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A copy of the "Baltimore Patriot" containing the song that would become "The Star-Spangled Banner"

First Printing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” Is Up for Auction

The song became the national anthem following a congressional resolution in March of 1931

The Golden Thirteen

Remembering the Sailors Who Integrated the Naval Officer Corps

Military

The U.S. Military Has Banned Coronavirus Survivors From Enlisting

US Navy video of a UFO

Navy Formally Releases Footage of Pilots Encountering UFOs

Getting followed by a KGB agent is all part of the job if you want to be in the CIA.

What It Was Like to Be Followed by a KGB Agent in the 1990s

French man uses ejector seat in fighter jet

French Man Hits Ejector Seat Button During Joyride in a Fighter Jet

U.S. Space Force Launch at Cape Canaveral

The First U.S. Space Force Launch Is Today

U.S. Air Force HADES directed energy weapon

The US Military Is Getting Serious About Laser Weapons

George Hood

Health & Fitness

How George Hood Set a World Record by Planking for Over 8 Hours

The Greenbrier

Inside the American Resorts Used to Detain Axis Diplomats

Army dog on a leash

Inside the World of a Military Dog Contractor

Unexploded U.S. WWII Bombs Near Tesla's German Gigafactory

Tesla’s Latest Challenge Is Unexploded WWII Bombs in Germany

Doris Miller in 1943

Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier for Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller

President Donald Trump watches the game during the Army-Navy game on December 14, 2019 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia PA.(Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Officials Investigating After “White Power” Gesture Seen at Army-Navy Game

Vasa

Warships Tied to Swedish Vessel Vasa Discovered Underwater

The Pentagon

Did Trump Help Microsoft Win a $10B Defense Contract Over Amazon?

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Old floppy disk

US Military Phases Out Floppy Disks for Nuclear Arsenal

AM General Jeep Gladiator Extreme Military-Grade Truck

Jeep Made a Military-Grade Gladiator With the Company Behind the Humvee

The Pentagon Department of Defense

Amazon May Become One of the Largest Defense Contractors Overnight

Musician Tom DeLonge attends A Conversation With Tom DeLonge at The GRAMMY Museum on October 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/WireImage)

Navy Confirms UFO Videos Posted by Blink-182's Tom DeLonge Contain "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena"

Special Forces triathlon

Health & Fitness

I Survived the Special Forces Endurance Race From Hell

Ship graveyard

US Navy Task Force on Climate Change Is No More

Surveillance balloons

The Latest Technology That’s Tracking Your Every Move? Surveillance Balloons.

Drone

Air Force Debuts Anti-Drone Technology

Beluga Whale

Is a Beluga Whale Working for the Russian Navy?

"Simple Sabotage" extended to factories, (Getty Images)

“Simple Sabotage” — The CIA’s Guide for “Rascally Spies”

Early 1940s Indo-China. (Getty Images)

The “Free-Wheeling” Amateur Spies of WWII Indochina

Belfast,Ireland early 1970s, when the laundry launched. (Getty Images)

Why the British Military Ran a Laundry Service and Massage Parlor

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