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How ‘Rear Adm. Jack Meehoff’ fooled a bunch of real retired generals and admirals
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News
A Garmin smartwatch, Gerber knives, and other sweet gear more affordable than at your off-base pawn shop
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Gear
Navy submariners are testing out their own version of ‘birth control glasses’
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News
Review: Three years with the Benchmade Mini Presidio II
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Reviews
Budget Day is coming! How will the Pentagon waste money this year?
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Pentagon
For an ‘Afghan Hand,’ explosions and crashes echo loss and ‘a romanticized idea of adventure’
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We salute the Army crew who named their tank ‘A Thicc Boi’
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Mandatory Fun
Why Ramstein Air Base removed photos of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag from its social media pages
May 14, 2021 11:24 AM
Air Force
Badass Air Force pilot recognized for belly-landing an A-10 with canopy ripped off
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News
The best (and worst) dating sites for people in the military
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Lifestyle

Featured in History

By May 8, 2021
History

This Medal of Honor recipient crashed his plane on purpose to get to his downed wingman

What he did that day had never been attempted before, and has never been repeated since.
By May 4, 2021
Video

Why the AT-4 rocket launcher is actually the worst anti-tank weapon

Truth be told the AT-4 isn’t really even rated to go head to head with a battle tank.
By Apr 22, 2021
Unsung Heroes

The heroic last stand of 2 Marines in Ramadi

Their final stand and sacrifice all took place in a matter of seconds.
By Apr 10, 2021
News

Remembering the USS Iowa explosion and aftermath

First came the explosion. Then, the cover-up.
By Apr 5, 2021
History

‘Gallantry, guts and gumption’ — The two-hour battle in the Pacific that turned a Navy captain into a legend

“This is going to be a fighting ship. I intend to go in harm’s way, and anyone who doesn’t want...
By Mar 22, 2021
Analysis

Smedley Butler’s fiery speech to World War I veterans is still relevant today

'Makes me so damn mad, a whole lot of people speak of you as tramps. By God, they didn't speak...
By Mar 19, 2021
History

A Marine looks back at the invasion of Iraq, 18 years later: ‘The war can’t go on unless all the poop’s burned’

18 years after the invasion of Iraq, a Marine looks back on his role in the whirlwind march to Baghdad.
By Mar 16, 2021
Culture

What it was like for Marines responding to one of the worst nuclear disasters in history

"This set the conditions on how we were going to take care of our friends.”
By Mar 7, 2021
News

That time Hitler’s nephew joined the US Navy to fight his evil uncle is the ultimate family drama

“"My father used to say to my mother, 'Doesn't Patty look a lot like Adolf Hitler?'"
By Mar 1, 2021
History

78 years ago, a daring Norwegian commando raid kept the Nazis from building the atomic bomb first

It was one of the most dramatic and important military missions of World War II.
By Feb 25, 2021
History

52 years ago, this airman threw himself on a burning flare to save his crew

After his aircraft was hit by an enemy mortar round, John Levitow saved his entire aircrew from certain death.
By Feb 23, 2021
News

That time an airman accidentally prevented a nuclear apocalypse

"Either out of ignorance or luck, he ended the danger.”
By Feb 22, 2021
Culture

The untold story of the dapper Marine who became the Greatest Generation’s ‘distracted boyfriend’ meme

The photo shows then-Staff Sgt. Louis A. Capozzoli, and he is not on his way to steal your girl.
By Feb 20, 2021
History

This is the Army video that finally introduced America to the Green Berets

The film captures Green Berets with the 10th Special Forces Group conducting field training exercises.
By Feb 20, 2021
Mandatory Fun

How an army of artists and tricksters conned the Nazis and bluffed their way to victory in World War II

It sounds like an idea that was cooked up in a Hollywood writer's room, but it really happened.
By Feb 19, 2021
Culture

What it was like fighting on Iwo Jima, according to a Marine Medal of Honor recipient

"I could no longer be the person I was prior to the Marine Corps."
By Feb 18, 2021
History

How a homeless orphan from Florida earned the Medal of Honor in Vietnam

"Sims made the greatest sacrifice a soldier can make … and no mark of tribute can be too great.”
By Feb 17, 2021
Culture

We salute the Army’s first Black Ranger instructor who became a legendary neighborhood crime-fighter

"If you watched his body language ... you would get the message, 'I'm not the one to mess with.'"
By Feb 8, 2021
Mandatory Fun

This Roman soldier’s 1,900-year-old payslip confirms the green weenie is immortal

Turns out that getting screwed over by the green weenie is a time-honored military tradition that dates back centuries
By Feb 8, 2021
History

Here’s why Army helicopters have Native American names

It's time for a history lesson.
By Feb 5, 2021
History

No enemy has downed an Air Force AC-130 gunship in 30 years. Here’s why

“The lessons passed on to crews trained since that fateful day are the true legacy of Spirit 03.”
By Feb 4, 2021
News

One of the first members of the modern-day Navy SEAL teams has died

Legend.
By Feb 3, 2021
History

More than a century after World War I, the Harlem Hellfighters’ nickname is finally official

“That was such a glaring error."
By Jan 26, 2021
History

76 years ago, Audie Murphy earned his Medal of Honor with nothing but a burning tank destroyer’s .50 cal and insane bravery

On January 26, 1945, the most decorated service member of World War II earned his legacy in a fiery fashion.
By Jan 17, 2021
News

This Korean War Medal of Honor recipient is getting a ship named after him

"One of the hardest things about the medal is that you're really not allowed to forget about it."