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A World War II Bomber Lies Deep In A North Carolina Lake. The Pilot’s Bride Witnessed The Crash A World War II Bomber Lies Deep In A North Carolina Lake. The Pilot’s Bride Witnessed The Crash

/ Aug 17 2018

Aretha Franklin, Dead At 76, Inadvertently Recorded One Of Vietnam’s Best Protest Songs Aretha Franklin, Dead At 76, Inadvertently Recorded One Of Vietnam’s Best Protest Songs

By Jared Keller

/ Aug 16 2018

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The US Tradition Of Civilian Control Of The Military Started Here The US Tradition Of Civilian Control Of The Military Started Here

/ Aug 13 2018

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So You Want A Desert Storm Memorial? Here’s What It Should Actually Look Like So You Want A Desert Storm Memorial? Here’s What It Should Actually Look Like

By Scott Almhjell

/ Aug 10 2018

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Air Force Releases Video Of John Chapman’s Final Heroic Moments That Earned Him The Medal Of Honor Air Force Releases Video Of John Chapman’s Final Heroic Moments That Earned Him The Medal Of Honor

By Paul Szoldra

/ Aug 9 2018

An Interview With The Comic Mastermind Behind ‘Terminal Lance’ An Interview With The Comic Mastermind Behind ‘Terminal Lance’

/ Aug 7 2018

Iraq War Combat Vet’s Wife Rips Into Trump As She’s Deported After Begging Him For Help Iraq War Combat Vet’s Wife Rips Into Trump As She’s Deported After Begging Him For Help

/ Aug 3 2018

Why ‘Band Of Brothers’ Lasts: A Perspective From One Of Its Writers Why ‘Band Of Brothers’ Lasts: A Perspective From One Of Its Writers

/ Aug 3 2018

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A Post-9/11 Marine Vet Recalls His Earliest Memories Of Operation Desert Storm A Post-9/11 Marine Vet Recalls His Earliest Memories Of Operation Desert Storm

By Jack Mandaville

/ Aug 2 2018

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Book Excerpt: How The US Military Professionalized In The Early 19th Century Book Excerpt: How The US Military Professionalized In The Early 19th Century

By Joseph T. Glatthaar

/ Jul 26 2018

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Things We Didn’t Know, From Elvis Presley To Civil War Porn And Paul Revere Things We Didn’t Know, From Elvis Presley To Civil War Porn And Paul Revere

/ Jul 17 2018

From Spencer Rifles to M-16s: A History Of The Weapons US Troops Wield In War From Spencer Rifles to M-16s: A History Of The Weapons US Troops Wield In War

By Jeff Schogol

/ Jul 10 2018

Book Excerpt: What Can An Academic Tell American Soldiers In The Field? Book Excerpt: What Can An Academic Tell American Soldiers In The Field?

By Empire Engineering

/ Jul 10 2018

This Weird Fighter Got The First Air-To-Air Kill Of The Korean War This Weird Fighter Got The First Air-To-Air Kill Of The Korean War

/ Jul 9 2018

One Of The Few World War II Paratroopers To Make 4 Combat Jumps With The 82nd Airborne Has Died One Of The Few World War II Paratroopers To Make 4 Combat Jumps With The 82nd Airborne Has Died

/ Jul 8 2018

5 Times HQ Really Tried To Screw Over Frontline Troops 5 Times HQ Really Tried To Screw Over Frontline Troops

By Jeff Schogol

/ Jul 5 2018

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As Kelly Eyes The Door, A Look Back At Him And Mattis Firing A Colonel In The Iraq War As Kelly Eyes The Door, A Look Back At Him And Mattis Firing A Colonel In The Iraq War

/ Jul 3 2018

Phil Collins Really Loves The Alamo Phil Collins Really Loves The Alamo

By Jack Mandaville

/ Jun 29 2018

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Book Excerpt: 11 Strategic Lessons From A New Study Of The Habsburg Empire Book Excerpt: 11 Strategic Lessons From A New Study Of The Habsburg Empire

By A. Wess Mitchell

/ Jun 28 2018

100 Years After His Death, A Civil War Veteran Gets The Burial He Deserves 100 Years After His Death, A Civil War Veteran Gets The Burial He Deserves

/ Jun 27 2018

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This Army Hero Fought Off 600 Nazis Virtually Alone. Now He’s Getting The Medal Of Honor This Army Hero Fought Off 600 Nazis Virtually Alone. Now He’s Getting The Medal Of Honor

By Jeff Schogol

/ Jun 25 2018

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Socrates the Military Analyst? What He Thought Made an Effective General Socrates the Military Analyst? What He Thought Made an Effective General

/ Jun 19 2018

Far Cry 5’s Vietnam Expansion Is ‘Rambo’ Meets ‘Tropic Thunder’ Far Cry 5’s Vietnam Expansion Is ‘Rambo’ Meets ‘Tropic Thunder’

/ Jun 15 2018

Have The Germans Really Changed Much In The Last 2,000 Years? Have The Germans Really Changed Much In The Last 2,000 Years?

