These behind the scenes photos show what it was like to make ‘Full Metal Jacket’

Taken by actor Matthew Modine as he played Pvt. Joker in the iconic war film, the backstage pictures are at the center of a ...
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These are 10 of the longest-serving weapons in the US combat arsenal

Since replacing the M14 in 1964, the M16/M4 family of rifles has become the longest-serving standard rifle for the U.S. military. Despite its troubled beginning, the M16 and M4 have earned a ...
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Salute to Veterans: Phil Goode - US Army

Although spending over 200 days in ground combat as an M60 machine gun team infantry leader with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division in the Vietnam war, there were moments ...
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The Army’s M1 Abrams Tank Was Built for a War with Russia

The M1 Abrams was developed in the 1970s for one primary reason: to defeat the new Soviet T-72, which had rendered the U.S. Army’s aging M60 “Patton” tank obsolete. -Chrysler won the $4.9 billion ...