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A person wearing a light gray uniform, helmet, and body armor is holding a rifle with a wooden stock. In the background, several people stand on raised platforms, some dressed in similar uniforms and others in civilian clothing, with trees and foliage behind them. The scene appears tense and serious.

‘The Hunger Games’ actually got these rifles right

By Miguel Ortiz

4 more military solutions to horror film villains

5 Special Operators killed in training accident Friday identified

By Tessa Robinson

Astronaut in a white NASA spacesuit with the name "BORMAN" on the chest, looking to the side. A person wearing a white cap, glasses, and a face mask is adjusting or attaching something on the astronaut's suit sleeve. In the background, other astronauts in similar suits are visible in a white room with equipment.

Gemini and Apollo astronaut Col. Frank Borman dead at 95

By Miguel Ortiz

Jack Lowe terminally ill honorary marine with EGA.

This terminally ill high schooler was designated an Honorary Marine

By Miguel Ortiz

Submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.

55 Chinese sailors allegedly died after falling into their own undersea trap

Ken Mattingly NASA astronaut.

Apollo 16 astronaut Rear Adm. Ken Mattingly dead at 87

By Miguel Ortiz

Widerstandsnest 62 (WN-62) at Omaha Beach

The German rehearsal that doomed Omaha Beach attackers

iron sting system in flight.

IDF used ‘Iron Sting’ in combat for first time

By Miguel Ortiz

Sly Stallone with Burt Young on the 20th anniversary of Rocky and Young with some of his paintings.

‘Rocky’ sidekick, USMC vet, real-life boxer: Burt Young dies at 83

Mugshot of Maine shooting suspect.

Army reservist suspected of killing at least 16 in Maine; manhunt underway

By Tessa Robinson

beirut bombing memorial and a walk to remember shirt

40 years after the bombing of Marine Barracks in Beirut, this veteran remembers

By Uncle Walkie

halifax explosion

How the Halifax Explosion destroyed a city and became a folk song

Bobby Osborne of osborne brothers

How an American bluegrass legend was nearly killed in the Korean War

navy sailor uniforms slop chest

The macabre way early sailors refreshed their wardrobes

veteran suicide

Face the Fight gains momentum in battle to end vet suicide

Suicide among Afghan women is rising under Taliban rule

Jimmy Buffett donated two WWII planes to a military museum

By Miguel Ortiz

WWII Naval Aviator and ‘The Price is Right’ host Bob Barker dies at 99

How a Marine vet killed his stepfather with an atomic wedgie

an oil painting of men on horses fighting

When the Crimean War turned full FUBAR

By Jessica Evans

World War II pilots died at an astonishing rate before ever leaving the US

organ transplant

This new medical technology can keep organs viable for transplant long after death

Statue of the first woman killed in vietnam.

This is the first woman killed in action in Vietnam

By Jacqlyn Cope

Special operators respond to hostage situation.

Why Americans are twice as likely to die in a hostage situation

By Blake Stilwell

queen elizabeth ii

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies at 96

By Miguel Ortiz

The first combat qualified female naval aviator died in a crazy accident

By Blake Stilwell

The 5 most common causes of death in the US military during the Global War on Terror

This Marine survived the Bataan Death March, a ship sinking and a nuclear bomb

By Miguel Ortiz

4 strange and unique things found inside Europe’s catacombs

Left side: A sepia-toned silhouette of a woman in a striped dress holding hands with a small child, both facing away and standing near a body of water. Right side: A smiling woman in a white dress holding a young boy wearing a navy blue "NAVY 12" shirt, standing with two other children, a boy and a girl, both holding small American flags. The boy wears a matching navy blue "12" shirt, and the girl wears a blue and white dress with anchor patterns.

In the trenches together: A Navy wife’s untimely death illuminates the strength of military spouse friendships

By Peyton Roberts

Two knights in armor on horseback are jousting with lances in an arena with red wooden barriers. Spectators sit on benches behind the barriers, and there are green trees and a partially visible wooden structure in the background. One knight wears yellow and the other wears red.

This is how knights trained for life-or-death jousting tournaments

Description: View from the top into a box which is booby-trapped with punji sticks.

Punji sticks are sharpened and heated stakes, placed in the path of enemy troops, usually covered by undergrowth or placed in the bottoms of pits dug to trap enemies.

8 of the most terrifying Vietnam War booby traps

By Blake Stilwell

christopher plummer

Christopher Plummer from The Sound of Music and Battle of Britain dies at 91

By Miguel Ortiz

The mythical origin of the sniper’s ghillie suit

The mythical origin of the sniper’s ghillie suit

By Miguel Ortiz

Why death iconography is a beloved part of military culture

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Why death iconography is a beloved part of military culture

By Eric Milzarski