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The Army has a saying, "Ain't no use in looking down, ain't no discharge on the ground." But for some old sailors, looking down would have revealed a DD-214, just not the kind of DD-214 that are discharge papers.
Sure, we all love the "Brrrrrt" of America's A-10 Warthog — the legendary close air support plane that's become the terror of Taliban insurgents and Iraqi bad guys alike.
In 1963, the youngest B-52 was less than a year old. The ABC network soap opera "General Hospital" started airing. The nuclear attack submarine USS Thresher (SSN 593) sank in an accident. One other thing happened: a young man from Empor…
"It is neither your title nor your name that defines you, but what is written on your heart." Rene Locklear White has held many titles: lieutenant colonel; Air Force veteran; wife; mother; Native American reli…
Anyone who's ever shot an AR or M4 with a suppressor knows how much better the experience is. Hence the saying, "Once you go suppressed, you never go back." Previously the exclusive domain of special operations troops, the Marine Corp…
A Russian engineer put his tiny Lada Riva car on tank treads and called it the "Wolverine." Shavrin spent six months and 100,000 roubles — roughly $1,300 — to make his hybrid tank-car. At 31 mph, the vehicle isn't fast, but it does…
How realistic is the combat in "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back?" To find out, we went to veteran owned and operated Military Muscle Gym …
The United States Navy is investigating how a Trump flag ended up being flown while a SEAL unit was convoying between training locations.
New details have emerged about the Jan. 28 raid on a compound used by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula that resulted in the death of a Navy SEAL and the loss of an MV-22 Osprey. According to a report by
The Vietnam War required more firepower.
The recent grounding incident involving the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) in Tokyo Bay is not the first time a Na…
The U.S. Air Force needs a lot of space to train, especially when it wants fighters, refuelers, and other aircraft to work together in a way that realistically simulates combat conditions where jets chase each other at twice the speed of sound and …
Interpreters who have been caught up in the executive order by President Donald Trump suspending immigration from seven countries have picked up some high-powered help from Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and some veterans in Congress. A…
New reports have emerged that a Royal Saudi navy frigate has been attacked off the coast of Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, killing two Saudi sailors. According to a report by
American tankers were slightly late to the armored game, historically. Britain first rolled out the tank in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, before America even joined the war. In fact, America wasn't even able to get its first tank, the M1917, to …
[brid video="113816" player="7965" title="Military Insider CCT School"]The teams that have completed some of America's most stunning special operations include a few airmen who are often overlooked when it comes time to glorify the heroes: Co…
A member of the Navy's elite SEAL Team Six was killed during a Jan. 28 counter-terrorism raid in Yemen. According
Four contractors with the security firm formerly known as Blackwater may have come under fire before they shot and killed more than a dozen Iraqis in 2007, federal prosecutors admitted in a hearing before the United States Court of Appeals in Washin…
In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the battleships USS California (BB 44), USS West Virginia (BB 48), and USS Nevada (BB 36) were severely damaged while the battleships USS Arizona (BB 39) and USS Oklahoma (BB 37) were sunk. Four …
