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In March 1945, Capt. Abraham Baum, a 23-year-old Army officer fighting in Europe, was summoned to the tent of Gen. George S. Patton for a special assignment. "What the hell am I doing here?" Baum
The 1st Texas Infantry Regiment was a group of veteran soldiers by the time they took part in the Battle of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862. That day still stands as the bloo…
Meet Colonel McIntosh One American officer made the bold proclamation that "a braver man than Colonel McIntosh never lived." Few could argue with this assessment when evaluating the deeds of James Simmons McIntosh. Born …
The M203 grenade launcher entered service with the U.S. military in 1969 during Vietnam. It replaced the M79 "Blooper" stand-alone launcher, almost always being used as an under-barrel addition to an assault rifle.
Under the Geneva Convention, hospital ships are immune from attack. Or, in very simple terms, shooting at them is a huge no-no. But one American sub commander did worse – he actually sank a hospital ship. However, he managed to get prom…
The Army private responsible for a massive leak of classified documents to Wikileaks has reportedly made the short list for presidential clemency. According to a report by
In what sounds like a page straight from the script of a Tim Burton film, the Pentagon has issued a solicitation to industry seeking biodegradable ammo that could also plant seeds. No, this is not a Duffleblog post. The solicitati…
A few weeks after the bloody battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, an odd event took place at the front lines of the Civil War armies camped on the Rappahannock River in Virginia. The two sides — camped approximately a mile from one another —…
The Navy's top civilian leader told reporters Jan. 11 that while he respects the career and leadership abilities of President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, he thinks Congress should take a hard line on its mandate to keep ci…
[brid video="113814" player="7965" title="Military Insider EA6B Prowler"]The EA-6B Prowler is a long-range, all-weather aircraft with advanced electronic countermeasures capability. The high-tech plane provides an umbrella of protection for s…
[brid video="113787" player="7965" title="Military Insider Marine Corps Drill Instructor School"]Drill Instructor School is tasked with training the Marines that make Marines. Lasting 11 weeks, the school is considered to be 10 tim…
[brid video="113810" player="7965" title="Military Insider M3A3 BradleyHD.mp4"]The M1 Abrams main battle tank gets a lot of attention and
Red dot sights are becoming as ubiquitous on handguns as they are these days on rifles. And the cool thing is they're getting smaller and cheaper for the everyday shooter and operators on a budget.
Submitting vouchers through the Defense Travel System is one of those tasks that probably originated in military purgatory. Sure, an automated, online form for documenting travel expenses and getting paid sounds like a miracle, but it's actually li…
You wouldn't think a heist movie set during the Iraq War would provide a particularly accurate look at military life. But while the 1999 movie "Three Kings" has a lot of …
[brid video="114010" player="7965" title="Mighty Minute Bob Hoover"]Jimmy Doolittle – the man who bombed Tokyo just 5 months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor – called Bob Hoover "the greatest stick-and-rudder man that ever lived.…
If you've ever seen some of the DOD videos - or photos, for that matter - from Iraq or Afghanistan, they're often accompanied by huge clouds of dust as helicopters come in for a landing. But here's what you don't see; the damage th…
The folks at FN America just unveiled the latest model in their FN Military Collector Series, the FN M249S Pa…
The legendary defense of the Spartans at the "hot gates" of Thermopylae has gone down in military history as one of the greatest last stands. But what if 300 Marine i…
