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Nov 10, 2022

These 4 Marines killed so many Germans, the Nazis thought they were an allied battalion

On Aug. 1, 1944, less than two months after D-Day, Marine Maj. Peter J. Ortiz, five other Marines, and an Army Air Corps officer parachuted into France to assist a few hundred French resistance fighters known as the Maquis in their fight against the…

BYLogan Nye

Nov 10, 2022

BYExplore The Archive

Nov 5, 2022

The 11 eeriest unsolved mysteries of World War II

War is a strange time, and there is perhaps no stranger one in history than World War II. From rumors that the Nazis were involved in occult research — rumors that have been successfully mined in films like

BYExplore The Archive

Nov 5, 2022

BYJoel Searls

Sep 21, 2022

WATCH: Fitness influencers take on the Marines in the Combat Fitness Test

These fitness influencers cannot get enough of taking on the Marines and challenging them in a Combat Fitness Test showdown….

BYJoel Searls

Sep 21, 2022

BYBlake Stilwell

Sep 4, 2023

That time a drunk Richard Nixon tried to nuke North Korea

But in April 1969, mere months into the first Nixon Administration, Richard Nixon’s internationalist savvy was still unproven.

BYBlake Stilwell

Sep 4, 2023

BYShannon Corbeil

Aug 30, 2023

This is how astronauts pee in space

During the space race of the Cold War, NASA scientists were so excited to get a man into space, they failed to answer “how do astronauts pee?”

BYShannon Corbeil

Aug 30, 2023

BYBlake Stilwell

Sep 3, 2022

6 urban legends about Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Locals around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base may tell you about all the alien bodies, ghosts, and secret tunnels the Air Force hides there.

BYBlake Stilwell

Sep 3, 2022

BYBlake Stilwell

Aug 28, 2023

9 troops who became heroes after they disobeyed orders

Sometimes doing what’s right isn’t in line with orders. Here are 9 troops who became heroes after they disobeyed orders.

BYBlake Stilwell

Aug 28, 2023

BYLogan Nye

Aug 21, 2022

This Russian missile could be the last thing you ever see

While Russia likes to point to the “successes” of its state re-armament program, the fact is that many of the weapons have fallen well short of their touted potential. The T-14 is underfunded and probably overhyped. The Su-57 can’t be stealthy an…

BYLogan Nye

Aug 21, 2022

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Aug 19, 2022

How Russia’s only carrier would fight an American carrier

It wasn’t so long ago that the British and Russians exchanged trash talk over carriers. That all started when the then-Defense Secretary, Michael Fallon, called the Admiral Kuznetsov “

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Aug 19, 2022

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Aug 18, 2022

The reason Army helicopters are named after native tribes will make you smile

The Army’s helicopters have a number of names you recognize immediately: Apache, Black Hawk, Kiowa, Lakota, Comanche. They are also known as the names of Native American tribes. This is not a coincidence. According to

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Aug 18, 2022

BYTim Kirkpatrick

Aug 3, 2023

This insanely talented sniper was known as ‘The White Death’

In the beginning, “The White Death” found himself fighting against an enemy force of 4,000 with just 31 other men at his side.

BYTim Kirkpatrick

Aug 3, 2023

BYLogan Nye

Jul 26, 2022

The awesome reason some Air Force fighters have green stars

In the Air Force fighter community, there is a coveted and rare marker painted near the cockpit of certain planes, just beneath the pilot’s name, rank, and call sign. It’s 6-inch green star with a 1/2-inch black border that signifies that the airc…

BYLogan Nye

Jul 26, 2022

BYBlake Stilwell

Jul 24, 2022

The unofficial nickname of the US’ largest cargo plane may surprise you

America’s airmen have long held unofficial nicknames for the aircraft they love — and for the aircraft they hate. Some are more well-known than others. For example, everyone knows the A-10 Thunderbolt II as the “Warthog” because when it first e…

BYBlake Stilwell

Jul 24, 2022

BYLogan Nye

Jul 9, 2022

The experimental rifle that almost changed World War II

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…

BYLogan Nye

Jul 9, 2022

BYAlex Hollings

Jul 2, 2022

3 awesome movie weapons that would actually get their users killed

In this era of massive budget blockbusters and even bigger “shared universe” movie franchises, it’s safe to say that we’re not always looking for realism at the cinema. While films are capable of conveying lots of different sorts of messages, th…

BYAlex Hollings

Jul 2, 2022

BYLogan Nye

Jun 27, 2022

The US plan to survive a Soviet nuke was absolutely bonkers

A sudden flash. A mushroom cloud. A sudden expanding pressure wave. In the event of a thermonuclear attack, seeing these things means its probably too late to survive. So the U.S. developed warning systems to give Americans a heads up before the bom…

BYLogan Nye

Jun 27, 2022