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5.11 Tactical has been building gear for military personnel, law enforcement officers, and PMC/PSC contractors for years now (and of course for adventurer- and gun-carryin' type civvies as well). We've received word they just rele…
A Russian engineer put his tiny Lada Riva car on tank treads and called it the "Wolverine." Shavrin spent six months and 100,000 roubles — roughly $1,300 — to make his hybrid tank-car. At 31 mph, the vehicle isn't fast, but it does…
How realistic is the combat in "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back?" To find out, we went to veteran owned and operated Military Muscle Gym …
He is widely known as a Hollywood animation legend who worked at the studios that created Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse. But Hal Geer also flew 86 combat missions as a combat cameraman in World War II.
The United States Navy is investigating how a Trump flag ended up being flown while a SEAL unit was convoying between training locations.
Kim Jong Un may have just received his only warning to shape up or risk upsetting Secretary of Defense James "Chaos" Mattis. And when Chaos Mattis gets pissed off… well, it would be a lie to say it was nice knowing Kim Jong Un. Accor…
New details have emerged about the Jan. 28 raid on a compound used by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula that resulted in the death of a Navy SEAL and the loss of an MV-22 Osprey. According to a report by
The Vietnam War required more firepower.
The recent grounding incident involving the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) in Tokyo Bay is not the first time a Na…
The U.S. Air Force needs a lot of space to train, especially when it wants fighters, refuelers, and other aircraft to work together in a way that realistically simulates combat conditions where jets chase each other at twice the speed of sound and …
Interpreters who have been caught up in the executive order by President Donald Trump suspending immigration from seven countries have picked up some high-powered help from Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and some veterans in Congress. A…
Executive orders to bar the entry of refugees from several Middle Eastern nations caused quite a stir over the weekend. The order restricts immigration from seven countries, suspends all refugee admission for 120 days, and bans all Syrian refugees …
New reports have emerged that a Royal Saudi navy frigate has been attacked off the coast of Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, killing two Saudi sailors. According to a report by
[brid video="113799" player="7965" title="Military Insider Comanche"]Heat, smoke, and that loud "wop-wop" sound make helicopters easy targets on the battlefield. For these reasons, helicopters make the unlikeliest candidates for stealth te…
American tankers were slightly late to the armored game, historically. Britain first rolled out the tank in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, before America even joined the war. In fact, America wasn't even able to get its first tank, the M1917, to …
You've heard the jokes about the French. Their surplus rifles have never been fired, just dropped once. Raise your right hand if you like the French, raise both hands if you are French. But there is one thing that isn't a joke: France'…
[brid video="113816" player="7965" title="Military Insider CCT School"]The teams that have completed some of America's most stunning special operations include a few airmen who are often overlooked when it comes time to glorify the heroes: Co…
A member of the Navy's elite SEAL Team Six was killed during a Jan. 28 counter-terrorism raid in Yemen. According
Four contractors with the security firm formerly known as Blackwater may have come under fire before they shot and killed more than a dozen Iraqis in 2007, federal prosecutors admitted in a hearing before the United States Court of Appeals in Washin…
In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the battleships USS California (BB 44), USS West Virginia (BB 48), and USS Nevada (BB 36) were severely damaged while the battleships USS Arizona (BB 39) and USS Oklahoma (BB 37) were sunk. Four …