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UFC fighter Tim Kennedy was a Ranger, sniper, and Green Beret during his time in the Army. Like so many, he was motivated to join the military after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on 9/11. "Watching that second plane hit the bu…
The Cold War was an interesting time for America. Any idea which gave the U.S. an edge over the Soviet Union, real or perceived, tangible or psychological, was considered a viable field of study. This spirit of innovation as many benefits as it did…
[brid video="116496" player="7965" title="Skullcandy Skullcandy Man On A Mission Part Two"]Former Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf wants to raise $1 million for the Navy SEAL Foundati…
The Nazis had some of the craziest advanced weaponry. Hitler's engineers developed some of the most ambitious projects and produced soph…
Landmines are a great tool during a war. They are easy to emplace, hard to defeat, and limit an enemy's ability to maneuver. But nations have signed treaties banning their use for a good reason. They present a near-permanent hazard for c…
The Syrian war is a mess, and it doesn't seem to be getting better any time soon. Hundreds of thousands of people have died, millions have been displaced and a new terror group has emerged called ISIS. What started off as a civil war …
When Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited America in Sep. 1959, the trip was meticulously planned. One day of the trip was devoted Hollywood and filled with visits to movie studios, a lunch with Hollywood icons, and a tour to Disneyland.
In a very special three-minute ceremony, Spencer Stone, one of the heroes of this summer's thwarted train attack in France, received a promotion to Senior Airman (E-4 for you military types), holding that rank for a very effective one minute, befo…
[brid video="115803" player="7965" title="MLB Director's Cut"]A Kansas City Marine veteran is shocked when three fellow veterans show up at his work to fulfill his dream of going to the World Series.
In the skies over Korea in the 1950s, both the Soviet Union and the U.S. debuted new jet fighters of very similar design. The Soviet MiG-15 and Am…
The military fights wars, and that's bound to have created a few vengeful spirits over the last few centuries. Here are 5 stories of these sorts of mil-ghosts from around the webs. (And if you have any cool ones, share them in the commen…
Movie snipers get way more action than real-life snipers. But that's okay. Who wants to watch a guy watch a guy for hours to make one shot? Nobody. Which is why these movies are so darn fun to watch. This
Fort Sumter, South Carolina was famous for having suffered the first shots of the Civil War in April 1861. Over three years later, the two sides were still fighting over it. Confederate troops held the badly damaged fort while Union soldiers fired …
Ah, the American shopping mall -- filled with department stores, gag gifts, and five or six pretzel shops per floor. It's hard to imagine a United States that isn't anchored around these retail utopias. But the shopping mall is only 60 …
The M982 Excalibur is the world's most sophisticated artillery munition designed for a weapons system that was introduced during the Vietnam War: The M109 Howitzer. This smart munition was co-developed by U.S.-based
Coasties (as the other branches of the military tend to label members of the U.S. Coast Guard) often come off as black sheep of the family of military veterans, which isn't fair. They are members of the military and serve in deployed locations in…
The Army has a few ways it breaks down deployments, chief among them is the "Army Force Generation Cycle." But that looks at how Big Army as…
Every year, the United States team with its Pacific allies for a military exercise in Thailand, Cobra Gold. Cobra Gold is the largest multinational military exercise in which the U.S. participates and has been an ongoing exercise for more than 30 y…
The territory controlled by the ISIS is vast and spreads across wide areas of Iraq and Syria. To date ISIS has proved resilient in the face of American airstrikes, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Iranian-backed Shia militias, battle-hardened Syrian re…
