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The 1986 movie Heartbreak Ridge took the Marine Corps community and audiences by storm, introducing Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Highway's rough and tumble personality to the delight of all. Clint Eastwood took on dual roles as he starre…
With the help of Pearl Harbor survivors, Janet & Glen Tomlinson created Home of the Brave Tours & Museum, a one-of-a-kind WWII Military Base Tour along with the largest private collection of 1940's memorabilia in the Pacific. As curators of…
A Navy SEAL, killed alongside civilians in a January raid on a village in Yemen. Another SEAL, killed while accompanying Somali forces on a May raid. And now four Army soldiers,
A U.S. plot to pay Cubans for killing Cuban officials and Communist sympathizers was revealed in a batch of CIA files released on Thursday. Only $0.02 was offered up for the killing of Prime Minister F…
The AGM-114 Hellfire has been a lethal anti-tank missile, and it's also been used to make a bunch of terrorists good terrorists, according to one of William F. Halsey's more Mattis-esque statements. But the 20-pound warhead on the Hellfire can be …
Shooting a weapon is an incredible experience that you never forget. Squeezing that trigger can make any gun owner smile from ear-to-ear. On the other hand, many gun owners have no freakin' clue how to hold the weapon and accurately f…
A court order just halted the Trump administration's plans to revert the Department of Defense personnel policy on transgender troops implemented by President Barack Obama. The ruling has the effect of keeping the order in place while the case is a…
When you're on deployment in the middle of nowhere, calling friends and family can be challenging. The satellite phones might be down for various reasons — or since you're probably in different time zones — the person you're trying to reach h…
South Korea's military has come a long way. Even in the 1980s, that country was relying on a lot of older Americas designs, like the F-5E Tiger and the M-48 main battle tank. Today, though, that country builds its own weapon systems – and they ar…
The T-38 Talon has seen a long career training fighter pilots, entering service in 1961. Since then,
A retired Navy SEAL wounded in the search for US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan in 2009, testified about the harrowing firefight that ended his career. Speaking at Bergdahl's sentencing h…
Lasers have been a mainstay weapon of science fiction for years. In the real world, lasers haven't quite reached the operational weapon stage, but have been used for range-finding and guiding weapons like the AGM-123 Skipper, AGM-114 Hellfire, and …
The Humvee — High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) — has been a workhorse for the United States military for over three decades. The vehicle is showing its age, as insurgents have been doing a lot of damage with improvised explosiv…
When dismounted troops need a robot to look over or handle a dangerous situation, that robot both needs to be able to be portable and capable. The
The M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun — fondly referred to as "Ma Deuce" — is rightly seen as a legend, with over 80 years of service to the troops. This machine gun has outlasted attempts to replace it, including the XM312 in recent years. …
A Marine Corps band first played "Hail to the Chief" for Andrew Jackson as he walked off on his way to Ohio. It earned three cheers from his adoring crowd. After President John Tyler adopted it for his 1841-1845 term in office, the tradition stuck…
In an era where a lot of the focus is on smaller helicopters — sometimes unmanned, like the MQ-8 Fire Scout — there are some big choppers out there worth mentioning. Arguably the world's biggest helicopter comes from Russia's Mil design bureau…
On behalf of the upcoming film Last Flag Flying, Amazon Studios partnered with We Are The Mighty to donate two World Series tickets to a lucky veteran in the Los Angeles area. When Army veteran Greg Alaimo was told h…
During his second tour in Vietnam, Capt. Jay R. Vargas was the commanding officer of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment about to lead his men into the enemy-infested area of Dai Do in the Republic of Vietnam. While north …
In some ways, the Royal Navy has become a shadow of itself. At the Battle of Jutland, the Royal Navy sent 151 combat ships into the fray. Today, the Royal Navy has a total of 77 commissioned warships. But while the numbers are small, the Royal Navy…