with crossed rifles insignia.
Army

How Army’s mascot came to be

This is how you would legally challenge someone to a duel in ye olden days
History

This is how you would legally challenge someone to a duel in ye olden days

stupid fights lost because of racism
War History

4 stupid fights lost because of racism

Thinking you're racially superior is a surefire way to be defeated.

The Air Force’s new bladder relief device is optimized for female pilots
Technology

The Air Force’s new bladder relief device is optimized for female pilots

History

This female coder wrote the Apollo project by hand

How Army Special Forces pulled a sneaky to get Glock pistols
Special Operations

How Army Special Forces pulled a sneaky to get Glock pistols

The Army’s new tank round can do the jobs of four rounds
Vehicles

The Army’s new tank round can do the jobs of four rounds

This NCO was willing to die in Vietnam for his commanding officer
Vietnam War

This NCO was willing to die in Vietnam for his commanding officer

44 USS Arizona survivors are interred with their shipmates at Pearl Harbor
World War II

44 USS Arizona survivors are interred with their shipmates at Pearl Harbor

This chaplain earned the Silver Star saving 12 sailors at Pearl Harbor
World War II

This chaplain earned the Silver Star saving 12 sailors at Pearl Harbor

What happened to the officer who ignored the radar warning at Pearl Harbor
Navy

What happened to the officer who ignored the radar warning at Pearl Harbor

This American admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932
World War II

This American admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932

The other flag officers thought he "acted unfairly" during the war game.

How 48 Sikhs fought an army of 100,000 soldiers
War History

How 48 Sikhs fought an army of 100,000 soldiers

This Soviet-era Russian war medal is worth $10 million
Cold War

This Soviet-era Russian war medal is worth $10 million

Col. Edward Shames, the last surviving Band of Brothers officer, dies at 99
World War II

Col. Edward Shames, the last surviving Band of Brothers officer, dies at 99

That time a Marine in WWII was found clutching a sword around 13 dead Japanese soldiers
World War II

That time a Marine in WWII was found clutching a sword around 13 dead Japanese soldiers

It was in August 1942 that Private 1st Class Edward Ahrens would cement his place in the halls of Marine bad*sses when he singlehandedly took on an entire group of Japanese soldiers who were trying to flank his unit. Ahrens, a Ma…