Army Facts

Iceland has no railway system or army!

Iceland has no standing army and has been ranked the world's most peaceful country every year since the Global Peace Index began in 2008.

The U.S. army packs Tabasco pepper sauce in every ration kit that they give to soldiers.

In 1995, a man named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from the US Army and took it for a joyride on a highway in California.

When a gray SUV was T-boned and flipped onto its side at a busy Daytona Beach intersection in March 2024, eight strangers - including Army Iraq war veteran Amy Ridgely - ran over and rocked it back onto its wheels in under 60 seconds. The whole rescue was caught on a traffic camera, and Daytona Beach Police called it the spirit of Daytona Beach.

Nick spent eight years sniffing out explosives for the Army. Federal workers across the Defense Department know him a different way. His goggled photo is the login screen for the Department of Defense Global Directory. He ran 58 Secret Service missions, a NATO summit and the UN General Assembly. Nick retired at Fort Meade on January 21, 2026. His handler, Staff Sgt. Justin Peyton, adopted him.