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While troops are in uniform, the only thing that matters is if it's correct. Uniform is tidy and presentable. Boots are clean (and polished, for you older cats.) Hair is cut on a weekly basis. Things like that. But when troops are off-duty a…
The Navy has recently wanted to end ballistic missile defense (BMD) patrols. This mission, usually carried out by Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers equipped with RIM-161 Standard SM-3 surface-to-air missiles, has been to protect American…
The Royal Netherlands Navy has a long tradition of naval prowess. Throughout its history, this Navy held its own against opponents ranging from England to Indonesia. Today, it is much smaller than it has been in the past, but it is still very potent…
People enlist in the military for a number of reasons, ranging from anywhere between the insane, "I love shooting stuff" to the more pragmatic, "I need the college money." Many of us also join because it's the right thing to do — at least, …
For Israel, a simple threat was all the provocation necessary to prepare for war — even if that meant a first strike. After all, Israel did it to great success in the 1967 Six-Day War with Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. Times were…
The Space Force is all but certain now and countless veterans want to "re-up" just so they could go into space. Shy of the 536 people who have completed a sub-orbital flight, no one really knows what it's like. That's where pop culture and video…
It's no secret that enlisted troops don't make a lot of cash (especially when you think about what's asked of them). The military has mandatory fitness requirements for active troops, but even so, PT sessions concentrate on limited exercises gear…
Microsoft's Xbox One is losing to Sony's PlayStation 4 — badly.With nearly 80 million PlayStation 4 consoles in the wild, Microsoft's Xbox One is getting trounced. Estimates put Xbox sales number somewhere in the range of 30 to 50 millio…
Who knew that folding clothes the "navy way" and putting on sheets so tight that you could bounce a quarter off of them would have such a profound affect on my life.I grew up in Virginia Beach, where most students came from military familie…
Veterans tend to fall off the wagon pretty hard when it comes to fitness. That isn't to say we are universally fat or unfit, it's actually quite the opposite. Most veterans have a level of fitness and capability from our days of service that doesn…
Everyone knows Cuba is a bastion of great music — but most people probably don't consider Guantanamo Bay when they're thinking of all that great Cuban sound. They definitely don't think of the Navy base for having a good time rockin' in Fide…
It doesn't matter what it is, somebody wants to be the best at it. For as long as time, competition has driven people to learn new skills and improve on the ones they know in order to rise to the top of their field. This desire to be best is what…
The formation of a sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces for a space domain is all but official now. After months of floating the idea through Washington, President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon and the Department of Defense to begin t…
Paratroopers are a force to be reckoned with. They can slip far behind enemy lines and wreak havoc against an enemy's support units, making life easier for those in the main assault and striking fear into those who assumed they were safely behind d…
Art comes in all forms. You can look at a Rembrandt painting and say his mastery of shadows was the antithesis of the Baroque movement that characterized much of 17th-century Europe. You might scoff at a contemporary art piece that, to you, looks li…
When allied forces man the front lines, it's fairly common to come in contact with local nationals that live in the area. Although the majority of the people you'll encounter out there want nothing to do with international politics, those who …
Service members have crazy schedules, which makes it hard to find time enough to work on your physique. Most of us have only about an hour to spend each time we hit the gym. Typically, the routines we do in that brief period consist of using free we…
It's hard to let go. If you're a sports fan, then you've probably watched your favorite players age well past their primes. They cling to their identities as athletes, as competitors, and they refuse to hang up their titles even as the competitio…
Today, the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, or HEMTT, is one of the military's most important but unheralded vehicles. This eight-wheeled behemoth has been around since 1982, but its highly-capable predecessor saw action well before the HEMT…
In 2012, Mullah Falzullah, a high-ranking member of the Pakistani Taliban, ordered his thugs to murder Malala Yousafzai, a schoolgirl who had become outspoken in her advocacy for women's education. Yousafzai survived and won the Nobel Peace Prize i…