Chicago Newspaper Reveals Colonel’s Secret Recipe?
After decades upon decades of being one of the most beloved American secrets, the 11 herbs and spices that a certain Kentucky colonel kept under wraps since the Great Depression […]
Air Force Takes Bible Off Officer’s Desk, Clears Him of Penalty
The “good book” got some bad press out west this week, after a report came out that a United States Air Force major was forced to remove the Bible from his […]
Are You a ‘Super-Recognizer’ of Faces? This Test Will Tell You
Are you so good at remembering a face, that it’s embarrassing? In that you’re somewhat discomforted by the fact that you know the person, when they clearly don’t? It’s actually […]
Here’s the Law That Guards Against Americans Revolting
Maybe it’s just us, but there seems to be a lot of chatter, a lot of people of late interested in the following scenario: American citizens, armed, decide to take […]
World’s Largest Aircraft Crashes
Remember this big … aircraft we covered on the blog a few weeks ago? The world’s largest aircraft (it’s about the length of a football field) that was originally designed […]
American Military Member Killed By Roadside Bomb [UPDATED]
A service member from the United States of America was killed on Tuesday by a roadside bomb — according to a statement from U.S. military authorities. The tragedy occurred in […]
Check Out Iraq’s Killer ISIS-Hunting Robot
For a machine hellbent on death and destruction, it sure looks an awful lot like something Pixar would dream up. Or are we seeing faces? In any event, the robot […]
Military Member Doesn’t Wear Clothes, Promoted to Brigadier Anyway
Sir Nils Olav III doesn’t say a word, yet he commands the attention and respect of an entire country. Sir Nils Olav III doesn’t march the way military members are […]
Navy SEAL to Give Back Millions He Made Writing Bin Laden Book
Remember Mark Owen? The phantom? The apparition? The second cousin to Harvey the Rabbit? More specifically (and truthfully) he was — while not being real — the pen name of Mark […]
More U.S. Troops Deployed to Afghanistan
American troops are supposed to be coming home from the Middle East, not the other way around. But, alas, they’re not, as the Pentagon (United States military authorities in the region, […]
U.S. Army Deserter Lied About Combat, Collected a Fortune in Benefits
Seriously? This guy makes Bowe Bergdahl look like a priest. A phony military member — a United States Army desert who went AWOL while stationed in Hawaii in 1978 — […]
Watch a U.S. Soldier Have His Silver Medal Taken Away on Live TV
For United States Army water treatment specialist and 5,000 meter track dynamo Paul Chelimo, Saturday, for a time, was a nightmare. The medal he had secured with his daring run […]
How a Drill Instructor Puts an Unruly Cadet IN THEIR PLACE
You don’t have to be in the military to know it’s not the slickest move in the world to tell a United States Marine drill instructor to “bug off” or […]
Here’s a 200-Year-Old Shipwreck at the Bottom of Lake Ontario
The photograph above looks like an ocean, doesn’t it? The rolling waves. The whitecaps. The furious and unrelenting tide. It isn’t though. It’s Lake Ontario — one of the famous […]
This Is Why Brazil Speaks Portuguese, Not Spanish
In between popping pistachios while you flip from beach volleyball to gymnastics to steeplechase to dressage to field hockey to water polo you might have wondered: why is it that […]
Military Freebies You Need to Know About This Week
All across this great country, there are flag-waving retailers offering deals, discounts and freebies to the military community. And every week, they launch new ones into the ether of the […]
This A-10 Warthog Looks Like It’s Smoking a Fat Cigar
Level with us here. The photograph below looks like the warthog is puffing on an obese stogie, right? Most would assume that its origin has Cuban roots, but we’d like […]
Report: Prison Inmates Made Crappy Helmets for U.S. Troops
The Justice Department Inspector General released one hell-raising report Wednesday that concluded a mind-boggling truth: federal prison inmates were not only making thousands upon thousands of combat helmets for both […]
Boy Pulled From Rubble Alive After Russian Airstrike
The image above is slowly getting passed around the world, via the internet, and to say it says “a lot” would be saying something way too obvious. It would also […]
Youth Mentor Army Veteran Murdered By Chicago Gang
Elizabeth Juarez thought her son was out of harm’s way when he was discharged by the United States Army, the specter of her son dying overseas in combat finally evaporating, no longer to be […]