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DARPA does a great job of designing new and exciting weapons for the military. But here are 11 weapons from movies and video games that the U.S. fighting forces would like to see rolling out of a DARPA lab soon. 1. Iron Man's sho…
The U.S. Coast Guard is involved in a variety of missions since it began service in 1790 as the Revenue-Marine. It has destroyed pirate forts, landed
In his last few weeks in office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, and the U.S. Embassy in Havana was shut…
In the 1960s, when a single military incident had the potential to spark a nuclear war, the US government needed a surveillance plane that absolutely could not be detected, intercepted, or shot down. The answer was the SR-71. The L…
Lt. Col. Allison Black, commander of the 319th Special Operations Squadron, became the first woman in her special …
In 1945, Allied military and newsreel cameramen documented the liberation of Nazi concentration camps as the British, American, and Russian forces pushed ever further into Germany. This footage was compiled and edited by the British government to…
List of Famous Military Brats ranked by fame and popularity. A military brat is a nickname used to describe the children of parents who are serving in the military. These military kids frequently move around a lot within the
While other senior citizens were enjoying a quiet life in retirement, 71-year-old Billy Waugh was hunting for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and blowing Taliban fighters to smithereens. As a member of a CIA team sent in shortly after the …
Great aircraft and vehicles aren't very useful without somewhere to park them, and troops need good cover to keep them safe from attacks. So, for all the innovations coming out of DARPA and the weapons being developed by the military, it's the h…
Destiny Monique is a Marine Corps veteran who used her military experience to break into modeling and acting. She has appeared in tons of magazines domestically and abroad and now owns her own modeling company. In this Spotlight episode, …
The U.S. Marine Corps has the unique mission of securing embassies worldwide. Marines are stationed in embassies as security, they're sent as reinforcements for diplomatic …
Most people think of Navy SEALs as superheroes who work together like a real-life Avengers team.
Command of the seas sometimes means taking control of a non-complaint ship by forceful means, and, as they've demonstrated a number of times in recent years while dealing with pirates off the coast of Somalia, U.S. Navy SEALs possess a specific set…
Thank Uncle Sam for everything from sliced bread to the McRib.
