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In 2010, the commander of Canada's busiest Air Force Base, Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton, confessed to a series of vile, heinous crimes. "Colonel" Russell Williams

Just before midnight on Feb. 27, 1943, a team of 10 Norwegian commandos crouched in the snow on a mountain plateau and stared at a seemingly unassailable target. It was a power plant and factory being used by the Nazis to create

DARPA has been hard at work on the Mission Adaptive Rotor program, a system allowing helicopters to land on sloping, uneven, craggy, or moving surfaces by lowering robotic legs that bend to accommodate the terrain. While helicopters can a…

Five days after Hitler ate a bullet in his bunker in Berlin and two days before Germany would ultimately surrender, American and German troops were fighting together side by side in what has been dubbed World War II's "

Purpose: This "how to" guide is for veterans who are interested in working on the Hill. Staffers are the most common Hill positions in both the House and Senate. Personal staffers work for members and professiona…

He watched one too many 1980s action hero movies. Seemingly inspired by characters like Rambo and Commando, this guy taped a bunch of roman candle fireworks to make the ultimate gatling guns. However, unlike Rambo and his famous machine …

Kenny Bass liked his job. As a 22-year-old Marine participating in the initial invasion of Iraq, life couldn't have been more exciting. "I was part of the combined anti-armor platoon," he explained. "It was the 'CAAT platoon.' We we…

In the early 1860s, Spain was dealing with the loss of many of its overseas colonies. Spain also suffered a series of minor insults to their prestige at the hands of Peru, a former Spanish colony. In an effort to save face and collect on debts left…

We all make mistakes. Sometimes we all make mistakes together. And when we all make mistakes sometimes punishing us isn't worth the time, effort and money. Depending on the severity of the crime, it might be more efficient to just give us all a

In the opening days of the 2003 Iraq War, automated Patriot Missile batteries downed a British Tornado fighter, killing both pilo…

Pickens County, South Carolina lies in the northwest corner of the state on the border of North Carolina. The rural county has only a few hundred people per square mile and a total population of 12…

WATM rocks the red carpet with the stars of the hit shows "You're the Worst" and "The League." Join us as they render their best hand salutes and vote for their favorite branches of the military.

Shortly after the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks, New York Gov. George E. Pataki wrote a letter to the Navy requesting to bestow the name "New York" on a warship in honor of the victims. During the naming ceremony aboard the Intrepid Sea-A…

Before 9/11, the last time American forces fought on horseback was on January 16, 1942 when the U.S. Army's 26th Cavalry Regiment charged an advanced guard of the 14th Japanese Army as it advanced from Manila.

Most Americans who lived through the events of Sep. 11 remember where they were on Sep. 11, 2001, whether it was on the ground in New York or watching the chaos unfold on television. Col. Mark Tillman (Ret.) had an inside view of the day…

As had been the case since the earliest days of the Cold War, the Pentagon had air assets on alert the morning of 9/11. But for all of the time and money invested in protecting the homeland from airborne threats, none of the American fighters were a…

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