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On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued "Proclamation 1335" to officially establish June 14 as Flag Day. The holiday commemorates the 1777 adoption of the U.S.…

The Lenco BearCat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck) is one of the most versatile armored vehicles on the market. It's size, armor, and various configurations make it perfect for hostile urban environments.

ISIS is quickly losing ground in the Middle East thanks to American and Russian airstrikes and Kurdish, Iraqi, and Syrian ground forces. The so-called calip…

On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait with little warning. During that time, Hussein prevented many forei…

Shortly before the outbreak of World War I, U.S. troops occupied the Mexican port at Veracruz. The occupation came at a cost to both sides: the Americans lost 20 sailors over the course of killing 150 Mexicans. The violence leveled off af…

Winning the air war often depends on split-second recognition between friend and foe. Can you ID these jets in a hurry?

Let's start with the basics: Ships stay afloat because the weight of the water that it displaces equals the weight of the ship. As gravity pulls down on the ship; water creates an opposite upward force called buoyant force, which prevents the ship …

It's sometimes easy to forget that World War II wasn't originally a world war and that many countries hoped to let continental Europe fight it out against each other (including the United States). Some countries held on to hopes of remaining neutr…

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In May of 1942, U-boat 506 sank the freighter "Heredia" approximately 40 miles off New Orleans. Most of the crew onboard were merchant seamen, but there were also a handful of civilians including the Downs family, consisting of the parents, Ra…

In the pre-dawn darkness of December 11, 1917, thirteen American soldiers died together at the same moment, hanged in a mass execution on gallows that were immediately torn back down to lumber so other soldiers wouldn't see them. If you serve in th…

"Very simply, the PenFed Foundation exists because there are real financial needs facing America's veterans and their caregivers that, frankly, are not currently being met," says James Schenck, PenFed Credit Union and PenFed Foundation President …

Weapons are like tools; you need the right one for whatever the situation requires. But it's not always practical to have the most efficient gear on hand. Alexander Arms remedies this …

Devin Faulkner is an infantry veteran of the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team who is pedalling across America on a bike in an effort to raise money for veteran causes. The 24-year-old began his journey Jun. 4 in San Francisco wi…