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The Royal Australian Air Force often flies as part of the finale to the Brisbane Festival in Australia. But one of their greatest moments in their storied history was in 2018 when they set the internet on fire by piloting a C-17 just a few hundred f…
It's one of those bizarre twists of history that might have changed the world as we know it, if not just for a small tweak. Believe it or not, the Allied plan for Germany wasn't all Marshall Plan and Berlin Airlift from the get-go. While they also…
Though the U.S. military always seems to lose on TV, in a real zombie apocalypse, it might be worth a shot.
Not all deployments are created equal. Some troops primarily work at a desk performing critical operational tasks, while others are out and about undertaking various missions in the bush. Regardless, both schedules usually consist of long hours and …
In the summer of 1966 the United States was ramping up operations in Vietnam.For the Marines of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, this meant deep infiltration and reconnaissance into the Que Son Valley.…
Every generation of veterans has its own slang. The location of deployed troops, their mission and their allies all make for a unique lingo that can be pretty difficult to forget.
Walk into any military hospital, and you can usually get away with calling any of the medical personnel "Doc" if you're unfamiliar with the individual military branches' rank structure. It happens all the time. But bump into a…
North Korea and the United States don't have a lot in common. What they do share is a need for gathering intelligence — typically about each other. While the United States' intelligence agencies might have a difficult time penetrating the North…
If you've learned everything you know about Marine Corps boot camp from watching films like Full Metal Jacket or Jarhead, then you've got a skewed idea of what goes down. In fact, before we even hop into the list of misconception…
Future-President Harry S. Truman was a hero in World War I who technically broke orders when, as a captain, he ordered his men to fire out of sector during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, eliminating German artillery batteries and observers in order to…
Well, here it is, the ten funniest war movie characters of all time. Oddballs. Gallows humor. Hard asses. In exact order. Presented as fact. With absolutely no room for improvement. Don't think so? Take it up with the complaint department below, be…
The Coast Guard doesn't always get a lot of respect, but the fact remains that the service and its predecessors have fought in every American war since the Revolution, they deploy to locations around the world, and were absolute slayers in…
Lou Gehrig's Disease – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – causes the death of motor neurons in the spinal cord and muscles. As a result, the body experiences an eventual weakening of the muscles, respiratory failure, and death. While th…
Within the United States Army, each unit will routinely hold competitions to determine which soldier is the best at their given role. There's a competition for best warrior, best Ranger, best medic, best cook, soldier of the month, NCO of the quart…
