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A soldier assigned to the 1st Calvary Division extinguishing a brush fire.

Posted on Sep 11, 2024

Former scout sniper Justin Governale helped connect a fallen marine's family after debut on Kill Tony stand up comedy podcast.

Entertainment

A Marine went on a comedy podcast. The sister of a fallen scout sniper was listening.

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Sep 6, 2024

Culture

Pucks, knucks and DGAFs: US military vets dominate international hockey tournament

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Sep 4, 2024

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New Tinker Air Force Base motto immediately lampooned by airmen, veterans

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 29, 2024

Entertainment

Gary Sinise reflects on the legacy of ‘Lt. Dan’ and his work for veterans on 30th anniversary of ‘Forrest Gump’

By Pam Windsor

Posted on Aug 23, 2024

Lord Farquaad is a nickname given to a soldier's former commander that had lackluster leadership skills.

Entertainment

Anglers, Squids, POGs and ‘AAA-0’ —Military nicknames we love

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 20, 2024

Culture

Veteran women roll out the latest edition of the Pin-Ups For Vets calendar

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 14, 2024

Ranger Joe Thach assessing the driver he pulled from a burning car.

Culture

An Army Ranger saved a veteran from burning car, and it’s not his first time

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 14, 2024

Culture

Olympic champ Sunisa Lee’s success rings deep in U.S. Hmong community

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 13, 2024

Humor

Commanding general in Iraq and Syria goes ‘Between Two T-Walls’ with Task & Purpose

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 13, 2024

Humor

We salute this sailor rockin’ out during underway refueling at RIMPAC

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 8, 2024

New U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Abraham Lopez with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, receives a brief as part of a receiving event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, July 15, 2024. During the receiving process, recruits are checked for contraband, given a haircut, make a scripted phone call home, and issued their gear required for training. Lopez was recruited out of Recruiting Station Lake County, Illinois. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Francisco Angel)

Humor

Marine recruit arrives at boot camp with glorious mop top

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 26, 2024

Entertainment

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ teases military intrigue, mayhem and even Red Hulk

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 13, 2024

Humor

The first Space Force ‘retirement beard’ is here and it’s out of this world

Posted on Jul 12, 2024

A photo and pencil portrait of Joseph Kapacziewski.

Culture

High school honors legendary Army Ranger with hometown memorial

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Jul 8, 2024

Culture

Troops caught up by anti-gay UCMJ rules will get White House pardons

Posted on Jun 26, 2024

Marine sticking his hand in a fire ant hill.

Culture

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Jun 14, 2024

Culture

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jun 11, 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

By Joshua Skovlund

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.

Entertainment

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jun 6, 2024

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

Culture

How America captured a German submarine right before D-Day

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jun 4, 2024

Entertainment

‘World of Tanks’ gamers set up desk-mounted tank gun

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 2, 2024

Marc Buddensiek holding the coveted GoRuck Selection patch.

Culture

GoRuck Selection in Normandy ends, German is last man standing

By Joshua Skovlund

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on May 29, 2024

Culture

This soldier is taking others SCUBA diving for their reenlistment

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 26, 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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on May 26, 2024

Culture

Maj. Marie Rossi-Cayton, the first woman to lead Army helicopters in combat, died in Desert Storm

By Patty Nieberg

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on May 25, 2024

Culture

First Black Marine officer to lead an infantry company into combat dies

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 16, 2024

Culture

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on May 16, 2024

Entertainment

Navy veteran and iconic director Roger Corman dead at 98

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 12, 2024

Mitchel Coffman in front of his triptych painting

Culture

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on May 10, 2024

Culture

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on May 7, 2024

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

Entertainment

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

By Joshua Skovlund

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on May 2, 2024

Culture

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on May 1, 2024

Soldiers hang from howitzer tubes during a reenlistment ceremony.

Culture

A soldier reenlisted while taped to a Howitzer and that’s awesome

By Kyle Gunn

Posted on Apr 30, 2024

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

Entertainment

Meet Marine-turned-stand up comedian Bryson Banks

By Joshua Skovlund

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Apr 26, 2024

Entertainment

The true story behind “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 21, 2024

Entertainment

How ‘Civil War’ brought its combat to life

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 20, 2024

Entertainment

Review: ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ is a breezy wartime adventure

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 19, 2024

Entertainment

Meet the soldier behind ‘Tales From the Grid Square’

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Apr 19, 2024

Entertainment

Top 5 books about Air Force Pararescue, according to PJs

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Apr 18, 2024

Culture

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Apr 17, 2024

Culture

Where did the term ‘military brat’ come from?

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 12, 2024

Culture

The Marines trolled the Navy on Instagram and it was awesome

By Kyle Gunn

Posted on Apr 11, 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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Apr 11, 2024

Culture

‘Doctrine Man’ cartoon signing off after 16 years

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 10, 2024

Entertainment

‘Civil War’ is a harrowing portrait of America torn apart

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 9, 2024

Culture

Ralph Puckett, Army Ranger legend and Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 97

By Matt White

Updated on Apr 9, 2024

Entertainment

Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ will feature a woman military veteran

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 9, 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?

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Apr 8, 2024

Entertainment

How Annie Jacobsen mapped out ‘Nuclear War: A Scenario’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 8, 2024

Culture

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

By Joshua Skovlund

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Apr 4, 2024

Crye Precision's acid washed JEAN3 uniform

Culture

Crye Precision just dropped an awesome acid wash combat uniform

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Apr 3, 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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Apr 2, 2024

News clip, photo of LCI 92, and U.S. Army Sergeant John O. Herrick.

Culture

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Mar 26, 2024

Culture

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

By Joshua Skovlund

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

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Mar 21, 2024

Entertainment

‘The Bloody Hundredth’ tells the true story of ‘Masters of the Air’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 17, 2024

Paul Johnson's transcontinental run crew.

Culture

Meet the veterans supporting Paul Johnson’s transcontinental run

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Mar 7, 2024

Marine Corps artificial intelligence machine learning

Culture

The classroom is a battle lab: Using professional military education to usher in a new era of algorithmic warfare

By Benjamin Jensen

Posted on Mar 6, 2024

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Maj. Marie Rossi-Cayton, the first woman to lead Army helicopters in combat, died in Desert Storm

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

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Navy veteran and iconic director Roger Corman dead at 98

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

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

A soldier reenlisted while taped to a Howitzer and that’s awesome

Meet Marine-turned-stand up comedian Bryson Banks

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

The true story behind “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”

How ‘Civil War’ brought its combat to life

Review: ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ is a breezy wartime adventure

Meet the soldier behind ‘Tales From the Grid Square’

Top 5 books about Air Force Pararescue, according to PJs

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

Where did the term ‘military brat’ come from?

The Marines trolled the Navy on Instagram and it was awesome

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

‘Doctrine Man’ cartoon signing off after 16 years

‘Civil War’ is a harrowing portrait of America torn apart

Ralph Puckett, Army Ranger legend and Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 97

Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ will feature a woman military veteran

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

How Annie Jacobsen mapped out ‘Nuclear War: A Scenario’

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

An American Bataan Death March POW is finally coming home

Crye Precision just dropped an awesome acid wash combat uniform

‘Black Hawk Down’ Ranger veteran awarded Silver Star

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

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

World War II Ghost Army veterans receive the Congressional Gold Medal

‘The Bloody Hundredth’ tells the true story of ‘Masters of the Air’

Meet the veterans supporting Paul Johnson’s transcontinental run

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