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The 1943 season was a tough one for the NFL, its fans, and America. At the height of World War II, Pennsylvania's two pro teams lost a number of players to military service. As a result, the two teams merged temporarily in order to play out the sea…
The Badger is officially the smallest passenger tank on Earth, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It's a one-man…
The American Forces Network (AFN) is the brand name used by the U.S. Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS). It's a worldwide network designed to be entertaining and informational for U.S. troops and their families while deployed or stat…
Last week, We Are The Mighty wrote a list of nine of the most legendary heroes of the U.S. Army. This week, we remember some of the Air Force's heroes. A…
As the newly reunited States began to recover from the Civil War, expansion westward returned with a new fervor. While the eyes of those who lead the government looked towards California and the Pacific Coast, the eyes of the Revenue Cutter Service,…
The Mapuche Tribes of what is today Chile and Argentina banded together to fight the Spanish colonizers of South America. During the Arauco War in 1557, the natives were fighting the forces of governor García Hurtado de Mendoza but were ultimately…
The U.S. Navy's Nimitz Class aircraft carriers are some of the most powerful weapons systems known to man, floating cities that can take strike warfare capability to the far reaches of the planet, places unreachable by other military assets. Wit…
Before he received his code name of GARBO, Juan Pujol Garcia was a chicken farmer and hotel manager in Fascist Spain. He started his espionage career with no training, no contacts, and surrounded by intelligence agents from all sides. By the end of…
This may seem like blasphemy to some, but Popeye started his professional career as a civilian mariner and then Coast Guardsman. The famous sailor did join the Navy, but as of 1937, Popeye was firmly in the Coast Guard. A two-reel feature titled
During World War II, there was a concerted effort to develop heavier and heavier tanks, often stretching past the limits of practicality and even credulity. Some of the larger examples were well over 100 tons, huge by today's standards. Almost none…
The story of Soyuz I does not have a happy ending. A flight launched by the space program of the Soviet Union, the craft carried Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov in what was the first manned flight of the Soyuz line of spacecraft. After a serie…
Crime doesn't pay... except when it helps decide the course of a war. Here are five cases of criminals joining the war effort: 1. The Jewish Mafia opened the New York docks to the Navy so Nazis there could be caught
Making planes, tanks, and ships isn't cheap. Now factor in the cost of personnel, housing benefits and operations and you have a defense budget that balloons into the billions. Related:
When the trailer for 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi dropped, netizens were quick to dub it "Bayghazi," a portmanteau of the location of the now-infamous embassy attack and the name of director Michael Bay. But the film deserv…
On January 17, 1991, seven months after Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded and tried to annex neighboring Kuwait, the world decided it had enough. Operation Desert Storm was launched that day, and Saddam was smacked down by a coalition of 39 c…
Dog people have had their day in the sun with the celebrations of the brave service of military working dogs across the web, including this site. But what about cat people? Where are the stories for them? No need to take your frustration…
U.S. Force Recon Marines move ahead of the rest of the force and plunge into dangerous areas where the Marine ground force commander needs to know what's going on but can't otherwise gather intelligence. They strap on scuba tanks, par…
