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On September 4, 2018, the Secretary of the Army signed a memo that shifted the Earth under the U.S. Army by declaring that the Safety Brief, a longtime weekend ritual of every formation across the primary land forces of these United States, was
There is no living astrophysicist to have a place in the hearts of as many space nerds as Neil deGrasse Tyson. Hell, he even holds the honor of being named People Magazine's sexiest astrophysicist in 2000, before making his mainstay in the public v…
Forget business in the front, party in the rear. Iran is all business. There's no party around back. At least, not for the most American of all possible hairstyles: the mullet. The mullet is so American, in fact, that it's banned in Iran …
It was once the most heroic thing a soldier could do. They'd strap themselves up with the barest of combat essentials and jump out of the back of a perfectly good aircraft into uncertain danger — often ending up miles away from their intended dro…
It's hardly a secret at this point that there are enough nuclear weapons on Earth to kill us all and destroy everything on the planet many, many times over. That was kinda the point of the whole "mutually assured destruction" theory. I…
The military loves to boast that we "own the night." That's mostly because we don't sleep, but it's also because we have night vision goggles. If you weren't a grunt, then your night vision was probably halfway decent. If you were a g…
Humans are superstitious. We tend to come up with all kinds of ways to justify certain things we don't fully understand. That same quality definitely has a home in military service. While some of these may seem ridiculous at first glance, there's …
At age 83, Marine Corps veteran William Cox stands and walks with the help of a cane. But for one day in November, 2017, he stood for hours without it, wearing his old uniform. It was the last act of a promise he made in 1968 to his best buddy in Vi…
The first official Captain Marvel trailer finally dropped, teasing one of Marvel's most anticipated new films — and its new hero, whom the president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, has touted as Marvel's most powerful yet. Needless to s…
One of the most legendary successes of the Royal Air Force in World War II was a bombing raid that was written off for decades as a largely symbolic victory, but was actually a technically challenging operation that choked Nazi industry in 1943 and …
Lots of people like to play a mind game that centers around one moral quandary: Would you kill baby Hitler? Yeah, it's Hitler, but it's also a baby... Hell, this same question was even jokingly debated during an episode of Superstore, whe…
There are inherent dangers involved with a combat deployment. Even if you don't have first-hand knowledge, you probably have a pretty solid understanding of what troops go through on a near-daily basis in a country that few can even point to on a g…
It's often called the "Forgotten Campaign of the Second World War" — and there's no secret as to why. The campaign lost out on fanfare mostly because it took place in a far off, remote territory that few Americans lived on or cared ab…
Being promoted comes with a lot of responsibilities. Having power over those below you, vested in you by your rank, is one of those challenges that never seems to get easier, even with time. That being said, being picked up for promotion can …
The V-22 Osprey has a spotty safety record, costs twice as much as originally advertised, and has a cost-per-flight-hour higher than a B-1B Lancer or F-22 Raptor when including acquisition, modification, and maintenance costs. So, why are all four D…
Marguerite Higgins was a legend of the news media who went ashore with the Marines in the fifth wave at Red Beach at Inchon, South Korea, earning her the respect of ground-pounders and a Pulitzer Prize while allowing the general public to understand…
Buying a car in today's world is a necessity. Even the troops who grew up in a city where they never needed anything more than a subway pass will find themselves needing a set of wheels to call their own. Military installations are way too big and …
It's an inevitability for every veteran once they're out and making friends in the civilian world. Eventually, you'll hear about one of your of new friend's grandiose plan to go out into nature for the weekend to go camping with family and frien…
When Japanese planes swept Pearl Harbor in the December, 1941, surprise attack that took America into World War II, there were very few U.S. troops able to fight back in any meaningful way. That doesn't mean resistance was minimal. Once the nature …