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The USS Illinois (SSN 786) was commissioned Oct. 29 in a ceremony at Groton, Connecticut. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine can carry 12 Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike at targets on enemy shores, or it can switch some of its m…
October 2016 signals the end of the six-second social video service Vine. Six seconds was not a lot of time, but it was just enough time for Vine to burrow its way into our hearts – but just not far enough to stay in business. Members o…
Long range precision machine guns. Nearly silent carbine uppers. A new sniper rifle that can change between three calibers at the twist of a barrel. These are just a few of the new technologies America's top special operat…
[brid video="114084" player="7965" title="Hacksaw Ridge Trailer"]Mel Gibson has returned to the director's chair after a 10-year hiatus with the WWII epic "Hacksaw Ridge." The film tells the tale of real-life Army medic Desmond D…
The Marine Corps has just dropped the greatest pumpkin carving video of this year. Three Marines "carve" three pumpkins in the 20-second clip, and they do it from about 15 meters away. Check out their explosive techniques in the video b…
Amid increased Russian aggression, including the Kremlin's unveiling a new "Satan 2" nuclear missile, NATO forces announced on Oct. 27 that they were increasing deployments of troops to nations most likely to suffer an attack if Russia goes on t…
Camp Century, a top-secret, subterranean, experimental missile base established in Greenland during the Cold War, may be exposed in the coming years due to accelerating climate change. The camp was originally built in 1959, and the U.S. t…
Russia has unveiled images of a new super-heavy intercontinental ballistic missile that media reports claim could wipe out Franc…
There are few stories as truly amazing and inspiring as that of World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss.
If you wanted to visit the carrier the Doolittle Raiders flew from, the USS Hornet (CV 8), you need to go to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Specifically, the place to look is near the Santa Cruz Islands, where a major naval battle was fought 74 ye…
In the early days of World War II the Germans still had an advantage over the British. Even though the Royal Air Force had won the Battle of Britain, its bombers suffered heavy losses when they crossed the channel into occupied Europe. B…
The head of the National Guard said Oct. 26 that the Pentagon will continue to investigate re-enlistment bonuses paid to thousands of California National Guard soldiers a decade ago and will force those who wrongfully accepted them to pay the mone…
Why the U.S. invaded a tiny Caribbean island.
Physically fit? Check. Mentally fit? Check. Spiritually fit? Hmm. That could be the response from more Marines and even other military service members of this Millennial generation, as fewer troops are claiming a religion than those of p…
As the war in Vietnam heated up during the mid-1960s, firearm manufacturers tried to sell the Army new rocket ammunition that could be fired from pistols and carbines, reducing the weight that soldiers carried while nearly doubling the velocity of …
The 1st Battalion, 9th Marines deserve their rightful place in U.S. military history.
