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Update: This story was corrected to reflect that Byers was a Special Operations Combat Medic. U.S. Navy Hospital corpsmen are part of a tradition that predates the American Navy itself. In the age of sail, corpsmen (then…
Army Cpl. Tibor Rubin was not the average soldier in the Korean War. The Hungarian Jew was a survivor of the Third Reich's concentration camps who pledged to join the Army if he ever made it to America. He made it to the U.S., jo…
If you don't know what Fisher House is, you gotta check it out.
Tolkan died in March 2026 at the age of 94.
Army Pvt. James S. Bumgarner met a North Korean patrol during the evening of April 23, 1951, during the early stages of the Korean War. You probably know him better as actor James Garner, star of The Rockford Files,
If you spend any time at all in the military after passing basic training, chances are good that you're going to end up in a bar with members of your unit. Chances are very good that one of those evenings will involve karaoke. Karao…
The Allied invasion of Normandy was a challenge on a grand scale. Every single aspect of the plan drew new challenges for commanders. Luckily, the greatest military minds of the day were leading the Allied forces. They came up with some ingenious so…
Even the ol' "Russian Reversal."
DARPA's EXACTO program successfully tested a .50 cal bullet that can change its course in mid-flight to hit a target. Also Read…
Every red-blooded American knows the story of the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" that was fired there. But shortly after, one of the most i…
While the U.S. has ordered its soldiers to remain sober in every major deployment since the 1990s, not all militaries have jumped on the temperance convoy. Here are five militaries with service members still allowed to drink in a war zo…
In 2008, a violent storm struck the Danish coast causing massive waves that crashed onto the beaches revealing a secret that's been encased in the sand for nearly 50 years — World War II-era Nazi bunkers. Reportedly, the occupying Naz…
There are tons of fitness brands in the health-and-wellness section of the PX that'll promise to help you build lean muscle — in exchange for a little cash. These nutrition companies plaster pictures of famous athletes that have next-to-zero body…
Fully armored, Medieval knight-style sword fighting is a sport in Russia now. And it's freaking incredible. M-1 Global is a Russian mixed martial arts company that has a Medieval "Knight Fight" circuit. The fighting began with joustin…
