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After spending two to three months in boot camp, young troops who are looking to serve in the infantry must move onto additional grunt training at other various grounds. Once they graduate from that, some head off to their first units, wh…
In 1999, the last official Morse code message was sent out from the Globe Wireless master station south of San Franci…
On Aug. 4, 1945, a group of Russian school children from the Vladimir Lenin All-Pioneer Organization presented a two-foot, wooden replica of the Great Seal of the United States to Averell Harriman, the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
When it comes to making good military aircraft, some countries are obvious go-tos. The United States, France, Japan, Russia, and the United Kingdom all immediately spring to mind as creators of classic combat planes. Then, you've got some smaller c…
In this modern world, earning a nickname is generally a piece of cake. Show up for work one day with a half-shaven face and you will quickly be slapped with one or two 'loving' and memorable nicknames that follow you for years. In previ…
The Joint Direct Attack Munition gets a lot of the press these days because of how precise and lethal it is. Its GPS guidance, however, is actually just one of three general approaches to precision-guided weapons. Outside of GPS guidance systems, o…
We all know spending time apart is a reality of military family life. Training, deployments, unaccompanied tours… all of these things result in having to spend long stretches of time away from your spouse. But what about those times when families …
The Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon has become a legend. It was the star of the 1986 movie, Iron Eagle, in which Doug Mast…
Typically, every single day of the work week, service members come together and stand quietly in organized columns, called a 'formation.' At these formations, service members are accounted for and various information is passed along.
The USS Constitution was firing broadsides into the Tripoli forts as America's six gunboats rushed into the shallow water of the harbor. The battle quickly spun into hand-to-hand fightin…
Fighting holes have been around for decades, used as effective defensive positions by armed troops to stymie the enemy's deadly offensive. Some branches refer to these dug-in positions as "foxholes," but both references mean the same.
The U.S. military comes up with some amazing aircraft to meet its battlefield requirements. And American defense contractors are not afraid to think outside the box when it comes to U.S. air superiority.
Being a solid Corpsman or combat medic in the infantry takes discipline, determination, and, above all, passion. Some aid station medics are more brainiacs than their grunt-like counterparts who lug heavy packs out in the field. However, …
Some planes have long had a reputation for being deadly in air-to-air combat. That is an arena built for the fast and evasive — and planes get faster and more evasive all the time. But what do we do about the older fighters? Retirement or being pa…
Combat medics courageously fought to save lives as the war raged around them in Vietnam. Helicopters became virtual hospitals in the air, buying the combat medic valuable time to heal the wounded. When lives were on the line, it was a combat medic'…
There are many clever ways to remember stuff from the Army's study guide. "Low Flying Pilots Eat Tacos," for example, is a great mnemonic for remembering the first 5 lines of your
There's no doubt that Air Force continues to advance its air-power capabilities. In 2015, the Air Force introduced its new multi-role fighter jet, the F-35A Lightning II. Once all the particulars are fine-tuned, this airframe is slated to eventuall…
Recruiting videos and Hollywood blockbusters often feature the thrilling image of a helicopter hovering over a building as soldiers or Marines quickly dismount via ropes into an austere environment. If you've ever wondered who is behind this ingres…
There's a good reason why: flexibility.
We know there's a big, inter-service rivalry between the Army and the Navy (especially around the time of the annual Army-Navy game