Decorated Iraq War Veteran Slain in Colorado Springs Shooting
On Saturday, a gunman slaughtered three people in broad daylight in Colorado Springs before dying in a gunfight against local police. One of the gunman’s victims was Andrew Alan Myers, […]
Update: Missing Army Ranger Found Alive, Family Rejoices
Last week, we reported that former Army Ranger Bruce Windorski from Wisconsin went missing after leaving on an overnight trip. We’re happy to report that he has been found alive […]
Army Ranger School is Officially Open to Women
Despite all the press the Army Ranger School has garnered by graduating its first three female students, it managed to quietly open enrollment to qualified women for good. While a […]
Seriously? British Prime Minister Photoshops Remembrance Poppy onto Blazer Ahead of Veterans Day
As Nov. 11 approaches, both American and British politicians are rallying to pay lip service to supporting the troops. One of the easiest ways to do this is to circulate […]
Army Suspends Program Behind to Runaway Blimp
The Army blimp that roamed free last week will be the last of its kind. After the Oct. 28 fiasco, the Pentagon is indefinitely suspending the surveillance blimp program, which […]
This Is What a Secret War Looks Like
From 1964 to 1973, the United States utilized its Air Force to conduct a little-known, clandestine war on a small, landlocked country in Southeast Asia — Laos. “We bombed incessantly, ” […]
Veterans Group Distributes Signs for Combat Veteran Parking
Reserved parking spaces aren’t a novel idea. Every parking lot provides handicap spaces, and others provide spaces specifically for new and expecting mothers, business clients and the elderly. A nonprofit […]
Here’s Footage of the F-35 Bulleting the Blue Sky for the Very First Time
Okay, so it doesn’t have its best weapon, and won’t, for six or seven more years. And, yeah, it can’t exactly best a decades-old fighter jet in a dogfight. But. […]
STOLEN VALOR! Phony Sniper Tries to Recruit Real Military Vet in Texas
Just when you think you’ve seen the most heinously absurd stolen valor video, along comes one like this from Houston, Texas, where a phony “sniper” — a bespectacled man wearing […]
Watch U.S. Marines Drink Cobra Blood in Hardcore Jungle Survival Program
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. During last year’s Operation Cobra Gold 13, an international military training exercise hosted in Thailand, a group of U.S. Marines participated in one of […]
Writer: Gray Lady Made Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan Look ‘Really Cool … Really Bloodless’
David Shields is a writer from Seattle who, over the years of getting The New York Times and naturally glancing at the front page, noticed something. The photographs on A1 […]
It’s Tough Not to Ogle This X-47B Drone Landing on an Aircraft Carrier
This, of course, is the X-47B — a creation of the aerospace and defense technology giant Northrop Grumman, and the mother of all drones everywhere. That’s correct: it’s an unmanned “combat […]
This Old U.S. Special Forces Film Demonstrating the Bow & Arrow Is Peculiar
The 1960s were a different time. Americans boozed religiously at work. Presidents rode in convertible cars through massively large crowds in Texas. Schoolchildren would drill for nuclear war. Segregation was […]
Army Veteran Helps Little Girl Injured in Nepal Earthquake Walk Again
When Oregon National Guardsman and trained medic Shane Basi traveled to Katmandu, Nepal to learn more about Buddhism, he had no idea he would be thrust into the middle of […]
U.S. Admiral Backs Down in Beijing, Says Sailing Past Chinese Islands NOT a Threat
After a United States naval destroyer sailed past manmade Chinese islands in the South China Sea last week, and after China itself publicly pronounced it a “provocation”, and the U.S. […]
U.S. Marine Brings Prince Harry to Tears After Epic 1,000 Mile Walk
When one American military veteran gave the dog tags of a fallen comrade to Prince Harry after walking 1,000 miles to Buckingham Palace, they shared a sincere, emotional embrace. The […]
Busted VA Execs Refuse to Testify at Hearing
The two Department of Veterans Affairs executives caught abusing their positions to line their pockets invoked their Fifth Amendment rights to avoid testifying at a congressional hearing. Diana Rubens and […]
Watch This Iraqi Soldier Eviscerate an ISIS Car Bomb With an Anti-Tank Bazooka
Abandoned ISIS car bombs are like roaches. When you come across one, whether in the desert or in your kitchen, you do everything you can to rid it from the […]
This ‘Uptown Funk’ Military Parody is the Catchiest Song You’ll Hear All Day
Last summer, it was impossible to escape the upbeat lyrics of Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk.’ Now you can dance once more to the song you used to pretend to hate, […]
Here’s ‘The Rock’ Wearing a Tiny Popeye the Coast Guard Man Costume
If you’ve been reading this blog, it’s no secret what we’ve been cooking with Popeye and his origin story lately: he might’ve said he was a “sailor man”, but he was a […]