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By Adam Weinstein Aug 14, 2020

History

Watch a WWII Code Talker sing the Marine Corps hymn in Navajo

President Ronald Reagan designated August 14 National Navajo Code Talkers Day in honor of the American Indians who joined the...

By Adam Weinstein Aug 6, 2018

Analysis

Saudi Arabia Is Going Bonkers And Just Had To Delete This 9/11-Esque Tweet

Today is a really good day for the United States to reconsider its seemingly boundless support for the Kingdom of...

By Adam Weinstein Jul 26, 2018

History

Gen George S. Patton: Tough. Pugnacious. Poet?

“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t,” the old George S. Patton quote goes. In the theater...

By Adam Weinstein Jul 23, 2018

Humor

We Found The Most Marine Corps Wedding Ever Tweeted

Do you remember the first time you saw a Rembrandt painting in real life and it gripped you? Can you...

By Adam Weinstein Jul 20, 2018

News

A Message To Our Readers

“On the strength of one link in the cable,” an old naval officer once wrote, “dependeth the might of the...

By Adam Weinstein Jun 20, 2018

Analysis

Housing A Separated Migrant Child Costs The US More Than An Admiral’s BAH

To take a migrant child from her parents at a U.S. point of entry, place her in a just-erected government...

By Adam Weinstein Jun 14, 2018

Analysis

President Trump Saluted A North Korean General And The Media Lost Their Minds

It's time we faced an honest, perhaps unpleasant truth: All presidents look silly when they salute. All. Presidents. Public domain...

By Adam Weinstein Jun 13, 2018

Lifestyle

Nike Just Stole Valor From The Naval Academy For A New T-Shirt

Look, I only spent two years at the United States Naval Academy, but a lot of lessons stuck with me....

By Adam Weinstein May 29, 2018

Analysis

French Immigrant Goes Into SEAL Mode To Rescue Dangling Toddler

Immigrants: always doing the low-paying jobs nobody else wants, right? Keep that in old cliché mind while watching this video:...

By Adam Weinstein May 23, 2018

Opinion

Army Vet Turned Pundit: US Should ‘Normalize’ Kim Jong Un, ‘A Guy Who Has To Murder His People All Day Long’

Let’s all just agree to one thing right now: Whatever our vision of the United States of America is, however...

By Adam Weinstein May 22, 2018

Analysis

The Trump White House Has Given Us The Dumbest Challenge Coin Of All Time

There’s trouble brewing for President Donald Trump’s historic, unprecedented, spur-of-the-moment summit with the grandson of a communist revolutionary who carved...

By Adam Weinstein May 16, 2018

History

7 Fascinating Facts About Robert Mueller’s Time As A Vietnam Marine

Depending on which oversimplified media narrative you prefer, Robert Swan Mueller III is either America's Last Best Hope Against Despotism,...

By Adam Weinstein May 10, 2018

Bullet Points

Why Did A Military Contractor Pay Trump Lawyer’s Hush-Money Account?

After a strategic data dump by the attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels on Wednesday, the world learned that Michael Cohen, President...

By Adam Weinstein May 9, 2018

Analysis

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Is Taking Black Hawk Helos On Battlefield Circs Now

Grab your battle rattle and spin up the birds, the boss wants to do a battlefield circ. What? No, not...

By Adam Weinstein May 7, 2018

Entertainment

Get You A Man Who Looks At You The Way Gronk Looks At This Minigun

“Rob Gronkowski.” Go ahead. Say it to your girlfriend. Even I, a congenital Patriots-hater, must grudgingly admit that Gronk, the...

By Adam Weinstein May 7, 2018

Analysis

The NRA’s New President Has Deep Experience With Foreign Arms Sales

Say you're the largest lobbying group in the history of lobbying groups. Sure, your paid membership only accounts for 3%...

