Obamas and British Royals Exchange Trash Talk Before Invictus Games
In the U.S. military, it’s not a real competition until the trash talk starts. The upcoming Invictus Games are no different. The 2016 Invictus Games, an international Paralympic event founded by […]
Gobbledygook! Here’s the Best War Memo Ever Written
If necessity is the mother of invention, then what’s boiling wrath and mind-bending rage? The father? The following war memo from 1944, penned by Smaller War Plants Corporation’s own “Chairman and […]
Large, Wealthy Army Brat Muscles Hoops Legend Like Rag Doll
Charles Barkley once famously announced via a television commercial that he wasn’t a role model. He said “just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” […]
Your Favorite Tactical Gear Brand Has A Chinese Knockoff Named Uncle Martian
The interlocked ‘U’ and ‘A’ of the Under Armour logo has long served as the bat signal for the biggest beefcakes and most successful athletes in the United States. Thanks […]
Watch this Homemade Hoverbike Soar
The first person to invent a fully function floating hoverbike wasn’t Lockheed Martin or Oshkosh, but Youtuber and inventor Colin Furze. With some donated supplies courtesy of Ford, Furze spent […]
Army Keeps Green Beret It Nearly Booted for Confronting Rapist
It was almost the end for Green Beret and Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland. For doing something no one in America would ever say was wrong. But it was. You […]
Check Out This Size Comparison of U.S. Bullets and Battleships
In a military full of larger than life equipment and aircraft, it can be hard to really visualize how breathtakingly huge the American armed forces are. This goes triple for people who haven’t […]
Adorable Photo Series Features Military Dads Bonding with Daughters
April is the Month of the Military Child. To celebrate the bond between military dads and their daughters, Navy veteran and photographer Vanessa Hicks invited service members and their children […]
See Muhammad Protest the Vietnam War
It was on April 28, 1967 that Muhammad Ali, the world heavyweight boxing champion formerly known as Cassius Clay, refused to take the oath that would induct him into the […]
Lawmakers Agree Military Draft is Sexist, Pass Bill to Register Women
To stop the Pentagon from opening all military roles to qualified female service members, Marine veteran Rep. Duncan Hunter of California proposed a shocking amendment to the defense bill: let […]
Remember This Tweet About Troops Playing Football?
There’s a blog called “Young Conservatives” run by two strapping former Ivy League rapscallions, David Rufful and Joshua Riddle. It’s kinda popular? has a longish, dense mission statement that starts […]
Navy Allows Tattoos on Neck, Arms and Legs to Appeal to Millennials
To entice Millennials to sign up for the military, the Navy is allowing all of its service members to tattoo areas on their necks, arms and legs. The new tattoo […]
U.S. Soldier Busted for Buying Food Stamps
Do you see what we see? It’s in the headline. Look closely. It’s akin to saying you got paid for volunteering, or that you got jacked up and wired on […]
F-35 to Verse A-10 Thunderbolt in Series of ‘War Scenarios’
(Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ryan Callaghan/Released) Can the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter replace the A-10 Thunderbolt II? Congress seeks to find out by pitting the two planes […]
What the Hell Is This Green Thing Flying Over California?
When shiny, fiery green things explode across the sky while you’re steering down a freeway, that’s anything but you’re typical Saturday night. Someone who might or might not be Russian had […]
Paris Terror Suspect’s Lawyer: He’s a ‘Little Jerk’
Salah Abdeslam, 26, a French national originally from Morocco who authorities allege helped plan and carry out the terrible attacks on Paris in 2015 that killed 130 innocent people, is […]
Female Ranger Grad to Become First Female Infantry Officer
Capt. Kristen Griest is about to make another first. Last summer, Griest became one of the first women to ever graduate from Army Ranger School. Now she is poised to […]
Guy Commits Robbery, Jumps White House Fence
Everyone in the news media is lampooning this guy in DC who robbed a joint then, in the midst of his flee, jumped a fence alongside the Eisenhower Executive Office […]
Marine Buddies Recreate Group Photo 50 Years Later
In 1966, four Marine buddies were photographed posing nearby a surfboard on a California beach. The three machine gunners and anti-tank man became solid friends while training at Camp Pendleton […]
Watch ‘Real-Time’ Video of the Sinking Titanic
No, no one aboard the Titanic (or the lifeboats it released) was wielding a camcorder when it finally sunk below the surface of the north Atlantic Ocean on the morning […]