‘Top Gun’ & ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Soar Back to Theaters for 1 Week on May 13th
Top Gun is headed back into the danger zone and theaters to celebrate the original film’s 40th anniversary, giving military movie fans a one-week chance to see the full Maverick story on the big screen again. Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick. May 13th. One week only. Franchise star Tom Cruise announced the one-week theatrical […]
Chips the War Dog Stormed a Machine Gun Nest and Became WWII's Most Decorated K-9
On the morning of July 10, 1943, Pvt. John P. Rowell and his sentry dog, Chips, hit the beach during Operation Husky. When a hidden machine gun nest opened fire, pinning down the platoon, Chips tore free from Rowell and charged straight into the fortified position. He seized the gunner by the throat, silenced the […]
The No Gun Ri Massacre: When American Soldiers Killed Hundreds of South Korean Refugees
Around noon on July 26, 1950, several hundred South Korean villagers sat on a railroad embankment near the hamlet of No Gun Ri. American soldiers had ordered them there, searched their belongings, and promised safe passage south. Then the soldiers left. Planes suddenly strafed the crowd of men, women, and children. The survivors scrambled for […]
The Last American Killed in WWI Charged a German Machine Gun Seconds Before the Armistice Took Effect
At 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, a German machine gun crew fired a burst of rounds at approaching Americans. One bullet struck 23-year-old Pvt. Henry Gunther in the left temple. He died instantly. Sixty seconds later, the guns fell silent across the Western Front. Gen. John Pershing would officially designate Gunther as the last […]
Fort Stewart Army Base Shooting Raises Questions About Military Gun Policies
A shooting that injured five soldiers at one of the country’s largest military bases on Wednesday has resurfaced questions about a long-standing army policy that largely prevents service members from carrying personal weapons on military installations. Soldiers in the area who witnessed the shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia “immediately and without hesitation” tackled the […]
Army Eyeing Replacement for M240B Machine Gun
The Army is preparing to replace its long-serving M240B machine gun, launching a multibillion-dollar program to field a next-generation automatic weapon for frontline troops, according to newly released budget documents. Dubbed the Future Medium Machine Gun, or FMMG, the new weapon will mirror the M240B in function as a machine gun primarily for dismounted combat […]
Unprepared for Long War, US Army Under Gun to Make More Ammo
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to be forged into the artillery shells Kyiv can’t get enough of — and that the U.S. can’t produce […]