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The U.S. Army made a lot of training videos for World War II. Think of them as the PowerPoints of yesteryear. And when it was time to teach infantry to fight tanks, the Army hired an actor that looks suspiciously like the character Gaston and then …
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) had what one report described as a "close encounter" with an Iranian vessel on April 24. According to a report by Fox News, the Iranian vessel was a "fast attack craft…
In World War I, there was a need to hit targets either pretty far off, or which were very hard to destroy. At the time, aircraft weren't much of an option – in fact, they really had a hard time carrying big bombs. Often, an aircrewman …
In retrospect, Germany's decision to attack merchant ships and carry out unrestricted submarine warfare seems incredibly stupid. They knew – or should have known – that killing citizens of a neutral country (specifically the United States) even…
America's highest honor for military service, the Medal of Honor, has been awarded to Canadian-born service members 61 times — but only four times s…
In World War I, Germany invented and debuted the world's first weapons of mass destruction — poison gas artillery shells and pressurized tanks that wafted the deadly toxins over the battlefield. They killed and wounded thousands. The G…
The infamous Molotov Cocktail got its start in the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939 when Soviet-backed forces with a large number of tanks were met by forces wielding glass jars with blankets or drapes wrapped around the lid and set on fire. …
The Philippines is known for many reasons in the West. To many, the island nation is the land of white beaches, lumpia, and vicious knife-fighting skills. My guess is that last item was a surprise.
Russia has unveiled a new military base as part of its buildup in the Arctic region, and has provided a tour — albeit a virtual one on your computer. According to
Chinese hackers have reportedly targeted South Korean businesses and that country's government over the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense System, also known as THAAD. The cyberattacks are apparently in response to the deployment of a THAAD batter…
In February 1988, the American cruiser USS Yorktown was on a Freedom of Navigation mission in the Black Sea, just south of Crimea. With her was the USS Caron. Though outside of traditional sea lanes, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea allows f…
Corpsmen and medics carry a mobile emergency room strapped to their backs along with their weapon systems — and it gets heavy. After going through months of intense medical training they can probably apply a wet tourniquet in the pitch black with …
Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley has just issued a new regulation that now gives the Navy's Judge Advocate General Corps a new weapon to use against those who post private nude photos. Related:
The early 1980s brought us some epic action movies like "Conan the Barbarian," "Blade Runner," and let's not forget "E.T." Although these films were fun to watch, they didn't have the impact on veterans like the movie "First …
In the early hours of Dec. 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, killing 2,403 service members and launching Preside…
The cause of a Sept. 20, 2016 crash near Sutter, California, that destroyed a TU-2S Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft and killed a pilot
The Vietnam War was gritty and painful. These 28 photos from the U.S. National Archives provide another glimpse of what U.S. Marines and their South Vietnamese partners went through in that long war: 1. A U.S. Marine officer teac…
At age 55, the King of Jordan is still ready to lead from the front — literally, the front of any given war. A video released by the Royal Court on Apr. 17 shows him leading Jordanian troops in a live-fire exercise, taking down buildin…
For countless years, various interrogation techniques have been used to locate the bad guys, gain confessions and convict criminals. In 1996, the CIA and Army intelligence officers were forced to release a collection of writings called "
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier PCU Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) – PCU stands for Pre-Commissioning Unit – co…