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Don Nicholas joined the military twice. The second time was for a reason soldiers don't often give. His first enlistment began as a Marine in 1971. He spent the war on an aircraft carrier and didn't set foot in South Vietnam until the war was over…

While nuclear-powered carriers and submarines are all the rage in the U.S. Navy today, the sea-going service used to have a much wider nuclear portfolio with nuclear-powered destroyers and cruisers that could sail around the world with no need to re…

There has never been a United States Secretary of Defense that has been so universally beloved. Retired Gen. Jim Mattis was confirmed last year by a landslide vote of 98 in favor and 1 opposed, despite being on a waiver to circumvent the seven-years…

America's history with conscription is a contentious one at best. Most of the men drafted to fight from the Civil War to the Vietnam War probably sucked it up and served as required. But after years of citizens rioting over the draft, burning draft…

Some senior citizens retire to Florida. Marine Lt. Col. Art Nalls retired to the cockpit of his privately-owned AV-8B Harrier "jump jet." Once a naval aviator and test pilot experienced in roughly

Ask any troop who has deployed about their most uncomfortable moment and they'll probably mention the combat landing on their first day in-country. You can prepare grunts for the rigors of combat, yes, but you can't prepare them to be sloshed arou…

It was a rope-a-dope followed by a left hook.

During World War II, Maj. Claude Hensinger had to bail from his B-29 bomber. When he jumped out of his plane, he was packing a parachute that turned out to suit a number of purposes for a wayward pilot, not the least of all ensuring he came to Earth…

If Marine Corps boot camp is a bitter slice of hell, then drill instructors are the demons who dish it. Now imagine what basic training would be like if your drill instructor was your father's recruit and knew it. That's exactly what ha…

Master Sergeant George Hand US Army (ret) was a member of the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, The Delta Force. He is a now a master photographer, cartoonist and storyteller.Officer: "Guys, if this job were easy monk…

Arlington National Cemetery averages upwards of 30 funerals per day. Present at every one of those is a woman escorted by a member of the service honor g…

After the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, it was pretty clear everybody in the government had to get into the anti-terrorism game. From the formation of the Department of Homeland Security out of a host of separate law enforcement and police?…

They may seem like they're tying troops' hands behind their backs — especially given that today's wars are very different from those when the former laws of war were written — but there's a good reason why certain rules have been imposed to …

War is a dangerous thing, often necessitating actions that — in any other circumstance — would be absolutely insane. Here are six of the things that make sense in war, but are still pretty ballsy regardless: 6. Flooding your o…

President Theodore Roosevelt formed the Boone and Crockett Club and many other conservation organizations because of his love of all things natural. In the 1870s, fishing and hunting …

Shaw Air Force Base is known by those stationed there as Separates Husbands And Wives. Between the Red Flags at Nellis, the endless human centipede of exercises, and a deployment, my husband Mike was gone over half of ou…