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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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Here's What Happened To Maverick's Navy Career After 'Top Gun'

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

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‘Overlord’: Paratroopers Fight Nazi Zombies, Because Why Not?

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World War II is returning to the big screen; let’s be honest though, it never left. This time though, it’s different. Kinda.

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America's 3 Most Important Independence Day Rituals, According To Jack Mandaville

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We, as Americans, have a terrible tendency of putting inconsistent guidelines on what it means to be an American. Most of it comes in the form of political ideology and other nuanced things that can never truly quantify a person’s dedication to their country. And this is ad news for fairly obvious reasons.

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'Top Gun 2: Maverick' Just Lit The Afterburners

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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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