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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has taken over vast swaths of Iraq and Syria in what seemed a rapid fashion, but a new video from the Brookings Institution explains the terror group's origins that trace back to well before …

If you want to get an inside look at life in the U.S. Navy, these Instagram accounts should do the trick. We sifted through hundreds of Instagram feeds and selected nine accounts that show what a sailor's life is like. From ship…

On Nov. 21, 2010 while providing security on a rooftop in Afghanistan, then-Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter jumped on a grenade to save his best friend's life, an action he later received the Medal of Honor for."I only remember a few moments …

The scenes of John Rambo wasting bad guys with an endless supply of ammunition isn't so unrealistic after all. While military blog Task and Purpose nailed it with its recent article on

The legendary rock band Kiss is known for their makeup, over-the-top stage show, and hits like "Rock 'n Roll All Night" and "Detroit Rock City." They aren't known as historians, although two of the band's members — Gene Simmons a…

Are you a bomb dropper or a gear hauler or what? Take our aircraft personality quiz and find out: [playbuzz-item url="https://www.playbuzz.com/wearethemighty10/what-type-of-military-aircraft-are-you" info="false" shares="false" reco…

Everyone remembers the 1980s film classic "Top Gun," featuring awesome dogfighting sequences and a look at the fighter pilot lifestyle, but we found an awesome video of what the movie would look like in 2014, minus the weird beach volleyball scene…

A U.S. Army company commander us…

Here's an in-depth profile of former Naval Academy football player and Marine Corps officer Brian Stann and his life as an MMA fighter:

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The singer goes from a painful breakup to a total badass in a span of a few minutes.

Do you have what it takes to be one of the few, the proud, the danceable? In this classic from a few years back, Marines bust a move when their favorite jam, Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe,' comes on:

Duct tape is quite possibly the greatest thing ever invented. It's the poor man's handyman tool. It can fix just about anything (temporarily). So it makes sense in the military would find plenty of use for this magical sticky stuff. Her…