More from Joshua Skovlund (Page 3)

Posted on Jul 12, 2024

Sabin Howard, the sculptor and artist behind the WW I memorial,

Army

World War I Memorial wall, ‘A Soldier’s Journey,’ will soon arrive in Washington

Posted on Jul 9, 2024

A photo and pencil portrait of Joseph Kapacziewski.

Army

High school honors legendary Army Ranger with hometown memorial

Updated on Jul 8, 2024

2024 U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) Best Combat Diver Team Competition

Air Force

Green Berets pay tribute to fallen Combat Diver students at 2024 competition

Posted on Jun 25, 2024

Army

One of the Army’s top Nuclear teams trained with Rangers and Green Berets

Posted on Jun 20, 2024

The DPAA announced the identification and accounting for 16 service members from both WW II and Korean War.

Air Force

Soldiers missing from Chosin Reservoir and Bataan identified for return home

Updated on Jun 20, 2024

Army

The 4th Infantry Division’s huge obstacle course looked like the zombie apocalypse

Updated on Jun 20, 2024

JLOTS is an umbrella term for several different U.S. military capabilities that can deliver supplies from the sea to shore.

Army

The Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore is a capability, not just a pier

Updated on Jun 20, 2024

Marine sticking his hand in a fire ant hill.

Culture

Marine sticks his hand in fire ant hill, because Marines gonna Marine

Updated on Jun 14, 2024

Two soldiers grappling during MACP training.

Active Duty

Everything you need to know about the Modern Army Combatives Program

Posted on Jun 13, 2024

The old white tees the Marines were issued in the early 1940s were quickly switched to "Marine Green" tee shirts by 1944.

World War II

A brief history of the Marine Corps’ green skivvy t-shirts since WWII

Posted on Jun 11, 2024

Culture

HunterSeven talked me into getting a cancer screening – I’m glad I went

Posted on Jun 11, 2024

MDMA-assisted therapy was not recommended by an FDA Advisory Committee as a treatment for PTSD.

News

FDA Advisory Committee voted against MDMA therapy, what’s next?

Posted on Jun 7, 2024

82nd Airborne Division 101st Airborne Division Normandy France

Culture

82nd Airborne paratroopers cut down a 101st flag from an iconic bar on D-Day

Posted on Jun 7, 2024

"D-Day: The Unheard Tapes" represents the voices of Allied troops, French citizens, and Germany soldiers during World War II.

New book reveals ‘unheard’ details about D-Day invasion

Posted on Jun 6, 2024

U.S. navy capture german u-boat u-505 world war ii

History

How America captured a German submarine right before D-Day

Posted on Jun 4, 2024

Marc Buddensiek holding the coveted GoRuck Selection patch.

Culture

GoRuck Selection in Normandy ends, German is last man standing

Posted on May 31, 2024

Staff Sgt. Diane Kancauski Desert Warrior Week Army combatives chamionship

Culture

Meet the soldier who is taking the Army combatives scene by storm

Posted on May 29, 2024

Civil Affairs Assessment and Selection: Everything you need to know

Posted on May 28, 2024

Luke Ryan and Patrick Hawkins as gun team leaders in Afghanistan.

Culture

Army Ranger Patrick Hawkins and the case of the missing Rip Its

Posted on May 26, 2024

Staff Sgt. Zachary Tomczak was a squad leader in the 82nd Airborne Division.

Culture

Remembering the 82nd Airborne’s all-American paratrooper, Zachary Tomczak

Posted on May 25, 2024

Marines firing the Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless rifle.

Boom! A brief history of the 84mm Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle

Posted on May 17, 2024

Culture

We found your chief! Warrant officer represents Team USA for BMX Racing

Posted on May 16, 2024

Analysis

PTSD and oral health degradation are correlated, so why doesn’t the VA automatically service-connect them?

Posted on May 10, 2024

Mitchel Coffman in front of his triptych painting

Culture

Meet Mitchel Coffman, the artist keeping fallen hero’s memories alive

Posted on May 10, 2024

Culture

How long can a veteran stay on the HUD-VASH housing program?

Posted on May 7, 2024

1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2/508 PIR, 82nd Airborne

‘Damn the Valley’: How one paratrooper recorded his deployment to Afghanistan

Posted on May 3, 2024

A soldier eating an MRE with a mud covered face.

Culture

Does MRE gum make you poop? The world of Meals, Ready to Eat explained

Posted on May 2, 2024

A screenshot from the PSYOP recruiting commercial titled, "Ghosts in the Machine 2."