By Adam Weinstein May 4, 2018

Analysis

That ‘Jade Helm’ Conspiracy Freakout Was Spurred By Russian Bots, Ex-Intel Chief Says

It feels like eons ago, but there was a time in 2015 when a bunch of liberty-loving vets and assorted...

By Adam Weinstein May 1, 2018

Analysis

The White House Knew Ronny Jackson Had Issues And Covered It Up

To hear President Donald Trump hear it, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson is a fine naval officer and physician with no...

By Adam Weinstein Apr 18, 2018

Analysis

Everybody Involved In That Dino Puppet Reenlistment Video Just Got Fired

In the worst military overreaction since the Faber College ROTC pledge pin incident of 1962, the Tennessee National Guard's adjutant...

By Adam Weinstein Apr 17, 2018

Voices

What Are The Weirdest Reenlistment Ceremonies You’ve Heard Of?

The Air National Guard has a problem. No, not pilot retention or cockpit safety. This is hotter: A master sergeant...

By Adam Weinstein Apr 17, 2018

Analysis

Woman’s Bizarre Assault On 2 Army Captains In Georgia Restaurant Goes Viral

A 71-year-old white woman has been arrested for assaulting two uniformed Army Reserve captains — one of them pregnant —...

By Adam Weinstein Apr 13, 2018

Analysis

UK’s Top Sgt Major Rips Racist Soldiers A New One In Twitter Video

Uniformed white supremacists, take note: Sergeant major's gonna get you. As race hate gains steam globally, Great Britain has been...

By Adam Weinstein Apr 9, 2018

Opinion

Trump’s VA Pick Faces A Dilemma Most Troops Would Love To Have

I’m about to suggest something that would’ve been unthinkable to me as an E-3: Put yourself in the admiral’s shoes....

By Adam Weinstein Apr 3, 2018

History

The Best List Of The 10 Best Sailors In Navy History

People love lists! Well, web publishers love lists, because you click them and share them, especially if they have funny...

By Adam Weinstein Mar 28, 2018

Analysis

Obama Let Veterans Down In The Last Census. Trump Is Going To Repeat The Mistake.

We’re getting close to a year ending in “0,” in an age marked by fights over who is an American...

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News

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Watch a WWII Code Talker sing the Marine Corps hymn in Navajo

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Gen George S. Patton: Tough. Pugnacious. Poet?

We Found The Most Marine Corps Wedding Ever Tweeted

A Message To Our Readers

Housing A Separated Migrant Child Costs The US More Than An Admiral’s BAH

President Trump Saluted A North Korean General And The Media Lost Their Minds

Nike Just Stole Valor From The Naval Academy For A New T-Shirt

French Immigrant Goes Into SEAL Mode To Rescue Dangling Toddler

Army Vet Turned Pundit: US Should ‘Normalize’ Kim Jong Un, ‘A Guy Who Has To Murder His People All Day Long’

The Trump White House Has Given Us The Dumbest Challenge Coin Of All Time

7 Fascinating Facts About Robert Mueller’s Time As A Vietnam Marine

Why Did A Military Contractor Pay Trump Lawyer’s Hush-Money Account?

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Is Taking Black Hawk Helos On Battlefield Circs Now

Get You A Man Who Looks At You The Way Gronk Looks At This Minigun

The NRA’s New President Has Deep Experience With Foreign Arms Sales

That ‘Jade Helm’ Conspiracy Freakout Was Spurred By Russian Bots, Ex-Intel Chief Says

The White House Knew Ronny Jackson Had Issues And Covered It Up

Everybody Involved In That Dino Puppet Reenlistment Video Just Got Fired

What Are The Weirdest Reenlistment Ceremonies You’ve Heard Of?

Woman’s Bizarre Assault On 2 Army Captains In Georgia Restaurant Goes Viral

UK’s Top Sgt Major Rips Racist Soldiers A New One In Twitter Video

Trump’s VA Pick Faces A Dilemma Most Troops Would Love To Have

The Best List Of The 10 Best Sailors In Navy History

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