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Everyone knows the "I'm important!" feeling of getting their first medal and the "Oh, this dog and pony show again?" of getting pretty much every award after that. It was probably a little different for these guys when they got a me…

They put out a call to any boats that could help.

Do you even internet, bro? The South Carolina National Guard just put out a request for folks to come up with the command's new motto (because apparently "Trusted at home, proven abroad" is no good). Here are the guidelines:

Staff Sgt. Reckless, a Marine Corps horse who resupplied her fellow troops during some of the hottest fighting in the Korean War, was just honored with a monument in Camp Pendleton, California.

Every troop should be proud of their service. From the gung-ho infantryman to the admin clerk, everyone should take pride in being a tiny cog in the giant gears that keep this country safe. While you'll be hard-pressed to find troops in service wea…

One Vietnam veteran called the diminutive Tokay Geckos the "reception committee" for incoming American soldiers in country, "the only ones in Vietnam who were telling you the truth." The lizard is a true gecko, native to Southeast As…

In the wars since Sept. 11, 2001, there have been sixteen Medals of Honor conferred, but ask any military member and they'll likely bring up some other heroes wh…

At the end of the Miss USA beauty pageant on Jun. 5, Miss District of Columbia, U.S. Army Reserve 1st Lt. Deshauna Barber, was crowned the winner. Barber is a logistics officer and

The Cold War saw both sides of the Iron Curtain come up with new ways to inflict a nuclear apocalypse on one another — always in the hope that these methods would serve more so as a deterrent than a call to war. Among the myriad bombs a…

(Header photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Von Marie Donato) Each branch of the military has a different way to show their unit pride. U.S. Army soldiers wear easily identifiable patches (a shoulder sleeve insignia) on the left shoulder of thei…

Oregon Sen. Edward Dickinson Baker was a veteran of the Mexican-American War, friend of President Abraham Lincoln, and respected legislator…

The Art of War by Sun Tzu is an ancient classic. There are free versions of the masterpiece available everywhere, from Wikipedia to