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The actress' public image underwent an extreme makeover after her infamous visit to Hanoi in 1972.

Journalist Javier Espinosa described the horrifying experience of being an Islamic State hostage in The Sunday Times. In the piece, Es…

Every warfare specialty has its own language, but Naval Aviators have elevated slang to an art form. Here are a few terms that only make sense when said between brownshoes ambling about the boat: 1. "Speed of heat" To mo…

Editor's note: This is the second in a series of profiles of incredible female veterans that WATM will be presenting in concert with Women's History Month. Young Amy Forsythe was champing at the bit to get into the military and…

The most alarming prediction in the Decade Forecast from private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting, or Stratfor, involves a…

DoD's embed program and other mechanisms have given journalists and filmmakers substantial access to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, so it's no surprise that those conflicts have been some of the best documented in history. Here is WATM's …

The real bad guys these days are known as the Taliban, al Qaeda, ISIS, and others. But for decades, U.S. troops have been fighting wars against fictional enemies that only exist in training exercises. They usually have ridiculous-sounding names and…

Despite an effort to save the USS Ranger and turn it into a museum, the Navy aircraft carrier once known as the "Top Gun of the Pacific" is

The poet Dylan Thomas once wrote "Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight..." To many, that means people who have faced death have seen what's most important in life, but for myriad reasons too many veteran experiences are left out …

Of course it had to happen. "American Sniper" follows the exploits of real-life Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle through his four tours in Iraq, but what…

One minute you set your rifle down against a tree to go take a leak, the next minute you realize it's nowhere to be found. Your rifle — the one thing you cannot lose during this training exercise — is missing. Here is what goes through your he…

A few days ago WATM published an article with tips for dating on a US Navy ship and the responses we got were, um, passionate and direct. Also Watc…

Here's when you know you're probably an infantryman in the Army or Marine Corps, better known as a grunt. #1: Whether it's on the ground, in a bed, or in a helicopter, you can pass out ANYWHERE.

The 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah will be talked about among Marines for years to come, but for some who fought in those deadly streets and from room-to-room, the battle continues to play out long after they come home. "The most difficu…

The Snow Leopard Commando Unit is the China's most elite counter terrorism unit, similar to America's SEAL Team 6. Surprisingly, the unit is a federal police unit and not part of China's Army. Tasked with protecting the capital of Beij…