News

The second PSYOP recruiting video is here, and it will blow your mind

Posted on May 2, 2024

Culture

How grooming standards have changed in the U.S. military

Posted on May 1, 2024

Bryson Banks as a Marine Corps Scout Sniper and stand up comedy.

Meet Marine-turned-stand up comedian Bryson Banks

Updated on Apr 29, 2024

Paul Johnson posing for a photo at Times Square in New York City, New York.

Culture

Navy officer Paul Johnson just completed an epic run across the US

Posted on Apr 26, 2024

News

Dead Reckoning calls on ‘warrior poets’ for final anthology of veteran writing

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

Green Beret learning how to fire the stinger missile.

Army

US Special Forces are prioritizing Stinger missile training again

Posted on Apr 24, 2024

Meet the soldier behind ‘Tales From the Grid Square’

Posted on Apr 19, 2024

Top 5 books about Air Force Pararescue, according to PJs

Updated on Apr 18, 2024

Culture

Two Marines are out to bring ‘literature of war’ to foxholes

Posted on Apr 17, 2024

News

Inside the changing world of drone warfare

Posted on Apr 16, 2024

Army

Special Forces engineers are training to dig ditches and destroy tanks

Posted on Apr 16, 2024

Screenshots of the video of Marines testing an i-gel on a conscious Marine.

Culture

Here’s what’s going on in that video of a Navy Corpsman getting a tube shoved down his throat

Posted on Apr 11, 2024

Soldiers partaking in an multi-nation military exercise called Trojan Footprint.

Army

Army Special Forces students are learning Ukrainian in new language course

Posted on Apr 10, 2024

DPAA members during a disinterment ceremony at the Punchbowl in Hawaii.

Culture

What happens after a prisoner of war or missing-in-action service member is accounted for?

Posted on Apr 8, 2024

What you need to know about cancer in the special operations community

Posted on Apr 5, 2024

U.S. Army Technician Fifth Grade Clifford H. Strickland.

Culture

An American Bataan Death March POW is finally coming home

Posted on Apr 4, 2024

Crye Precision's acid washed JEAN3 uniform

Culture

Crye Precision just dropped an awesome acid wash combat uniform

Posted on Apr 3, 2024

How to ace the Marine Basic Recon Course

Posted on Apr 2, 2024

Larry Moores received the silver star medal on March 25 for actions in Somalia back in 1993.

Culture

‘Black Hawk Down’ Ranger veteran awarded Silver Star

Posted on Apr 2, 2024

News

SOCOM calls for special ops veterans to report cancer screenings

Updated on Mar 29, 2024

A doctor preparing to perform a medical procedure on a veteran.

The MISSION Act: Understanding the VA’s Community Care Program

Posted on Mar 27, 2024

News

American soldier killed during D-Day assault identified, will now be laid to rest

Posted on Mar 26, 2024

Analysis

Marine special operations veteran analyzes viral Israeli CQB video

Posted on Mar 25, 2024

Culture

The weirdest superstitions in the U.S. military, according to veterans

Posted on Mar 22, 2024

Unit patches from the Ghost Army along with images of the Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal.

Culture

World War II Ghost Army veterans receive the Congressional Gold Medal

Posted on Mar 21, 2024

The USS California underway during sea trials.

Everything you need to know about US Navy submarines

Posted on Mar 20, 2024

The christening ceremony for the USS Idaho.

Navy

USS Idaho is the Navy’s latest nuclear submarine to be christened

Posted on Mar 18, 2024

artist's rendering of PTSD overlaid by the MDMA chemical compound.

VA has $20 million for MDMA therapies, but that’s not all it needs

Posted on Mar 15, 2024

VA Urgent Care coverage explained

Posted on Mar 14, 2024

A C-130J Hercules dropping humanitarian aid.

Tech & Tactics

How U.S. humanitarian airdrops work according to an Air Force Combat Controller

Posted on Mar 12, 2024

A simulated casualty in an emergency room during a training exercise.

Can a veteran go to any emergency room?

Posted on Mar 8, 2024

Paul Johnson's transcontinental run crew.

Culture

Meet the veterans supporting Paul Johnson’s transcontinental run

Posted on Mar 7, 2024

Culture

From hallucinations to poison ivy, we found the funniest Ranger School stories

Posted on Mar 6, 2024

navy chief petty officer chief's season initiation

Culture

What is the Navy’s chief’s season?

Posted on Mar 5, 2024

A soldier enjoying an MRE and a much needed break.

Culture

What’s the difference between field stripping and rat f–king an MRE?