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Nicknamed the "Desert Fox," Gen. Erwin Rommel was a decorated officer who was awarded the Pour le Mérite for his outstanding service on the Italian Front. During World War II, the legendary military leader commanded the 7th Panzer Division as …
In the early hours of May 2nd, 2011, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, SEAL team 6 got the green light to execute a deadly mission to capture or kill the man responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks — Osama Bin Laden. After President Obama broke the n…
Florence Finch was born with the heart of a American warrior. Her father was a U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish-American war who opted to stay in the the Philippines after the war, where he met his wife. Finch worked as a civilian for the…
The First World War was the peak of the age of the battleship as dreadnoughts from Germany and the United Kingdom, including the actual HMS Dreadnought that all similar ships are named for, faced each other across the North Sea and the world's gre…
The problems the Marine Corps is having with its F/A-18 Hornet force have been a boon to one plane that was originally slated to go to the boneyard much earlier. According to
Everyone who has attended a military function or visited a base has heard the "Taps" melody fill the air. Traditionally performed live on a bugle or trumpet, "Taps" is one of the more popular songs, and one that tends to quiet spectat…
It's the classic battle between masters of the martial arts. Snipers embody the best of stealth, reconnaissance and camouflage and are at the top of their game when it come to dispatching targets with precision from a great…
They called him "the East European." He was a former Delta Force operator who'd taken a career turn into the shadowy world of "non-official cover" intelligence operations for the Army. He lived in the shadows — traveling around the…
Weeks prior to the 2017 NFL draft, service members from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, were given the chance of a lifetime to undergo a surprise mission as part of the "Salute to Service" program. Hosted…
How are babies made? Well, a mommy and daddy fall deeply in love, get married, and give birth to national heroes. Here are five dinner tables from history where any third siblings must have felt really awkward as their brothers wore match…
Throughout its history, the Marine Corps has been known for rising out of the water and storming enemy beaches. But new technology could allow Leathernecks to emerge from the deep like James Bond. A new powerboat/submarine hybrid vehicle…
If he had to do it all again today, he's not sure he would be able to. Mentally, he's not sure he's got what it takes anymore. But when you ask Adam Peeples about about that night on the rooftop in Ramadi when he shot an enemy sniper,…
Okay, you've heard all the complaints about the F-35. It's super-expensive. It's got problems getting ready for combat. But in the real world, there's no other option. And as WATM has already explained, the Marine Corps desperately needs to
While everyone knows about Pearl Harbor, what most don't remember was that Japan tried hard throughout World War II to hit the U.S. mainland. Tokyo ended up using very old technology – hot air balloons – to deliver bombs to the Unit…
The recent incident involving the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) and an Iranian speedboat is a reminder that the South China Sea is not the …
Deep in the Nevada desert — approximately 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — sits a small town where the human population on a non-work day is zero. But this town wasn't made for real people to inhabit. Rather, it was specially built just to…
When a massive earthquake struck two years ago in Nepal, a sudden coalition formed to help. Service organizations, allied militaries, and others rushed from near and far to dig out survivors and provide help. And some native Gurkha soldiers are sti…
In 1985, Soviet filmmaker Elem Klimov made a movie about the Nazi occupation of what was then the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. The film, called "Come and See," is renowned as a gritty, realistic masterpiece. Be warned, the fi…
Glen Coffee was a superstar at Alabama — an SEC First Team running back in 2008, Coffee decided to skip his senior year with the Crimson Tide and throw his name into the NFL draft. He was picked up by the San Francisco 49ers in 2009 in …
The 1986 movie "Heartbreak Ridge" took the Marine Corps community and audiences by storm as it showcased Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Highway's rough and tumble personality. Clint Eastwood took on dual roles as he starred in and directed this iconic film …