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The coast Guard's "Matchbox Fleet" was comprised of 60 wooden, 83-foot cutters that performed dangerous lifesaving missions under fire at Normandy, pulling more than 400 men from the water. One of these vessels was known as the "Homin…

Rear Adm. Brian L. Losey's promotion to two-star has been denied by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, the…

Author's note: This is a very hypothetical look at how a fight between two of America's greatest expeditionary units could play out. Obviously, this battle would never actually happen since paratroopers and Marines rarely fight outside of bars…

Air Force legend Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager turned 93 this year, but don't let that milestone fool you into believing that he's too old to be tech-savvy. A couple of years ago he started to tweet about his exploits during his long flying car…

U.S. and coalition forces invaded Iraq 13 years ago today,  kicking off a war that would last until the end of 2011. President George W. Bush had given Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein an ultimatum to cede power and leave the country by ear…

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Don't call it a comeback. Last year, CENTCOM deployed two Vietnam-era aircraft in a three-month trial run against ISIS. Based on that su…

What would happen if the U.S. found itself facing off against the rest of the world? Not just its traditional rivals, but what if it had to fight off its allies like the United Kingdom, France, and South Korea as well?

When America decides to strike back at a threat, it has a lot of response options. Here are 6 of the weapons that allow the U.S. to hit an enemy from across the planet: 1. Nuclear submarines

Throughout history, humans have often weaponized faith. This makes any discussion of the intersection between wellness and spirituality especially tricky because it can be divisive - which is counterintuitive to our …

The Sabot is a non-explosive tank round that consists of a narrow metal rod made of depleted uranium that penetrates armor then explodes into a spray of metal fragments. "It liquefies everything inside," said the soldier in the video b…

Pineland, Attica, Krasnovia… the names of these countries may not mean much to most people, but over the years, they have been invaded by the U.S. countless t…

On January 2, 1967, U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantoms lured North Vietnamese MiG-21s into the kind of air-to-air dogfight they usually tried to avoid. The mission, called "Operation Bolo," was an aerial trap designed by Colonel Robin Olds, a fighter a…

At of the turn of the 20th Century, America was coming into its own as a world power. In preparation for its new place in the world, the Joint Planning Committee, predecessor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, drew up plans for war with likely…

U.S. Army Pfc. Michael J. Perkins silenced seven enemy machine guns and captured 25 German troops when he rushed a pillbox with just a small bomb and a trench knife in 1918. Company D of the 101st Infantry was assaulting German lines in B…