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Baked To Death In A New York City Jail Cell: The Heart-Wrenching Story Of A Marine Veteran
Jerome Murdough was a Marine who didn’t have to die. Discovered in a residential building and thrown into a broken...
Today, Justice Was Done For Some American Heroes
President Barack Obama today awarded the nation’s highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, to 24 veterans that were...
South Carolina Just Became One Of The Best States To Be A Veteran
As Washington politicians play games with veterans benefits, the governor of South Carolina, working with the S.C. National Guard and...
Photo Of The Day: Colin Powell’s 60-Year-Old Selfie
Selfies are all the rage these days. But legendary retired Army general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell demonstrated...
Photo Of The Day: Funeral Detail Done Right
Amid reports last month of a Army National Guard member who treated funeral detail with depressing and offensive frivolity, the...
Coalition Forces Spent All Night Freeing A Camel In Afghanistan, Then Wrote A Press Release To Let Us Know
I feel like I can say this having worked in public affairs for the entirety of my term in the...
Photo Of The Day: The Marine Silent Drill Team And The Blue Angels
This is the most Marine Corps photo ever. Rah. The Blue Angels, Marine Corps' C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as “Fat...
Photo Of The Day: The Final Day Of The 2004 Battle Of Fallujah
Hirepurpose's founder and CEO posted an incredible Throwback Thursday on Instagram today from the 2004 battle for Fallujah in Iraq....
Kyle Carpenter Is The Medal Of Honor Recipient The Marine Corps Needs
Marines got a bit excited when the Marine Corps Times broke the news that Cpl. Kyle Carpenter is slated to...
Russia Today Anchor Quits Live On Air Over Crisis In Ukraine, Cites Background From A Military Family
As Russia’s aggressive action toward the Ukraine has roiled the international community, An American anchor for Russia Today, a state-sponsored...
This Art In Afghanistan Shows How Some Troops Feel About The Mission
An image posted to Reddit over the weekend shows the discontent some in the military's rank and file have with...
Gay and Lesbian Troops Perform For Charity In Japan [Video]
Just three years ago, gay and lesbian troops could not serve openly, Saturday, gay service members aboard Kadena Air Force...
The One Quote That Captures The Remarkable Skills Of Veterans Of Iraq And Afghanistan
Nearly 2.5 million Americans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan in the last 12 years. And while their experiences have...
ROLLED SLEEVES ARE BACK FOR MARINES
In a super motivated message posted on the Marines’ Official Facebook page, the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Jim...
The VA’s Plan To Beat The Backlog Reportedly Involved Just Destroying Medical Records
An Audio recording obtained by the Daily Caller implicate the Department of Veterans Affairs in a plot to destroy thousands...
This General Almost Took The Fall For The Commandant’s Indiscretions … Almost
When Col. Chris Hughes, a key spokesman for the Marine Corps, proposed the idea of limiting the visibility and access...
We Have Our Smoking Gun That The Marine Commandant Tried To Ban The Marine Corps Times
Emails unearthed by the Marine Corps Times reveal that an effort by high ranking Marines to remove the newspaper from...
New Report Raises Questions About Fallen Hero
A new report in the Washington Post today raises enormous new questions about a fallen Marine sergeant whose story has...
Is This The U.S. Military’s First Peacetime Screw Up?
The military community, and really most people with eyes, took offense when a member of the Wisconsin National Guard posted photos...
George Zimmerman Says Something Really Dumb About Fallen Troops
I was very hesitant to write this post, lest I contribute to George Zimmerman’s victimhood, but he said something really...
Meet Alex Minsky: Marine, Wounded Warrior, Underwear Model
The good ladies at The View today sat down with an inspiring Marine veteran who has lived a lifetime worth...
The Future Of Afghanistan In One (Pretty Awesome) Photo
The U.S. Army recently released a photo that pretty aptly sums up how the future of Afghanistan will be decided....
Marine General Caught Doing The Right Thing
As snow blankets much of the Northeastern corridor, a young Marine snapped a photo of a Marine four-star general doing...
Iraqi Suicide Bomb Instructor Accidentally Kills Himself And His Students
A class on how to detonate a suicide vest at an insurgent camp just north of Baghdad went awry today...
Don’t Miss This Candid Account Of What It Was Like To Be Gay And A Navy SEAL
As more and more states legalize gay marriage, through legislation, referendum, or in federal courts, and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”...
