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After winding down their day at Mojave Viper, these bored Marines did what they do best (besides shooting things): Make fun of their leaders. This Marine lance corporal made sure his brief was one worth remembering by parroting every dum…
Going to war is never an easy choice, but the U.S. has a step-by-step guide that helps military and civilian leaders make that decision. The sting of the Vietnam War affected
With 240 years of history, the U.S. Army has been around the block a few times. Artifacts from its history are put up in museums around the country, but a surprising number of awesome artifacts are kept in storage at a facility in Fort Belvoir, Vir…
It's a standard fundraiser in the vein of GoFundMe and Kickstarter with the rewards provided by John Oliver and HBO's Last Week Tonight. The "Most American …
In one of the lesser known facts of history, in 1937 two Japanese officers named Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyoshi Noda held a contest over who could kill 100 people with his sword (Magoroku) first? Mukai and Noda were two young …
The Nazis concocted all sorts of weird military technology, but the Me 323 Giant was certainly one of the biggest. With six engines over a 181 foot wingspan and the ability to haul 95,000 pounds of gear, the Giant was an incredible aviat…
We've all served with the zealot, the screamer, the wild man, the badass, the strange agent, and other signature personalities, but have we seen them accurately presented in movies? Well, sometimes. And in some cases when Hollywood has tackled mili…
Honor guards are an important part of the pomp and circumstance surrounding official state events. Many guard units are mostly for show, serving only to drill perfectly and impress crowds. But some honor guards are filled with active sol…
Model Kate Upton, born in 1992 and in 2011 voted as "Rookie of the Year" for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, took to Instagram to share a special photograph! "Feeling pretty lucky to be able to experience a P-51 Mustang flying over Wrigl…
The "knife-hand" is the multi-tool gesture of the military. Actually, you can think of it as a Swiss army knife – pun intended. The knife-hand is used in a plethora of ways ranging from administrative to instructional and even to gaug…
Apparently, America's future engineers need to learn focusing skills, because they stepped away from their studies to answer forum questions about walrus ballistics. One engineer calculated an approximate speed for a walrus to stop the M1 while ano…
Everyone gets Facebook friend requests from strangers. We used to worry about them being identity thieves. Nowadays, those strangers might be spooks.
A good, stout door will protect people from a lot of dangers. It will not, however, save enemies of the U.S. from America's armed forces. While troops can usually open a door with a swift donkey kick or a battering ram, they also have more violent…
A list of all important battles fought by George S. Patton. This battles list includes any George S. Patton battles, con…
Airplane manufacturers have to make sure their planes can survive striking birds while the plane is at full speed. So, (dead) chickens are fired from large cannons at aircraft and engines to test their durability. The results can be messy, to say t…
