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It wouldn't be possible without the Army World Class Athlete Program.

Navy corpsmen are well-loved. Grunts and sailors know that they can count on the corpsmen to be there to aid doctors in providing me…

When you're in the military, every bit of civilian life is broken out of you. When a veteran returns to civilian life, there are plenty of habits that get dropped like a bag of bricks. Slowly, we learn to sleep in a bit more and not get upset if so…

The tale of Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Gerard Roope is quite amazing – particularly given that it was a Nazi, Hullmuth Heye, 

(Header photo by Scott Dworkin) The Navy's got some planes that are capable of doing some amazing things. But, even with these amazing aircraft, are there some planes the Navy should bring back from retirement? For the following air…

If there's one common complaint among members of the United States Armed Forces (aka the best people in the world), it's that the pay sucks. When getting paid less than minimum wage grows old (and it does, fast), a servicemember might be inclined …

Air Force Pararescuemen are one of the elite units. They have to be, given that they have one very important — and dangerous — mission: to retrieve downed aircrews, even if they're behind enemy lines. One good cinematic portrayal of these heroe…

You may be familiar with the saga of the M16 rifle. In Vietnam, the rifle got a bad rap for jamming, largely caused because the …

While on a Christmas tour in the Middle East, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert Neller, …

In World War II, aerial warfare became a 24-hour-a-day thing. The bombers came first, carrying out devastating raids, like the December, 1940 bombing of Coventry or the Blitz over London. The British, of course, returned the favor by sending RAF Bom…

Though only a select few civilians even know of its existence, the "woobie" is cherished by all Marine and Army infantrymen, enlisted/commissioned, from Vietnam to the present. Related video:

Currently, Yemen is in the midst of a civil war. On one side, there are the Houthi rebels, backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. On the other side is the Saudi-backed Yemeni government, led by President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. This war has raged s…

CBS recently released a story about toxic chemicals at Air Force bases and their link to severe health problems, like ca…

Movies and TV have shown audiences multiple aspects of the tactics and maneuvering used to invade a bad guy's dwelling (though the accuracy is often suspect). While stateside police commonly use massive battering rams and huge crowbars, …

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II has been a legend in providing close-air support. However, even legends have bad moments, and the A-10 has now succumbed to one of the problems plaguing other United States military aircraft: It's giving p…

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Military recruiters are some of the most tireless salesmen in the country. When they're not handling some paperwork to make entering the military easier on a recruit, they're out finding fresh faces to bring into military service. Oftentimes, howe…

In the mid '80s, The A-Team was a hit action-comedy television show about a crack commando unit sent to prison by a military court f…

With a second carrier already launched and currently being prepared for entry into the People's Liberation Army Navy, it's clear that Communist China isn't resting on its laurels. In fact, China has already started building the first in a new cla…

If you've been a grunt, then you probably have a love-hate relationship with body armor. You love having it in a firefight — it can save your life by stopping or slowing bullets and fragments — but you hate how heavy it is — it's often arou…