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Joe Angelo was a World War I veteran who served in the Army during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. This is where he would unknowingly make a significant contribution to World War II. That's not a typo. Angelo was an orderly to the 30…
When Egypt bought the two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships that France declined to sell to Russia, one thing that didn't come with those vessels was the armament. According to the "16th Edition of Combat Fleets of the World," Rus…
If you know anything about Marines, you know that we've built up one h*** of a reputation over the past 243 years. Whether it's destroying our enemies or our profound capability to drink an
America has 50 attack submarines in active service designed to tail and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships. China and Russia have dozens more.Strangely enough, only one submarine battle has been fought underwater in over 100 years o…
When retelling stories of war, our focus tends to fall where the action was. Tales of battlefield bravery have been around for as long as there has been language and battlefields, but securing victory over a powerful foe requires more than the stren…
If the Empire ever makes it here from its galaxy far, far away, America is going to be in a tough pickle. And the Empire has already had a long time to get here. So what would it look like if the Empire landed one of its most feared vehic…
It's been 75 years since the launch of Operation Market Garden – the World War II mission to secure key bridges across Belgium and the Netherlands while pushing an Allied advance over the Rhine into Germany and ending the war in Europe by Christm…
Bowe Bergdahl was Pfc. Bergdahl when he walked off his post in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, and was captured by the Taliban…
Soon after America set off its largest-ever nuclear blast on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, one of the scientists behind the weapon's design aimed for something even bigger: a 10,000-megaton blast that would've been 670,000 times as powerful as the …
You all know flossing, right? The sort of ridiculous little dance that became a meme with kids and then went into Fortnight and now you can't go to a ball game without seeing a bunch of people on the Jumbotron acting like they're running …
On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) shared a video on Twitter of a remarkable ceremony. "The letters on the white crosses almost disappear in the brightness of the stone, so a soldier fills the indentations with san…
Every recruit needs to make it through Basic Training before they earn the right to be called Soldiers. Drill sergeants have just two goals: to break the civilian out of their platoon and to give recruits a crash course in military …
It's a sight seen all over the United States; a bronze casting of a sailor waiting by the ocean, next to a single duffel bag. His hands are in his pockets, his eyes are out to sea. The statue is a replica of the original Lone Sailor created for the…
The term "Army Creole" actually extends to all military branches, and it honestly make sense.
Let's face it, the military has a lot of rules and regulations that they expect everyone to follow to the letter. For the most part, service members abide by the guidelines their commands set for them, though there are some that push the boundarie…
