Mandatory Fun(Page 9)

"Mandatory fun" in the military refers to functions that troops are forced to attend, often with the promise of having "fun." It rarely is.

Latest in Mandatory Fun

Culture

The upcoming military-themed movies and shows you should keep an eye out for — and a couple you may want to avoid

By James Clark

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Culture

Everyone over 30 years old in the military

By Patrick Baker

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Culture

This official US military photo title is both totally absurd and deeply revealing

By Jared Keller

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News

The best boy in the Marine Corps, Chesty XV, is living the good life

By Haley Britzky

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News

Someone made a massive Marine Corps Air Station out of Legos and it’s absolutely glorious

By James Clark

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Culture

Chuck Norris has a new TV special, so we’re going to use this as an excuse to make a bunch of Chuck Norris jokes

By James Clark

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Culture

These photos are so awful, we’re not even mad — we’re actually impressed

By James Clark

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Culture

The original ‘Top Gun’ was a recruiter’s dream. The sequel will be anything but

By Carl Forsling

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News

Here’s a video of Marines doing naked bowling that you don’t want to watch but will anyway

By Paul Szoldra

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Culture

HR rep to replace SAW gunners in all special operations units

By Chris Capelluto

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Culture

The real reason Maverick is still a captain 30 years after ‘Top Gun,’ according to this hilariously accurate alternate trailer

By Jared Keller

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News

Watch Egyptian soldiers perform bizarre feats of strength in a batsh*t insane sizzle reel

By Jared Keller

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Culture

How to prepare to storm Area 51 and see them aliens

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Culture

When vets hear we’re going back to war

By Chris Capelluto

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Culture

Past vs. Present: When you come home from ‘The War’

By Chris Capelluto

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News

Why Maverick is still a captain 30 years after ‘Top Gun,’ according to the Navy

By Jared Keller

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News

No, a Navy submariner didn’t receive special liberty to clap alien asscheeks at Area 51

By Jared Keller

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Culture

We ran the military chain of command through FaceApp and the results were hilarious

By Paul Szoldra

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Tech & Tactics

Kalashnikov’s new anti-drone rifle is … well, just look at it

By Jared Keller

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News

Semper Fro: Just how much hair can you show up to Marine Corps boot camp with?

By James Clark

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News

The Air Force is on guard against potential Area 51 intruders like this hero in custom Boba Fett armor and his love of ‘clapping alien asscheeks’

By Jared Keller

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Culture

You can now crush cars in a f*cking tank at this Florida theme park

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Culture

Hot mic from Storm Area 51 protest

By Chris Capelluto

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Culture

This is the only thing you’ll need to post this 4th of July so everyone knows just how ‘Merica you are

By James Clark

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Tech & Tactics

When civilians realize your military training doesn’t help

By Chris Capelluto

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News

‘Midway’ may be the WWII Navy flick that will help us forget how bad 2001’s ‘Pearl Harbor’ was

By James Clark

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Culture

Add black bars and beards to your lame military photos with the ‘Operator App’

By Chris Capelluto

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Culture

Here’s what happens you try turning your civilian dog into a military working dog

By Chris Capelluto

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Culture

The M14 refuses to die — and we’re OK with that

By Chris Capelluto

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Culture

BEHOLD: Mattis’ official SecDef portrait shows him sheathing his knife hand in his pocket

By Haley Britzky

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Culture

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my AI-powered ‘Spice’ bombs

By Jared Keller

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News

So, Superman is a Navy SEAL now

By James Clark

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Culture

A first look at the ‘CoD Modern Warfare’ reboot shows juggernaut and ghillie suits return to multiplayer

By James Clark

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News

Consider this a reminder that the Army’s search for a new scout helo was definitely inspired by ‘Avatar’

By Jared Keller

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News

Well, this Air Force 1980s weapons safety video took a very dark turn

By Patrick Baker

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Culture

How to tell your girl about your horrible military tattoo

By Chris Capelluto

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Culture

One of the best ‘Call of Duty’ games ever made is getting a reboot

By James Clark

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Culture

How to do Fleet Week in NYC like a pro

By Andrea N. Goldstein

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Culture

The bad guys in ‘John Wick 3’ aren’t even cold in their graves and a sequel already has a release date

By James Clark

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History

9 of the worst-named military missions and war games in history

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Tech & Tactics

The transcript of the pilots talking through their creation of ‘sky dong’ is even better than their drawing

By Paul Szoldra

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Tech & Tactics

A new WWII documentary chronicles the heroism of B-17 bomber crews and the horrors they endured

By James Clark

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Culture

‘Baby Shark’ is now the preferred cadence of this Fort Gordon battalion

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Culture

‘Game of Thrones’ has an air power problem

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History

8 of the all-time worst named military missions and war games in history

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News

Ben Affleck is making a movie about the secret Army unit that tricked Nazis into chasing ‘ghost armies’ during WWII

By James Clark

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News

Iraq moves to ban Fortnite and PUBG with a boost from ‘Mullah Atari’

By Jared Keller

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News

Army special ops keep freaking out civilians with training exercises

By Haley Britzky

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News

Watch a Navy SEAL vet train Keanu Reeves to clear a room for ‘John Wick 3’

By James Clark

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Culture

The guys who brought us ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and ‘Jarhead’ are making a WWI movie

By James Clark

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News

We salute the Army vet who dropped 25 pounds by consuming nothing but beer for weeks

By Haley Britzky

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Culture

The new ‘John Wick 3’ trailer has motorcycle sword fights, nut-munching war dogs, and a surprise ‘Matrix’ reference

By James Clark

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News

2 reasons you should watch Netflix’s new sci-fi anthology: space Marines and GWOT werewolves

By James Clark

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Culture

Feast your eyes on these 9 very good and adorable military dogs for National K-9 Veterans Day

By Haley Britzky

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News

Does Captain Marvel rate backpay? We called the Air Force to find out

By James Clark

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Culture

Here’s what it looks like when an F-16 makes a highway patrol officer’s radar go apesh*t

By Jared Keller

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Culture

African paratroopers can’t jump good

By Paul Szoldra

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News

Watch an Air Force tech sergeant reenlist in the backseat of an F-16

By Paul Szoldra

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Culture

The story behind ‘Combat Kamasutra’ — the parody military sex book you never knew existed

By James Clark

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News

Space Force will not be the military branch that repels an alien invasion, officials say

By Jeff Schogol

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Culture

The US military volleyball championships are coming up, so here are some ‘Top Gun’ GIFs

By Jared Keller

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News

The 11 best photos of the US military in 2018, according to an award-winning Army photographer

By Haley Britzky

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News

Well, this new Army PSA on household safety took a dark turn

By Jared Keller

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Culture

Hulu’s ‘Catch-22’ remake looks like the sarcastic war story we’ve all been waiting for

By James Clark

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