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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…

Once a war kicks off, it's generally easy to recognize. But war planners want to know about these things ahead of time so they can get ready. While moves like large military exercises on a border are a dead giveaway that an invasion might be immin…

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…

This training video was shown to female soldiers in the 1970s to teach Army etiquette by comparing candidates for a coveted assignment. Not surprisingly, the standards are sexist by modern standards. Candidates for the assignment are …

For a lot of sailors serving in the Vietnam War, especially those on aircraft carriers, the war effort was a matter of routine. For many, that daily routine didn't involve much combat. This wasn't true for all sailors, of course. The pilots who fl…