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Two ranks occupy the same pay grade in the U.S. Army, the specialist and the corporal. The difference between the two isn't always as clear to other members of the military from other branches. In short, the difference between the two E-4 gr…

America's F-16 multi-role fighters are some of the most advanced aircraft on the planet, carrying precision weapons and using them to kill bad guys around the world. But in March 2003, two F-16 pilots were called to assist 52 British spe…

When a writer needs to think up some great, imposing force to pit against their protagonist, sometimes they go a little overboard. Yeah, it's great to see some young farmboy find the strength within needed to lead a rebellion against an ev…

The spirit of the thing started with neckties. It was the first year of full-on naval warfare in the Pacific following the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and …

Leaders often have the dubious task of delivering bad news to a formation and setting expectations for a unit. Sometimes, to keep troops motivated or to scare people straight, they'll stretch the truth a little. Occ…

It became clear just hours into Operation Desert Storm that the U.S. was leaps and bounds ahead of the Iraqi Air Force — the first aerial clashes resulted in the U.S. downing three enemy aircraft while suffering no losses. But

Ships hunting subs faced a sort of odd challenge when it came to confirming their number of kills. After all, their target was often underwater, there weren't always a lot of other ships around to confirm the kill, and the destroyed target would si…