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Loose lips sink ships, the old saying goes. Nothing could be more true. And the combination of an international audience with highly classified intelligence along with a complete lack of understanding for what's important and what's not can be dis…
When the Red Army crossed the border into Finland in 1939, along with them came a battalion of remote-controlled tanks, controlled by another tank some 1000 meters behind them. Along with the usual heavy armaments, the tank drones shot fire from fla…
Freakin' Russia, man! That country is everywhere in the news these days. Whether it be unexplained deaths of Putin's opposition, election meddling, weird political memes, or
Dean Ivan Lamb was many things in his life, but first and foremost, he was an accomplished aviator. Having (more or less) dueled one of his best friends in the world's first-ever dogfight during the Mexican Revolution, he went on to serve in many m…
Gilbert Bates knew what a lack of understanding between people could lead to: violence and war. Bates was a Civil War veteran of the Wisconsin artillery who knew that people were basically good, no matter what the rumors said. If there was an area t…
Already planning that special family getaway for next summer? If you're thinking Disney World might be a little too expensive for your family, think again. Not only does the Magic Kingdom want more visits from more troops, but they've even created…
The Rebel Yell haunted the dreams of many Union soldiers during the Civil War. It wasn't scary or fearsome on its own, but it was rarely if ever heard on its own. Usually, the listener heard a mass of voices raising from the din of battle. Everyone…
The Navy's tradition of honoring past American Presidents by naming aircraft carrier after them is alive and well. The USS Ronald Reagan, the Abraham Lincoln, and the Gerald Ford are all symbols of the projection of Ameri…
Sinking an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier would be quite a feat for any vessel or aggressor. Not only because they each carry an air force greater than the air forces of most countries, and pack a punch with more power than anything most …
It's all fun and games to speculate about an "Avengers" movie or a "Star Wars" movie months and months before those films hit theaters, but when you're less than two months away from an actual release, less is certainly more. And now, after th…
Contrary to popular belief, nutrition timing isn't a huge deal. Your human body is smart, assuming you're a human and not a robot or lizard alien wearing a human skin suit. Your body knows how to use the fuel you give it. It doesn't rely on you f…
You can forget about video games glorifying violence. All that went out the window with the latest iteration of the Battlefield franchise. The new trailer for Battlefield V brings us to World War II in the Pacific Theater and the e…
As anyone who's ever deployed to a war zone knows, there's no better cork for your ass than a meal at Uncle Sam's House of Field Rations. This was a fact long denied by the Combat Feeding Directorate of the U.S. Army Soldier Research and Developm…
If you're about to join the Air Force any time soon, there's a good chance your work is going to involve maintaining aircraft. If you're lucky, you'll get assigned to the F-22 Raptor. Even with the rise of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, there is…
It's one of the oldest sayings in aviation circles: "If it's red or dusty, don't touch it." It seems obvious enough not to touch buttons or switches when you don't know what they actually do, so how did this axiom become so common? Older plane…
Jumping from a perfectly good airplane is inherently dangerous, even for qualified Army Airborne personnel. Why someone would fake their way into jumping without being certified or trained is anyone's guess, but there was Staff Sgt. Joshua Stokes i…
Fighter aircraft are designed and created for a lot of reasons. The F-22's maneuverability and speed were designed to make the aircraft the world's premier air superiority fighter. The A-10, by contrast, is relatively slow, but the flying tank pac…
Conventional wisdom would tell you that any ship going unnoticed by the enemy, especially an enemy submarine in World Wars I and II, would be the best-case scenario. But the Navy's "Dazzle" camouflage was clearly anything but conventional. The sh…
In 2017, Puerto Ricans battled economic hardship and the lasting effects of Hurricane Maria at home as they celebrated 100 years of American citizenship. On March 2, 1917, the
Spartans have a weird reputation for being the undeniable kings of Classical warfare while in reality, they get a lot of really great press from the Battle of Thermopylae, but they weren't really better or worse than any of the other Greek city-sta…