/ Jun 13 2018

Trump May Pardon Muhammad Ali For Resisting The Vietnam Draft Trump May Pardon Muhammad Ali For Resisting The Vietnam Draft

By Jeff Schogol

/ Jun 8 2018

5 Ways D-Day Could Have Been A Total Disaster For The Allies 5 Ways D-Day Could Have Been A Total Disaster For The Allies

/ Jun 6 2018

Check Out These Amazing NSA Posters From The 1950s And 60s Check Out These Amazing NSA Posters From The 1950s And 60s

By Paul Szoldra

/ Jun 6 2018

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Why Does Everyone In The US Military Hate ‘The Hurt Locker’? Why Does Everyone In The US Military Hate ‘The Hurt Locker’?

/ Jun 6 2018

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Yet Another Civil War Casualty, This Time By Cannonball Explosion Yet Another Civil War Casualty, This Time By Cannonball Explosion

/ Jun 6 2018

What Americans Should Consider On D-Day’s Anniversary, From A Man Who Knows What Americans Should Consider On D-Day’s Anniversary, From A Man Who Knows

By Brian Adam Jones

/ Jun 6 2018

Timothy Johnson Fought In Iraq. Now He Brings The Heat In The MMA Cage Timothy Johnson Fought In Iraq. Now He Brings The Heat In The MMA Cage

By Jack Mandaville

/ Jun 5 2018

He Served In Iraq, But Choke-Holding A Man Going For A Trooper’s Gun Was The ‘Craziest Thing’ He’s Ever Done He Served In Iraq, But Choke-Holding A Man Going For A Trooper’s Gun Was The ‘Craziest Thing’ He’s Ever Done

/ Jun 4 2018

Perhaps Fighting In The Civil War Wasn’t So Great Perhaps Fighting In The Civil War Wasn’t So Great

By Jack Mandaville

/ Jun 4 2018

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Farewell To Lt. Gen. Bernard Trainor, The Marine Who Chronicled Iraq As A Journalist Farewell To Lt. Gen. Bernard Trainor, The Marine Who Chronicled Iraq As A Journalist

/ Jun 4 2018

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The 8 Military History Books Tom Just Recommended The 8 Military History Books Tom Just Recommended

/ May 30 2018

Medal of Honor Nominee John Chapman Is Getting a Film About His Life Medal of Honor Nominee John Chapman Is Getting a Film About His Life

/ May 25 2018

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Marines Remember Robert Mueller In Combat in Vietnam (And Mueller Himself On Ranger School) Marines Remember Robert Mueller In Combat in Vietnam (And Mueller Himself On Ranger School)

/ May 22 2018

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Listen To Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill Talk About The Raid That Killed Osama Bin Laden Listen To Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill Talk About The Raid That Killed Osama Bin Laden

By Paul Szoldra

/ May 17 2018

The Secret Christmas Day Dogfight Of World War II The Secret Christmas Day Dogfight Of World War II

/ May 17 2018

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7 Fascinating Facts About Robert Mueller’s Time As A Vietnam Marine 7 Fascinating Facts About Robert Mueller’s Time As A Vietnam Marine

By Adam Weinstein

/ May 16 2018

This Is One Of The More Interesting Iraq War Movie Reviews I’ve Read Lately This Is One Of The More Interesting Iraq War Movie Reviews I’ve Read Lately

/ May 14 2018

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A Glimpse Of The Olden Days In The Navy A Glimpse Of The Olden Days In The Navy

/ May 11 2018

10 Things You Probably Never Knew About ‘Saving Private Ryan’ 10 Things You Probably Never Knew About ‘Saving Private Ryan’

By Lisette Voytko

/ May 10 2018

Read Tabasco’s Hilarious (But On-Point) Cookbook For Troops In Vietnam Read Tabasco’s Hilarious (But On-Point) Cookbook For Troops In Vietnam

