The ship was a powder keg awaiting a fuse to be lit. And that came on Oct. 11, when racial unrest triggered the worst shipboard riot in U.S. Navy history.
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Evolution of the Air Force’s AC-130 Gunship
Based on Lockheed’s four-engine turboprop transport and weaponized by Boeing, the deadly AC-130 “aerial battleship” had humble beginnings.
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Learn the Basics of Good Grooming, Courtesy of the DoD
Didn’t you know that according to the famed male model Derek Zoolander “there’s a […]
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Amazing But True Aviation Stories
These 10 aviation tales prove that sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction.
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The “Khe Sanh Two-Step”: Pay Call Under Fire
An unusual situation unfolded in Khe Sanh’s Red Sector when a USMC commanding officer was ordered to pay his troops while under enemy fire in 1968
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Leave No One Behind: A Commitment We Must Continue to Make
Given the normal cyclical nature of Department of Defense budgets, it is likely that […]
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Swan Song for the Battle Phrog
The venerable CH-46 Sea Knight served with distinction for half a century, from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Aviation History Book Review: Sherman Lead
As an aviator who flew the F-4D Phantom II with “Satan’s Angels” of the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron while stationed at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in 1968-69, Gaillard Peck knows that air combat is both taxing and adrenaline-inducing.
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Mutiny! These Revolts Show Why the Seven Seas May Not Always be Seventh Heaven
A look at seven of the most infamous mutinies throughout seafaring history
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Non-Veteran Presidents Should be Restricted from Arlington Burial, Says Senator
On June 10, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D. Illinois)—a retired U.S. Army officer, Iraq War […]