A crackling fire, some good music, and a heap of roasted marshmallows are just a few of the classics that campers enjoy when spending a day or two out under the stars.
However, in some cases, things don’t go as planned and disaster strike…
Say you’re taking an adventurous hike off the beaten path. Your trail map isn’t making a lot of sense. The sun is starting to dip below the mountaintops and there’s a chill in the air. You brought enough supplies for a day hike, and that’s it. W…
In 1928, the Army asked itself how it could make its rifles, and therefore its riflemen, more lethal in case all those building tensions in Europe and Asia eventually boiled over and triggered a new world war. After years of study and design, they c…
It was very difficult for soldiers to survive missions in the medieval ages because they never had the right equipment for certain tasks. Not to mean that today’s battlefield is…
All troops, regardless of branch or service length, will one day receive a DD-214 restoring the privileges of being a civilian. This newfound freedom will allow one the opportunity to succeed or fail based on individual effort. While troops train th…
Heroes don’t just help those around them once. There’s something within them that brings out their bravery over and over again. In the case of Don Osteen, courage came both…
Sources of lighting had stayed mostly constant since prehistory till the nineteenth century, paradoxically on the verge of discovering the light bulb. It was pretty hectic lighting a house at…
One of the perks of having a career in Special Operations units was the chance to be trained…
War correspondents put their lives on the line to document the evolution of conflict wherever it unfolds. This dangerous profession built on the ethos of truth has claimed many brave souls the world over. Between
Within the military, being airborne comes with a special brand of badassery that you won’t find within any non-airborne unit, or, as we call them, “legs.” Even more badass are the troops that have proven themselves by jumping directly in…