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Nov 9, 2022

A former Soviet military officer describes how bad the Russian military actually is

As of this writing, Russia’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine has cost the lives of some 75,930 Russians, at least 2,700 tanks, 277 aircraft, and untold numbers of artillery, ships, and…

BYTeam Mighty

Nov 9, 2022

BYJessica Manfre

Oct 28, 2022

MIGHTY 25: Naval officer Kayla Barron is serving us in the oceans and the stars

Lt. Commander Kayla Barron never dreamed she’d be an officer on a naval submarine – let alone in space. But this U.S. Naval Academy graduate has always committed to shooting…

BYJessica Manfre

Oct 28, 2022

BYJessica Evans

Dec 12, 2022

Here’s how to remember Navy ranks and insignia

Understanding Navy ranks and insignia can feel a lot like understanding their uniforms. It can all feel so confusing. The easiest way to remember it is this: A Sailor’s number…

BYJessica Evans

Dec 12, 2022

BYShannon Corbeil

Dec 1, 2022

Should you enlist in the military or commission as an officer?

I know a lot of veterans who based their military careers on whichever recruiting office they walked into first. That’s one way to go about signing your life away to Uncle Sam, but it’s not what I would recommend. The military is a major commitmen…

BYShannon Corbeil

Dec 1, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 8, 2022

This Russian-born FBI agent was the bureau’s spycatcher

George Tromiloff was a retired U.S. Army officer who had been passing information onto the Soviet KGB for decades as a means of paying his debts. He was finally caught…

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 8, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Aug 26, 2022

This French military officer was the real-life ‘Last Samurai’

Jules Brunet wasn’t really the “last” samurai anymore than Tom Cruise’s character in the movie of the same name was. But he was a military officer sent to Japan to…

BYTeam Mighty

Aug 26, 2022

BYJim Fletcher

Aug 22, 2022

The kibbutznik spymaster that came in from the cold

He never turned quickly to face the camera and fire a Walther PPK. He didn’t banter with Goldfinger. Heck, he didn’t even run around with giggling girls like Derek Flint….

BYJim Fletcher

Aug 22, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Aug 15, 2022

This Union officer might be the most wounded soldier in the Civil War

At a time when being wounded in combat meant losing a limb or other such large chuck of your body, being wounded more than once in the Civil War was…

BYTeam Mighty

Aug 15, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Aug 8, 2022

A British officer could have been executed for his affair with Princess Diana

British Officer Captain James Hewitt wasn’t just in hot water, he was sitting in a pig pen. It seemed like everyone in the world wanted to get a word with…

BYTeam Mighty

Aug 8, 2022

BYMiguel Ortiz

Aug 4, 2022

Michael Langley was confirmed as the Marine Corps’ first Black four-star General

On August 1, 2022, the U.S. Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, USMC, to command AFRICOM. With this command comes Langley’s fourth star, making him the first Black four-star…

Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, the first Black four-star general in the 246-year history of the Marine Corps

BYMiguel Ortiz

Aug 4, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Jul 9, 2022

Today in military history: First female officer in the US Army

On July 9, 1947, Florence Blanchfield became the first female officer in the United States Army. After 30 years of service in the Army Nurse Corps, where she held the…

BYTeam Mighty

Jul 9, 2022

BYBlake Stilwell

Jan 4, 2023

An Army officer was why Teddy Roosevelt had to quit boxing

America’s 26th President was well-known for his love of fisticuffs. He could be considered one of the world’s first mixed martial artists, considering his love for jiu-jitsu, wrestling, and, of course, boxing. He would have to give up boxing after…

BYBlake Stilwell

Jan 4, 2023

BYTim Kirkpatrick

Jan 17, 2023

8 things a boot lieutenant should never say

We love our military officers. Let’s put that out there right now before the light, verbal hazing commences. Once an officer is fresh out of training, we call them a ‘boot,’ which is military for being a brand new guy or gal in the ser…

BYTim Kirkpatrick

Jan 17, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Nov 18, 2022

The Confederates may have lost the Civil War due to one inept officer

The beginning of the end for the Confederate States of America didn’t come at the capture of Richmond or even the fields of Gettysburg. It came from the west, where…

BYTeam Mighty

Nov 18, 2022

BYFrom The Green Notebook

Nov 21, 2021

6 lessons I learned moving nuclear weapons through North Dakota

I was both excited and anxious the day I got my orders to Minot Air Force Base. I requested to be sent to a nuclear missile base because of the challenges and opportunities the mission presented. Every day, Airmen at Minot and its sister nuclear mis…

BYFrom The Green Notebook

Nov 21, 2021

BYOrvelin Valle

Sep 23, 2021

This Corpsman saved a Marine suffering from a sniper head shot

On Oct. 18, 2006, Justin Constantine was deployed to Al-Anbar Province, Iraq when a sniper shot him in the head. He had just stepped out of his Humvee to warn a rep…

BYOrvelin Valle

Sep 23, 2021

BYRuddy Cano

Feb 16, 2021

Exclusive interview: Army nurse on how COVID has affected the MOS

Martine Caraballo comes from five generations of military service. Her father is a Purple Heart Vietnam veteran. She was raised on Treasure Island, Florida and served four years in the…

BYRuddy Cano

Feb 16, 2021

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Nov 4, 2020

Former Air Force officer Carl Roberts’ courtroom tale packs drama

“The Trial of Connor Padget” is a courtroom tale by Carl Roberts, former Air Force Officer and trial attorney. It begins at breakneck pace when the title character shoots a…

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Nov 4, 2020

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Jun 9, 2020

From green to gold

The longevity of a service member’s career is a complicated equation. Perhaps even more so for the enlisted track, which boasts more active-duty soldiers than the Officer Corps. Joining the leadership ranks without foregoing pay or benefits is the …

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Jun 9, 2020

BYUnited States Army

Apr 29, 2020

Why this Army officer runs with a binder full of names

Surrounded by thousands of racers, Lt. Col. Frederick Moss stood out at the Army Ten Miler. “I always get the question, ‘Why is this dummy running with this binder? He must be some staff guy that is all about his work.’ You know?” Moss jok…

BYUnited States Army

Apr 29, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

Is the Air Force headed to new galaxies?

People were left scratching their heads last year when the Air Force’s top intelligence officer said the U.S. was looking for ways to expand its multi-domain operations and intelligence gathering into galaxies, far far away. When Lt. Gen. Ver…

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Army

Apr 29, 2020

Army astronaut follows historic Apollo footsteps

U.S. Army Col. Andrew R. Morgan, M.D., will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, aboard a Soyuz (Union) MS-13 spacecraft on July 20, 2019, at 12:28 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time for a nine-month mission aboard the International Space Stat…

BYUnited States Army

Apr 29, 2020

BYZackry Colston

Apr 29, 2020

These are the potential new Air Force officer categories

The Air Force is inching closer to fragmenting the Line of Air Force category into six new, more specific, categories—including one apparently intended for “space operations.” The change to the Line of Air Force categories would affect an estima…

BYZackry Colston

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Former Somali warlord now drives Uber

A man accused of committing war crimes while serving as a Somali military commander during the African nation’s brutal civil war later moved to the US and got a job driving for the ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft.

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020