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The new Netflix ‘Space Force’ series sounds way better than the actual military branch
It's been nine months since Netflix first announced that Steve Carell would star in new "workplace comedy" Space Force, and the streaming giant has finally delivered us a slate of beautiful babies to populate what we're praying will resemble The Office in freakin' outer space.
Seven actors, including the legendarily droll John Malkovich and rubber-faced Ben Schwartz, have joined the cast of Space Force as members of the team that, led by Carell, is tasked with actually building the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces from the ground up, Variety reported on Thursday.
CBS has cancelled infuriatingly inaccurate military drama 'The Code'
It looks like America broke
The Code, and not in a good way.
CBS has decided not to renew the "modestly rated" but notoriously inaccurate military drama for a second season, Deadline reported on Tuesday, just one day after the first season finale.
Dana Delany, who starred as the fictional Col. Glenn Turnbull, shared the news of the cancellation on Twitter. "I'll never make General," she wrote," but I loved this cast of stellar actors & know we'll meet again. Semper Fidelis."
Marine vet Rob Riggle to travel the world as a 'global investigator' for Discovery
Editor's Note: This article by James Barber originally appeared onMilitary.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community.
Marine Corps veteran Rob Riggle has enjoyed an amazing post-military career as a comedian, actor and creator of funny videos for the FOX NFL pregame show. Now, he's going to put his self-proclaimed "extensive knowledge of everything" to use as host of the Discovery Channel series "Rob Riggle: Global Investigator."
Hulu's 'Catch-22' remake looks like the sarcastic war story we've all been waiting for
The first trailer for Hulu's remake of Joseph Heller's World War II satire Catch-22 just dropped, and it looks like it's going to be the dark, hilarious, and sarcastic war story you've been waiting for.
Meet the soldier who uses 'Star Wars' and 'Game Of Thrones' to explain modern military conflicts
Matt Cavanaugh was caught in a holding pattern, as it goes for American military personnel leaving a place like South Korea. He had spent most of 2015 and some of 2016 away from his wife and two young daughters, and he had to wait a few more days before finally returning home to Manitou Springs.
"You're just in a crummy hotel room doing nothing," he says.
So the time was perfect to delve into a new project that had come to mind over the past year: a book comparing modern war with "Star Wars."
'You know the sacrifice now' — 2 post-9/11 Medal of Honor recipients on the importance of war stories
At a remote outpost in Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2009, a handful of American soldiers held back an assault by as many as 300 Taliban fighters during the Battle of Kamdesh. Though the attack was repelled, and as many as 150 Taliban fighters were killed, it came at a terrible cost: Eight Americans died, and 27 were wounded.
