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Meal, Ready-to-Bulk? Pentagon urged to add creatine to MREs
The gains-based recommendation will now await a Senate decision in order to become law.
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Military History
29th Marine Commandant Al Gray’s personal items set for auction
Among the items are awards, decorations, dog tags and commemorative weapons.
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Actor Idris Elba discusses suppressed stories of D-Day’s Black vets
Actor Idris Elba and director Shianne Brown spoke to Military Times to discuss their latest collaboration, "Erased: WWII Heroes Of Color."
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New rocket rounds give Marines ways to stay hidden while firing
The current version of the launcher creates a bright flash and large smoke cloud when fired, potentially giving away the position of Marines.
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He was first to report V-E Day — then he was fired for it
AP war correspondent Edward Kennedy landed the biggest scoop of his career — while simultaneously ruining it.
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First look at Kate Winslet as WWII combat photographer Lee Miller
The story of prolific World War II photographer Lee Miller, who documented the horrors at Dachau, is coming to the big screen.
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‘May the 4th be with you’: How World War II influenced ‘Star Wars’
One does not have to stray far to glean that the galaxy of “Star Wars” is rife with WWII-based allegories.
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The Holocaust survivor who became a Medal of Honor recipient
Tibor Rubin had a history of defying the Reaper.
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New tech aims to make Marines more lethal shooters
The tools include shot tracking, instant feedback, new simulators and devices that improve technique.
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The Marine officer who saved 8,000 lives at the ‘Frozen Chosin’
'To me, it didn’t matter whether those were Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, whatever — they were the enemy.'
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The Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient died rescuing Marines
When asked if he could go back and extract the overwhelmed Marines from Guadalcanal, the 22-year-old Munro reportedly gave a confident, “Hell, yeah!”
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The man who made Belleau Wood — and the Marine Corps — immortal
Floyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor.
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MacArthur still endures as a larger-than-life figure — for good or ill
Few subjects in military history are more loaded than public perception of Douglas MacArthur.
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Biden says uncle’s remains never found during WWII due to cannibals
While the claim contradicts the DPAA report about his uncle's fate, Biden's comments on cannibalism in the region during WWII are not far off.
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Next Generation Squad Weapon and optic exceed soldiers’ expectations
The brigade will be fully fielded with the new weapons by September.
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‘The flak can’t always miss. Somebody’s gotta’ die’
An excerpt from 'I Will Tell No War Stories' by Howard Mansfield.
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His father never spoke of WWII. His flight logs told the story for him
Historian and author Howard Mansfield had vowed to never write another word about World War II. Until another one fell into his lap.
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