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Marine Corps legend Gen. James Mattis sat down to answer questions about his 40 years of military service with the USMC news service, and his replies should be essential viewing. He shares personal anecdotes, like how a SAW gunner display…
Military jobs all seem pretty similar from the outside. Everyone shoots at the range, everyone gets compensated according to the same pay tables, and everyone gets yelled at by the people with fancier symbols on their uniforms. But some…
[brid video="115313" player="7965" title="Mighty Minute Ma Deuce"]It's one of the longest-serving weapons in the U.S. arsenal, packing a punch that few forget — whether they're firing the weapon or on the receiving end of its tremendous fi…
In a move geared to reduce the bureaucratic overhead for soldiers who're supposed to get straight to the business of fighting wars, Sec. of the Army Eric Fanning and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley announced a plan to cut down on PowerPoints and ot…
With Russia's announcement of a new permanent naval base in Tartus, Syria – long a port used by Russian (and prior to 1991, Soviet) forces, Moscow's expansion into that war torn country continues even as the Assad regime is wracked by civil war…
[brid video="114098" player="7965" title="Mighty Minute Wojtek The Bear"]During World War II, the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the 2nd Polish Corps had an unusual soldier among its ranks — a 440-pound Syrian bear named Wojtek.
A U.S. congressman and former Army infantry officer has started a company that makes an exact replica of the rifle wielded by soldiers he fought against in Iraq. Dubbed the "Tabuk," the Iraqi-made AK-47-style rifle remains a rare coll…
A top U.S. military technology company has announced that it's working on new technology to give tank and armored vehicle crews a 360-degree view of the outside even when they're buttoned up in armor with no windows. Basically, cre…
QUANTICO, Va. --- It was the great mystery of the Seal Team 6 mission to kill terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. Did the DEVGRU door kickers have helmet cams to record their daring raid? The Pentagon and everyone else said "No…
It was almost called "Combat Knife."
A brief history of the U.S. Border Patrol.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) was targeted by two missiles believed to have been fired by Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen Oct. 9. Both missiles missed the 9,200-ton vessel and landed harmlessly in the waters of th…
It's probably a tale as old as the military itself, but even the anonymity of the online marketplace couldn't keep these alleged military conspirators from getting nabbed by the feds for pinching combat gear for resale on the outside.
During the ferocious battle for Okinawa in World War II, American troops fought pitched battles against seemingly unending waves of Japanese attackers. Night after night the forces of the Rising Sun were reinforced by troops who hid in complex tu…
An Austrian firm has just debuted a new big-bore, bolt action rifle that could become a player in a new program to outfit U.S. special operations troops with an updated long-range sniper rifle. A new company in the market, Ritter & …
Had the Confederates won the Battle of Gettysburg, it's possible that there would have been another Union victory down the road and the war would've ended the same way . . . but who knows? The fact is, Gettysburg turned the tide of the Civil War, …
Two Russian fishermen were just minding their business when a true predator of the sea popped up right next to them.
Popular Mechanics dug this gem out of the list of contract requests from a government website this week: The U.S. Ar…
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps has unveiled a new unmanned combat air vehicle that has reportedly been based on the Lockheed Martin RQ-170. The report comes nearly five years after one of the secret drones went down in Iranian territory.
