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Mobile gaming is awesome, and all the rage. Here are 8 great military ones: 1. Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Peter Oakley was a British pensioner and widower from Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. On the Internet, he was known as geriatric1927, or "the Internet Grandad," a YouTube personality whose long-running show Telling It All consi…

In November 2015, Electronic Arts Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment (aka EA DICE) released their first Star Wars Battlefront game since Disney purchased the franchise. In less than a month, the action shooter picked up an impressive set of g…

This American Life's wildly popular Serial podcast came to fame in 2014 with the story of Adnan Syed, a young man from Maryland who was convicted in 2000 for the murder of his ex-girlfriend and high school classmate Hae Min Lee…

It may come as a surprise, but until President Obama signed the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in November, military working dogs who were retired while overseas were sometimes left in the country in which they were deployed, 

A top logistics officer was removed from his post after a night of drinking ended with him wandering a Florida hotel naked, the Navy announced Dec. 7.

A helicopter doesn't fly; it beats the air into submission. With the capacity to lift 88,000 lbs, the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion is a true workhorse. It's primed to be the premier lift helicopter by leveraging the lessons learned fro…

Women in the armed forces of the United States will no longer be limited to being "in the rear with the gear." Secretary of Defense Ash Carter will order the Pentagon t…

As 2015 wanes, calls among Washington's politicos are on the rise. Those calls are increasingly in favor or are demands for ground troops to engage ISIS leadership in direct combat. "This is a war." - House Speaker 

Invasions are risky, costly operations that can cost the aggressor dearly. Here are 8 invasions that may have made some generals wish for a time machine: 1. Napoleon invades Russia

The Library of Congress hosts a number of historical treasures, including, as a writer for the Smithsonian Magazine

Over the last few decades female service members have been allowed to join (or attempt to join) a number of warfare specialties that were once only available to men. Some would like to credit the political winds in the wake of the Tailhook Scandal i…

The forthcoming movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has already inspired parodies, including the latest Navy spirit video ahead of the Army-Navy football game on Saturday, December 12. In classic rivalry fashion, the Midshipmen predi…

[brid video="115906" player="7965" title="TYFYS Thanksgiving"]From stories of MRE jalapeño cheese-packet mac & cheese to homecoming meals made by family members, the fond memories of food while serving can be vivid and sometimes terrifyi…

Milkor's Multi-Shot Grenade Launcher (MSLG) is a revolver on steroids. Originally introduced in 1983, this six-shooter is designed to be simple, rugged, and devastating. It uses the time-tested revolver principle to fire six rounds in le…

Linda Glocke was incensed by a story she read on KABC-TV's (Los Angeles) website back in January of this year about the two Japanese hostages taken by the terrorist organization ISIS in Syria. The two men were executed on camera. She

In the 16th century a Frenchman named Martin Guerre from the Pyrenees region of Southern France suddenly left his wife and children and disappeared. This sparked the most infamous incident of imposture, when one person tries to slip into another's …

Death's flag is the flag flying above Old Glory when the nation is in mourning. No, you can't see it, but at least you're thinking about it, and that's the whole point of the American flag being at half mast. The tradition dates back …

In 1981, a spiritual leader named "Rajneesh," aka "Osho," aka Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, an Indian mystic and guru who advocated open attitudes toward sexuality, rejected Mahatma Ghandi and Indian socialism founded an "intentional community," a…