/ May 9 2018

World War II Vet And OSS Legend Finally Honored With Nation’s Highest Civilian Medal World War II Vet And OSS Legend Finally Honored With Nation’s Highest Civilian Medal

By Adam Linehan

/ May 8 2018

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SEAL Team Six Vet Britt Slabinski To Receive Medal Of Honor For Operation Anaconda SEAL Team Six Vet Britt Slabinski To Receive Medal Of Honor For Operation Anaconda

/ May 7 2018

Sylvester Stallone Is Officially Returning For ‘Rambo 5,’ Because Nothing Is Over Sylvester Stallone Is Officially Returning For ‘Rambo 5,’ Because Nothing Is Over

/ May 7 2018

That Time John Wilkes Booth’s Older Brother Saved The Eldest Son Of Abraham Lincoln That Time John Wilkes Booth’s Older Brother Saved The Eldest Son Of Abraham Lincoln

By Jack Mandaville

/ May 7 2018

A Visual History Of American War In 60 Seconds A Visual History Of American War In 60 Seconds

By Jack Mandaville

/ May 4 2018

The Real History Of Cinco De Mayo, In Less Than A Minute The Real History Of Cinco De Mayo, In Less Than A Minute

By Jack Mandaville

/ May 4 2018

Budweiser Unleashes Patriotic Summer Brew Cooked Up By… George Washington Budweiser Unleashes Patriotic Summer Brew Cooked Up By… George Washington

/ May 4 2018

2 New Movies Are Profiling One Of The Military’s Most Heroic And Desperate Battles 2 New Movies Are Profiling One Of The Military’s Most Heroic And Desperate Battles

/ May 3 2018

An Arlington National Cemetery Worker Carried A 96-Year-Old WWII Vet To Visit His Wife’s Grave An Arlington National Cemetery Worker Carried A 96-Year-Old WWII Vet To Visit His Wife’s Grave

/ May 1 2018

Here’s How 10 Of The Largest And Most Important Tank Battles In History Played Out Here’s How 10 Of The Largest And Most Important Tank Battles In History Played Out

/ May 1 2018

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WWII Marine Gets His Dying Wish: To Meet Up With A Fellow Guadalcanal Veteran WWII Marine Gets His Dying Wish: To Meet Up With A Fellow Guadalcanal Veteran

By Paul Szoldra

/ May 1 2018

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Sherman’s Letter To Atlanta: A Neglected Classic In American Military Thinking Sherman’s Letter To Atlanta: A Neglected Classic In American Military Thinking

By Kyle Gaffney

/ Apr 27 2018

3 Veterans Went Back To Iraq To Conquer A Mountain In The Film ‘Adventure Not War’ 3 Veterans Went Back To Iraq To Conquer A Mountain In The Film ‘Adventure Not War’

/ Apr 26 2018

That’s Basically How It Happened: The Battle Of Fredericksburg That’s Basically How It Happened: The Battle Of Fredericksburg

By Jack Mandaville

/ Apr 26 2018

3 Reasons The Legendary B-52 Bomber Will Outlive All Of Us 3 Reasons The Legendary B-52 Bomber Will Outlive All Of Us

By Jeff Schogol

/ Apr 25 2018

‘Eat The Apple’ Is The Belligerent, Unflinchingly Honest Iraq War Memoir We Needed ‘Eat The Apple’ Is The Belligerent, Unflinchingly Honest Iraq War Memoir We Needed

/ Apr 24 2018

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A New Film Reexamines The Haditha Massacre With Troubling Conclusions For The Corps A New Film Reexamines The Haditha Massacre With Troubling Conclusions For The Corps

By Adam Linehan

/ Apr 23 2018

John Chapman Died Alone On A Mountaintop Fighting Al Qaeda. Now He’s Getting The Medal Of Honor John Chapman Died Alone On A Mountaintop Fighting Al Qaeda. Now He’s Getting The Medal Of Honor

By Paul Szoldra

/ Apr 20 2018

Meet Sergeant Stubby, The Most ‘Decorated’ Dog Of World War I Meet Sergeant Stubby, The Most ‘Decorated’ Dog Of World War I

By John Throckmorton

/ Apr 20 2018

The Army’s Core Skill In The Indian Wars Was Actually Diplomacy The Army’s Core Skill In The Indian Wars Was Actually Diplomacy

/ Apr 18 2018