Ukraine is using ground robots to fight against Russia's invasion, and manufacturers are putting the US-made M2 Browning on ...

It was March 12, 1971, in northern Vietnam’s Quin Tri, when the gun truck, “Proud American,” was struck by two B40 ...

The jungles of Vietnam served as proving grounds for guns like the M16 and variations of the minigun. Also, weapons from the pre-World War II era were upgraded from their original designs, gaining ...

Under the sweltering Vietnamese sun, bad boy Sergeant Joe Hooper and the rest of the motley bunch of outsiders who made up ...

WASHINGTON — One soldier from North Carolina, shielding a wounded comrade he'd pulled from a downed helicopter in Vietnam, suffered 20 bullet wounds and died saving him. Another U.S. soldier ...

The battle at Firebase Bird. By 1966, Vietnam’s civil war had been raging for more than a decade, and US involvement had grown from a smattering of military advisers and special forces to a ...

The XM7 will eventually be the new personal weapon for soldiers across the Army, replacing the ubiquitous M4 rifle, whose design dates to the Vietnam-era M16. The XM250 which will replace the M249 ...

After Vietnam, I was discharged at age 20 and had to wait till 21 to vote or drink a beer. I’ve known some 18-year-olds that had more sense than a lot of 50-year-olds. Jimmie G. George, Farmersville ...

A few soldiers, with Hooper leading, managed to avoid the barrage long enough to push across the stream and come face to face with a series of enemy gun positions. The rest of the unit soon followed.

Jordan Green May 28, 2024 May 28, 2024 Updated Jul 5, 2024 . But next to U.S. Army veteran Wofford Griffin was a framed, black-and-white photo of his older brother, U.S. Marine Corps Private First ...

A few soldiers, with Hooper leading, managed to avoid the barrage long enough to push across the stream and come face to face with a series of enemy gun positions. The rest of the unit soon followed.