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[brid video="113788" player="7965" title="Military Insider Vietnam Booby Traps"]Contrary to popular belief, neither the North Vietnamese Army nor Viet Cong guerrillas could match the U.S. forces toe-to-toe during the Vietnam War — either in …

The situation surrounding a number of Allied ships sunk in a series of desperate battles around what is now Indonesia 75 years ago is a mixed bag, a new report finds. Late last year, advocates worried that many of the wrecks had been looted by moder…

Union Army Col. John T. Wilder was a unique American officer, noted during the Civil War for his innovations that were initially considered strange but often proved to be revolutionary as well.

A senior commander of America's top special operations units is worried that small commercially-available unmanned aerial vehicles pose an increasing threat to his commandos on operations around the world.

The 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union eliminated an entire class of ground-launched missiles. The treaty states: "...each Pa…

In 1942, the culmination of a crazy idea from a British officer — known as Pr…

In early February, the vice chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines testified before before lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the state of the U.S. military as the Trump administration takes office. And many of the revelations fr…

Recently, the military healthcare system Tricare posted a photo on its Facebook page that had its fans in a frenzy. People got pissed; they complained; they shared the post with harsh words; some even used "caps lock" in their comments.…

A Green Beret was killed in a Feb. 2 vehicle accident while deployed to Niger, We Are The Mighty has learned. According to an Africa Command spokeswoman, Warrant Officer 1 Shawn Thomas died and another Green Beret was wounded in the inc…

Ed Tipper, a member of the famous D-Day-era "Easy Company," died at his home in Lakewood, Colorado, Feb. 1. He was 95. According to a report by the

Airman 1st Class John Lee Levitow was a loadmaster on an AC-47 — an aerial gunship and the predecessor to the AC-130 — that was pounding Viet Cong forces on the night of Feb. 24, 1969. But then disaster struck. The plane was dr…

Legendary retired Army Lt. Gen. Harold "Hal" Moore of "We Were Soldiers" fame died Feb. 10. The commander of 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of Ia Drang was days short of his 95th birthday.

A United States Navy P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft and a Chinese KJ-200 airborne early warning plane nearly collided over the South China Sea – the first such incident in the presidency of Donald Trump and reminiscent of a similar encounter t…

Snipers serve in all branches of the military — including the Coast Guard. That may surprise some, and even more astonishing is that the Coast Guard snipers shoot to kill — engines, that is.

A common misconception is that Daylight Savings Time exists so the farming industry could have more evening hours, but in fact, agriculture has long opposed DST (and for awhile there, th…

The B-1B Lancer is perhaps America's most underrated heavy bomber. For some perspective, let's look at the specs. The Lancer can carry 84 Mk 82 500-pound bombs internally — that's more than the B-52 or the B-2. It can carry a bunch …

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) was decommissioned on Feb. 3, marking the next step on her journey to the "Ship-Submarine Recycling Program" – what a

Ah, Valentine's Day! Love is in the air! Cupid is on the march! And you have duty. Or are deployed. Or stuck in the barracks. ... Whatever. We all know what that means. While you're busy mopping floors and standing at parade rest…

If you were lucky enough to make it out to Agency Arms' full auto shindig during SHOT Show 2017, you might've seen assorted burly dudes and barrel chested former freedom fighters hurling axes at a target. Why? Because lots of barrel chested freedo…