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1. A POW escaped prison to have an affair with the daughter of a Nazi worker

On the heels of his Oscar-nominated performance as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle in last year's hit, "American Sniper," Bradley Cooper looks to be returning to the war-drama genre.

Control of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is a major asset in military operations. The Marines have demonstrated their painful "

It's Father's Day, and while many fathers and sons may spend today together, their activities probably won't involve fighting a war.Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt. He had s…

1. Water filter

We can thank an unlucky ISIS fighter for giving us a firsthand perspective on what it's like to be shot in the grape. First-person footage shot on a GoPro worn by the fighter shows the moment he's shot during a firefight with Iraqi sold…

The Battle of Waterloo changed the course of history. On June 18th, 1815, Napoleon suffered his final and most crushing defeat. For over a decade, the French emperor had conquered or invaded much of Europe, using his seemingly super-human…

First, recipients of all these awards should be proud of themselves. Earning one of these medals show dedication to the U.S. military and is worthy of respect. However, that doesn't stop service members making fun of their own awards.

Ridley Scott's "G.I. Jane" gave audiences an inside look into Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, with Demi Moore starring as a female trainee. Except it's not called BUD/S — the movie calls it CRT for some reason — and th…

Being the new guy in a squad is just something every soldier has to go through. They work hard, prove themselves, and earn a little respect and rank as fast as they can. Until they do, junior soldiers put up with these 6 problems.

Take off your tin-foil hats for a second, because sometimes an insane-sounding conspiracy theory actually turns out to be true. From the government making up an enemy attack to justify war to "mind control" experiments, some stories are hard to be…

The Army was involved in some weird experiments during the 1950s and '60s. Some of the weirdest took place at Edgewood Arsenal, Md., where the military tested chemicals …

Sailing saved Ronnie Simpson's life. He was an 18 year old high school senior in Atlanta, Georgia when the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began in March 2003. Drawn to service by the events of September 11, Ronnie joined the Marine Corps Infantry the da…

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Compared to previous American conflicts U.S. military medicine drastically reduced the number deaths due to injury during the w…

In May 1962, four soldiers walked into a makeshift communications outpost outfitted with maps, food, medicine, and a chemical toilet. For the next 72 hours, the men would attempt to operate as a normal communications team while cameras rolled. Oh, …

A new data-driven video produced by Neil Halloran illustrates the massive number of fatalities of Second World War like never before. The video, which was released on Memorial Day, "uses cinematic data visualization techniques to explo…