When U.S. and U.K. hit Houthi militia targets in Yemen on Jan. 11, the two Western militaries used powerful weapons in their respective arsenals. These included launches from air and from sea. Here are the types of munitions that were used. US: Hornets, HARMs, and Tomahawks The US conducted air strikes …

By John Spencer As I sat in a clean, elegant café in downtown Kyiv it was nearly impossible for me to comprehend the story I was being told. My interviewee was a quiet, humble former active-duty Ukrainian Marine from Mariupol named Gennadiy (or Gena for short). But while Gena was …

by Al Hagan The night started off fairly typically, just four Marines in a car, going out on the town to slam down beers. And it was innocent for most of the night, drinking and shooting pool.  I’ll call my companions Mike, John, and Steve, to pick some random names …

Cartels have used Fronton Island to smuggle cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, weapons, and people. by Todd Bensman NEAR FRONTON, TX— Dawn was breaking on an October Monday as a Texas Rangers leader spoke to an armed gathering of police and military personnel. He seemed like a World War II military commander, …

Russia has lost thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, and heavy equipment so far in its invasion of Ukraine. Experts put the losses down to a mix of reasons: the advanced anti-tank weapons given to Ukraine by Western countries, poor strategy, low morale, and important design flaws.  The war has brought …

The wildest aviator ever to step inside a fighter plane was actually a coyote named Jeep, who flew combat missions in World War II. While still a puppy, Jeep was rescued by a human pilot, John “Wild Bill” Crump. A Nebraska farmer had asked Bill to get rid of the …

 Their helicopter was never shut down, and had to be “hot-fueled” while the engine was running.  Shortly after midnight on Christmas Eve, 1955, a levee on California’s Feather River collapsed, sending a 21-foot wall of water into Yuba City. Terrified flood victims who huddled on rooftops or clinging to tree …

by David Nelson, The War Horse I woke up early on the morning of Dec. 6, 1972, to pack and say tearful goodbyes to my wife, Martie, and our one-year-old daughter, Amy. We’d decided ahead of time that my father-in-law “Pop” Lowry would drive me from Temple, Texas, to Love …

Perfume, purloined jewelry and a millionaire’s son form the complex story of Herbert Repsold, a Navy deserter who also was known as the Perfumed Burglar. In the early 1900s, Repsold was a troublesome youth. Growing tired of his son’s antics, the elder Repsold cut off his son’s cash and forced …

by Aleksander Palikot DUDCHANY, Ukraine — A group of people rushed down a dusty road toward a worn-out white minibus parked by a bombed-out school in this Kherson region village, split in half between Ukrainian and Russian Army control. “Women and children get in; men will need to wait,” Serhiy …