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How the ‘Rad Lab’ helped avert nuclear war
Technology built in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory changed history.
By Todd South
US-led Persian Gulf patrols put Iran on notice
Through the gulf’s narrow mouth, the Strait of Hormuz, 20 percent of all crude oil sold passes onto the world market.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
How ‘the Troublemaker’ unionized Disney Studios and then joined the Marines
With the world at war, the animation auteur battled his artists.
By Jake. S. Friedman, HistoryNet.com
MLB bans players from Venezuelan Winter League
It's one of the first public repercussions of new U.S. economic sanctions against the regime in Caracas.
So who really owns the Moon?
On July 20, 1969, America's Apollo 11 landed on the moon, making history as the first humans set foot on another world.
By Frans von der Dunk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Washington Nationals Major League Baseball player Sean Doolittle reads to military children
Doolittle read the children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” to small children gathered on the carpet around his chair.
By Kristine Froeba
Navy grad makes MLB history
But Pentagon policy mandates that he first finish his service commitment.
By Laura Murgatroyd
NORTHCOM: Arctic now America’s ‘first line of defense’
New business opportunities in the Arctic also invite new strategic competition, U.S. defense officials say.
By Kyle Rempfer
War games shed light on real strategies
In the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S. Navy used war games to design military plans against potential adversaries.
By David Banks, American University School of International Service
Washington Nationals partner with Air Force to teach new commanders about leadership
Leaders of military commands and baseball teams have more in common than you might think.
By Joshua Axelrod
US halts recent practice of disclosing nuclear weapon total
The Trump administration has halted, without explanation, the recent U.S. government practice of disclosing the current size of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press