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Regardless of medium, whenever there's a futuristic, science-fiction war going on, there are lasers. Laser guns,

If you've never been on a combat deployment, you're what many troops call a "boot." That being said, the different military branches have varying definitions of what a boot is and what it takes to shed the newbie label.In short, the t…

Skipping out on work is an age-old practice and, in the military, it requires a decent amount of both skill and luck. The art of 'skating' is not one that can easily be taught or learned. To become an expert, one must be trained by a master — p…

Anti-submarine warfare is something that the Royal Navy takes very seriously. Historically, there's good reason for it: German U-boats have twice tried to blockade Great Britain and each attempt brought about great peril. Once upon a tim…

He's often depicted as an old man with a grey goatee rocking a red, white, and blue suit and top hat. Uncle Sam is synonymous with Americana and is the personification of the United States government. His image has graced recruiting posters and pol…

Former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is a legend — and deservedly so, seeing as he was America's top sniper of all time. But the United States is not the only country in the world to have had a great sniper. Russia has its legends as well, like sharpshoot…

In 2017, two vets went into an active war zone to document testimonies from survivors of the Yazidi genocide begun by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) in August 2014.

Warfare, in the abstract, is a race between technologies that inflict damage and those that protect against it. It's a lot like a pendulum, where each new technological advancement either swings momentum in your favor or nullifies the enemy's adva…

Right off North Carolina Highway 147 in Durham sits a relic of older…

What's the first thing you think of when you hear the term, "gadfly?" Do you think of some annoying person you wish you could just smack? Maybe you're a rancher and you immediately think about an insect that bites your livestock. If you hear an …

When Prince Felix Yussupov went to murder Russia's "mad monk" and advisor to the last Tsar, he wanted to make sure the job was done. He wrote that he had poisoned Rasputin's wine with cyanide. When that didn't do the trick, he then shot the mon…

In December of 1915, allied forces received word that it was time to evacuate from the fight against the Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli. In order to cover their sneaky retreat, Australian forces needed to find a way to make it appear as if…

If there's one generally accepted rule of warfare, it's that you should never invade Russia during the winter. Hitler tri…

When deployed troops buy whatever they need, if they pay in cash, they won't be given pennies, nickels, dimes, or quarters as change. Instead, they'll be given cardboard coins (colloquially called "

If you've seen any submarine-themed movie, whether it's Hunt for Red October, the classic Operation Pacific, or Crimson Tide, you understand the severity of an incoming torpedo. Anyone who knows naval history knows that…

In 1995, Damon Wayans played the hilarious U.S. Marine Maj. Benson Winifred Payne who lives for war and sleeps with his eyes o…

Hey, want to make an extra $175,000? Well, if you're a Navy fighter pilot and you're willing to spend another five years in the service, that pile of cash can be yours! Now that we have the big-ass headline and the promise of a lot of moolah out o…

How many carriers does the United States Navy have? Well, between the ten Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and the freshly commissioned USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the first of her class, you might think the answer is 11 — …

When you think "Marines," your mind conjures up images of fighting on the Pacific Islands of Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal. Or perhaps you immediately think of the Battle of Fallujah. Well, did you know that the Marines also train for arctic warfare? I…

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most well-known cultural icons of Great Britain. To date, he's been portrayed by 254 actors and has been referenced in