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Before he crushed boot camp, he crushed childhood leukemia.

A flight from Pyongyang to Hanoi is just 13 hours and 15 minutes. But no one wants to sit on a plane that long, least of all Kim Jong Un, Marshal and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army. He prefers the 70-hour train ride, just like his fa…

There are a lot of articles that talk about the "largest naval battle," but they don't always agree on what battle that is. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, with nearly 200,000 participants and 285 ships, comes up often, but that isn't the largest numb…

Boeing has a new plane that is sure to raise eyebrows around the world. The Boeing Airpower Teaming System is boringly named, but it's also an autonomous fighter jet that

As Hollywood's awards season wraps up with the Oscars, it's easy to believe that Hollywood glamour and military might are like oil and water: Two very separate worlds that only intersect on the screen.While Hollywood might love taking milit…

In January 2018, an Afghan National Army position near Kunduz was assaulted and knocked out during a precision night raid. The attackers were using laser targeting systems and wearing night vision. The attack came from a special Taliban fighter unit…

There are a lot of jobs in which some level of sleep deprivation is a requirement, but very few in which getting drunk is authorized-- let alone encouraged. The military is one of those careers in which working sleep deprived is jus…

Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is the follow-up to the uber-successful third-person shooter, Tom Clancy's The Division. In a recent promo for the game, Tim Kennedy takes us on a stroll through about 5 minutes of absolute carnage tha…

There isn't a human on planet Earth who would argue that they don't need water. Yet such a large number of humanity neglects its most essential substance. Think of yourself like a hot air balloon, except instead of hot air, you are filled with up …

I led multiple combat conditioning programs in the Marine Corps, and I did my Martial Arts Instructor Certification at the MACE in Quantico with the creators of MCMAP. Yet, I had no idea what HITT was. I thought it was just a cheap rip-off of HIIT t…

The main reason most people cite for their energy drink consumption is to get enough caffeine to get through the day. Been there, done that. I'm pretty sure there are more soul-sucking jobs in existence than fulfilling ones--we can't all write for…

Somewhere, probably in front of a brightly lit screen with Weird Al playing in the background, a bunch of pencil-pushing scientists are writing long formulas on whiteboards, looking at the formulas thoughtfully, and then trying to use all that scien…

A YouTuber has come out as a former member of the Army Testing and Evaluation Campaign and revealed that, as he departed the command, he was allowed to film all the events surrounding his last mission including the U.S. Army and Navy and th…

Russia has the world's best tanks, top-tier fifth-generation aircraft, and weapons that can zap enemy munitions from the sky or burn out their guidance systems. Or at least, that's what Russia wants you to think, despite a horrible track re…

The U.S. Space Force, if fully formed, will eventually be in charge of all U.S. space operations, doctrine, training, and leadership. It's least common mission is also one of the most threatening if they fail: stopping space threats like asteroids.…

Through the Tickets for Troops Program, the Veteran Tickets Foundation (Vet Tix for short) teams up with major sports teams, leagues, promoters, organizations, and venues to provide free and discounted tickets to active duty military and veterans. T…

On March 4, 2019, the long-awaited U.S. premiere of Captain Marvel will take place in Hollywood, California — but it's going to have a little more shock and awe than a normal film because the Thunderbirds will be sending a formation of s…

America's favorite Revolutionary War hero and first president had a little wish to, uh, checks notes, burn the city of New York to the ground and watch the flames dance in the tear-filled eyes of his enemies. Wait, can that be right?

If there was a real weakness in the system of the early United States, it was slavery. The practice of slavery kept a lot of American ideals just out of reach and was used against the young country on multiple occasions. During the War of 1812, the …

Master Sergeant George Hand US Army (ret) was a member of the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, The Delta Force. He is a now a master photographer, cartoonist and storyteller.My Delta Selection class gifted the Unit wi…