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7 Weapons Banned In Modern Warfare

Person walking through smoke in gas mask.

The idea of banning certain weapons of war might seem ironic. After all, isn’t the purpose of weapons created for war to wreak havoc against…

US Navy And Marines Are Conducting The Largest Military Exercise Since The Cold War

Large Scale Navy and Marines Military Exercise - 2021

The US Navy this week has kicked off the largest military exercise since the Cold War. The exercise spans different time zones and involves a…

Michelin Reinvented The Wheel, And The Army Is Testing The Results

airless tire tested by Army at Yuma Proving Ground

When new equipment needs testing to see if it is fit for use with the U.S. Army, it is sent to the U.S. Army Yuma…

Warrior Finds A New Home At The Tank Museum

Warrior 2 was gifted to the Museum by Bovington’s Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) in a formal ceremony. As custodians of the nation’s most…

The All-Female Civilian Organization That Provided Air Defense for Hawaii

Four members of the Women's Air Raid Defense (WARD) and a male co-worker gathered around a table

The Women’s Air Raid Defense (WARD) was a civilian organization working alongside the US military to protect the Hawaiian Islands from Japanese air attacks during…

Hill 400 And Hürtgen Forest: The Longest Battle Fought On German Soil During WWII

German soldiers setting off an infantry gun in the forest + American infantrymen walking beside a stream

The Battle of Hürtgen Forest for Hill 400 is often overlooked due to its proximity to the Battle of the Bulge. A German stronghold, it…

From The Tank Museum: Popular David Fletcher Titles Reprinted

David Fletcher's The Great Tank Scandal

The Tank Museum is meeting a surge in demand for tank-related reading material by redesigning and re-publishing a series of classic David Fletcher titles. Following…

101-Year-Old Decorated D-Day Nurse Keeps Fighting For Her People

Marcella LeBeau is 101-years-old but has accomplished enough in her life to fill three centuries of living. She has been inducted into the South Dakota…

The Final Countdown Failed To Find Its Plot But Helped The US Navy Recruit

The Final Countdown Still

The 1980 naval action flick The Final Countdown received only average reviews at best upon its release. On the surface, it looks like a standard…

Sailor From The USS Oklahoma To Be Reinterred In Iowa

A U.S. Navy servicemember who was lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor has finally returned to his hometown for burial after his remains have…

Meat is Such a Treat – and the Black Market’s Hottest Commodity in the 1940s!

Sign placed in front of a chicken coup, which reads, "Please DO NOT BUY ANY POULTRY on the Black Market"

Americans faced a major toilet-paper shortage with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but this wasn’t the first time they nearly ran out of a…

Rejected Prototype Aircraft That Were Given A Second Act

Grumman F4F Wildcat

Not every aircraft that sounds great on paper actually proves to be great in practice. There are far more proposed aircraft designs than there are…