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'Stripes' Showed America That Bill Murray Is An Urban Warfare Visionary

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Thanks to growing populations and accelerating technological innovation, urban combat is slated to become the future of warfare. West Point knows it. National Defense University knows it. Even DARPA knows it.

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The Soldier Turned Filmmaker Behind 'Sand Castle' Opens Up About The Netflix War Drama

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Editor’s note: The Long March will be closed for inventory the month of August. We regret any inconvenience this causes our loyal customers. In an effort to keep you reasonably content and focussed, we are offering re-runs of some of the best columns of the year. We value your custom and hope you will stick around for . . . the Long March.

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'Top Gun 2: Maverick' Just Lit The Afterburners

Entertainment

Tom Cruise on Thursday shared an Instagram photo of a F/A-18E Super Hornet with three words: “Feel The Need.” Next to the Navy fighter, staring wistfully at it, was Cruise himself dressed in a flight suit. The Twitter caption was “Day 1,” confirmation that filming for the highly anticipated sequel to Top Gun has begun.

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Medal of Honor Nominee John Chapman Is Getting a Film About His Life

Entertainment

In 2002, John Chapman survived alone on top of Roberts Ridge through a cold Afghan night, fending off assaults by the Taliban single-handedly. He sacrificed his life to provide cover for a Chinook full of Rangers who were about to set down inside of a Taliban killbox.

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3 Veterans Went Back To Iraq To Conquer A Mountain In The Film ‘Adventure Not War’

Entertainment

Adventure Not War, a documentary directed by Max Lowe that recently screened at Tribeca Film Festival, follows three Iraq war veterans as they return to Iraq to climb Mount Holgard. The trio battle through the brutal weather, landmines from the Iran-Iraq war, and their personal demons that have driven them to return to the war-scarred country.

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‘You Were Never Really Here’ Is The ‘Taxi Driver’ For Post-9/11 Veterans

Entertainment

You Were Never Really Here is, at its core, a movie about brute force.

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