The Military Channel is a cable and satellite television network

Television network

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 which broadcasts television program

Television program

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ming related to the military, warfare and military history. It is part of the group of networks owned by Discovery Communications

Discovery Communications

Discovery Communications, Inc. is an American global media and entertainment company. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Today, DCI has global operations offering 28 network entertainment brands on more than 100 channels in more than 180 countries in 39...

 within the United States and Canada. The channel was launched on September 13, 1999 as Discovery Wings

Discovery Wings

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, which focused on aircraft

Aircraft

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 and aerospace

Aerospace

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, and was rebranded as the Military Channel on January 10, 2005. Because of its original focus, many of the Military Channel's shows are dedicated to aerial warfare and related technologies and issues.

The slogan of the channel is: "Go behind the lines."

Many of the channel's shows are war

War

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 documentaries

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, the contents of which deal in large part with modern warfare

Modern warfare

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, and in particular the U.S. military

Military of the United States

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 from World War II

World War II

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 on.