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The "citizen soldiers" of the National Guard and Reserve have a long history of stepping up when America needed them. Here are 8 heroes who left their civilian jobs to kick the enemy in the teeth: 1. The general who wade…
America's operators are the best in the world, but they're focused on kicking down doors, killing terrorists, and training allies. Special Operations Command could use more flexibility, especially when it comes to future fights. Here ar…
U.S. Army doctor Col. William Gorgas paved the way for the construction of the Panama Canal by destroying the mosquitoes that spread disease and doomed an earlier French effort. When the Panama Canal Commission began construction in 190…
"The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga" was 12 years old when he was promoted to sergeant after firing on a Confederate colonel who was attempting to capture him. At that point John Lincoln Clem became the youngest non-commissioned officer in U.S. histo…
Engineers at Stanford University have created a coating of silver nanowire that retains up to 90 percent of the user's body heat, allowing wearers to stay comfortable in lower temperatures and
During its 241-year history the U.S. Navy has had it's fair share of swashbucklers, iconoclasts, groundbreakers, and innovators. Here are seven among the most noteworthy of them: 1. John Paul Jones
The highest rate of fire for a machine gun in service is the M134 Minigun. The weapon was designed in the late 1960s for helicopters and armored vehicles. It fires 7.62 mm calibre rounds at a blistering rate of 6,000 rounds per minute, or 100 rounds…
Veterans pride themselves on their accomplishments after spending some of the best years of their lives serving. But that path to greatness starts when recruits first enter boot camp — all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
Working dogs are an integral part of modern military life, but dogs have been accompanying humans into combat since before recorded history. Alexander the Great's dog, Peritas,
The guys over at the Smithsonian Channel war-gamed how an Apache could take down a dragon because curating a museum apparently gets boring. The dragon in their model is straight out of European mythology with huge wings, thick armor, and …
You can't have a story about the Soviet Union without mentioning the KGB.
The USS West Virginia was one of the hardest hit ships at Pearl Harbor but rose from the ashes to destroy Japanese forces in the years after that surprise attack.
"Rambo" is one of the most recognizable military movie series of all time. The indestructible, bow-wielding Special Forces soldier was adapted for video games, comic books, anim…
Just one day after Nate Boyer entered the Guinness World Record book for the longest football long snap, former Texas Longhorn, Seattle Seahawk, and U.S. Army Green Beret Nate Boyer embark…
The Isonzo campaign, fought in present-day Slovenia from June 1915 to November 1917 between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is one of the bloodiest series of battles during World War I, yet is hardly remembered outside of the countries invo…
Here are 15 things sailors know all too well about shipboard life around Super Bowl Sunday: 1. For the week or so leading up to the game you challenge your buddies to "Madden" every day after work
Ted Meyer is a Los Angeles-based artist, curator, and patient advocate who has been coloring the lives of those with traumatic injuries for 17 years with his project called "Scarred for Life: Mono-prints …
Over the years Hollywood has shed both positive and negative light on the military experience. While the biographical examples might face severe scrutiny over matters of accuracy, here are 8 fictional military characters who inarguably wouldn…
