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Union Army Col. John T. Wilder was a unique American officer, noted during the Civil War for his innovations that were initially considered strange but often proved to be revolutionary as well.
A senior commander of America's top special operations units is worried that small commercially-available unmanned aerial vehicles pose an increasing threat to his commandos on operations around the world.
The 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union eliminated an entire class of ground-launched missiles. The treaty states: "...each Pa…
In 1942, the culmination of a crazy idea from a British officer — known as Pr…
In early February, the vice chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines testified before before lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the state of the U.S. military as the Trump administration takes office. And many of the revelations fr…
Recently, the military healthcare system Tricare posted a photo on its Facebook page that had its fans in a frenzy. People got pissed; they complained; they shared the post with harsh words; some even used "caps lock" in their comments.…
A Green Beret was killed in a Feb. 2 vehicle accident while deployed to Niger, We Are The Mighty has learned. According to an Africa Command spokeswoman, Warrant Officer 1 Shawn Thomas died and another Green Beret was wounded in the inc…
Ed Tipper, a member of the famous D-Day-era "Easy Company," died at his home in Lakewood, Colorado, Feb. 1. He was 95. According to a report by the
Airman 1st Class John Lee Levitow was a loadmaster on an AC-47 — an aerial gunship and the predecessor to the AC-130 — that was pounding Viet Cong forces on the night of Feb. 24, 1969. But then disaster struck. The plane was dr…
Legendary retired Army Lt. Gen. Harold "Hal" Moore of "We Were Soldiers" fame died Feb. 10. The commander of 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of Ia Drang was days short of his 95th birthday.
A United States Navy P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft and a Chinese KJ-200 airborne early warning plane nearly collided over the South China Sea – the first such incident in the presidency of Donald Trump and reminiscent of a similar encounter t…
Snipers serve in all branches of the military — including the Coast Guard. That may surprise some, and even more astonishing is that the Coast Guard snipers shoot to kill — engines, that is.
Ah, Valentine's Day! Love is in the air! Cupid is on the march! And you have duty. Or are deployed. Or stuck in the barracks. ... Whatever. We all know what that means. While you're busy mopping floors and standing at parade rest…
On Dec. 16, 1944, the Germans launched a massive offensive into the Ardennes Forest that caught the Allies off guard. As the Battle of the Bulge erupted, depleted American forces were rushed into the lines to shore u…
Professional pain-factory John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is back for a sequel. And once again, there's a whole cadre of well-dressed people who want him dead. In anticipation of the film's release on Feb. 10, We Are The Mighty talked to dir…
You'd think that employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs would be spending every bit of their time on the job helping America's veterans. But that may not be case — some of them may instead be working on "union business." …
When special operators (or any armed force, for that matter) goes on an operation, Murphy (of "Murphy's Law" fame) can be an uninvited and very unwelcome guest — whether with last minute changes in the plan, an inopportune discovery by civilian…
The Army uses a defensive weapon stripped from Navy vessels to shoot down enemy rockets and mortars before they can reach friendly troops. And, as a free bonus, they tell nearby artillery units where the enemy's shot came from, allowing for quick r…
