The attacker used an Army-issued entrenching tool — a small steel folding shovel — in the assault, a source with knowledge of the incident told Army Times, requesting anonymity in order to ...

The Military Times Hall of Valor includes many citations for medals and awards that U.S. service members have earned for relying on their entrenching tool as a weapon of last resort.

The Russian military is running so low on small arms and ammunition that reservists reported facing down Ukrainian defenders while armed with little more than entrenching tools, according to ...

A U.S. military leader’s Facebook post is raising some eyebrows for ordering troops to beat ISIS fighters with a shovel should they fail to surrender. Veuer's Nathan Rousseau Smith ...

There’s a famous Marine Corps story from the Vietnam War, where a Marine got a confirmed kill with a small collapsible shovel, called an entrenching tool, or E-tool. Here's what really ...

Russian soldiers were told to fight with only "firearms and shovels," the Ministry of Defence said The shovels are believed to be the MPL-50 entrenching tool, designed in1869, said the UK ministry ...