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From realistic portrayals of combat to comedic satire of thermonuclear warfare, some military-themed movies are a cut above the rest. Since WATM is headquartered in Hollywood, California

The iconic Vietnam War movie was made in 1979, but will live forever.

The American Civil War was a bloody affair, where many battles were fought with infantry tactics that had been around for 100 years. But some weapons designers pushed the envelope of technology during the violent conflict and developed arms that wo…

The Aztecs had the largest pre-colonial empire in the Americas and ruled with an iron fist. Mexico derives its name from the Mexica people, a migratory bloodline that settled in Lake Texcoco and founded the city of Tenochtitlan. These spiri…

"This is my rifle; this is my gun. One is for pleasure; the other for fun . . ." As anyone who's been there knows, a warfighter develops a pretty intimate relationship with his (or her) weapon while in theater. From the Revolutionary War through…

On a cold afternoon in early January, 1948, control tower operators at Godman Army Airfield in Fort Knox, Kentucky, became aware of the presence of a mysterious object floating in the skies of the base. Reports from nearby highway patrol officers wh…

The best entrepreneurs are like a good cup of coffee: fresh, strong, and bold.Army Green Beret turned coffee brew master, Evan Hafer, is exactly that. As the CEO of Black Rifle Coffee, Hafer says they're selling freedom, one cup at a time.

A war between robots and humans has been the subject of a lot of science fiction, especially in film. And until very recently, the idea that robots could post an autonomous threat to humans was just that: science fiction. Today, advancements in robo…

If there's one accessory that's become synonymous with the post-9/11 generation of troops, it has to be the nonsensical PT belt. It's that bright, neon green, reflective band that you see wrapped around every troop when they go out for a jog.…

Over the years, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has graduated thousands of officers who have gone on to do great things with their lives. Two Presidents of the United States and 75 Medal of Honor recipients are West Pointers. But no single…

Military designers and the countries they work for have always sought to outdo one another on the battlefield, and creating massive artillery pieces has been no exception. Though there have been many extremely large artillery pieces manufactured, an…

On an undisclosed night in 1959 or 1960, four CIA agents grabbed their cameras, stripped off their shoes, and climbed into the sexiest thing to ever come out of Soviet Russia during the Cold War: the Luna. When the night was over, the So…

The rise of television has brought epic, cinematic stories to home screens, where episodic series can develop characters and plot steadily over a season and build suspense for the exciting climax in ways only film used to do — especially when it c…

During Desert Storm, the USS Theodore Roosevelt was on high alert. Petty Officers JD Bridges and Michael McDonald were prepping an A-6 Intruder fighter jet before takeoff. It was business as usual. Mere seconds before the jet will sped d…

The American War of Independence, as the British like to call it, was the the rebels' war to lose. With the superior military and economy of Britain, many expecte…