The SITREP Military Blog

  • News
  • Humor
  • Aircraft
  • Vet Pack
  • More
    • Firepower
    • Stolen Valor
    • Dogs

  • Recent
  • Featured
  • ICBM
    US Warship Downs ICBM for the First Time
    2 years ago
  • Basketball arena for sports fans
    4 Places to Buy a Holiday Gift for Sports Fans
    2 years ago
  • Veteran wearing backpack and holding notebooks for education
    How to Access your GI Bill Education Benefits
    2 years ago
  • military veteran looking for benefits on laptop
    Yellow Ribbon Program Info and Benefits
    2 years ago
  • National Museum of the United States Army exhibit
    National Museum of the United States Army Now Open
    3 years ago
  • GI Bill education benefits at college
    What education benefits does the GI Bill grant?
    3 years ago
  • Russian Civil War
    The History of the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia
    3 years ago
  • troops in Afghanistan
    Pentagon Announces Troop Withdrawals in Afghanistan and Iraq
    3 years ago
  • Best Veterans Day Deals for Health and Beauty 2020
    3 years ago
  • Best Veterans Day Deals for Home & Auto 2020
    3 years ago
  • Best Veterans Day Deals for Shoes and Accessories 2020
    3 years ago
  • Best Veterans Day Deals for Technology 2020
    3 years ago
  • Best Veterans Day Deals for Apparel 2020
    3 years ago
  • Veterans Day salute
    A Brief History of Veterans Day
    3 years ago
  • military shipping packages
    2020 Military Holiday Shipping Deadlines
    3 years ago
  • using credit card and phone to purchase online
    The 5 Best Online Military Discounts on Shoes Including adidas, Reebok, and more
    3 years ago
  • college campus building
    GI Bill COVID-19 Student Protections Extended Through 2021
    3 years ago
  • soldiers sleeping
    US Army Tells Soldiers to Take More Naps
    3 years ago
  • military coyote attack
    Troops at Camp Lejeune Warned to Stop Running at Night After Coyote Attacks
    3 years ago
  • navy ships
    Experts Say Navy Needs 500 Ships, But Paying for Them Won’t be Easy
    3 years ago
  • ICBM
    US Warship Downs ICBM for the First Time
    2 years ago
  • National Museum of the United States Army exhibit
    National Museum of the United States Army Now Open
    3 years ago
  • Russian Civil War
    The History of the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia
    3 years ago
  • troops in Afghanistan
    Pentagon Announces Troop Withdrawals in Afghanistan and Iraq
    3 years ago
  • Veterans Day salute
    A Brief History of Veterans Day
    3 years ago
  • military shipping packages
    2020 Military Holiday Shipping Deadlines
    3 years ago
  • college campus building
    GI Bill COVID-19 Student Protections Extended Through 2021
    3 years ago
  • soldiers sleeping
    US Army Tells Soldiers to Take More Naps
    3 years ago
  • military coyote attack
    Troops at Camp Lejeune Warned to Stop Running at Night After Coyote Attacks
    3 years ago
  • navy ships
    Experts Say Navy Needs 500 Ships, But Paying for Them Won’t be Easy
    3 years ago
  • NFL football salute to service
    Win the Ultimate Fan Cave from the NFL & USAA Salute to Service Sweepstakes
    3 years ago
  • basic training
    A 59-Year-Old Combat Vet Redid Basic Training and Finished in the Top 10% of His Class
    3 years ago
  • coast guard hurricane disaster relief cleanup
    National Guard and Coast Guard Hurricane Cleanup from Laura, Sally
    3 years ago
  • Arlington national cemetery
    Arlington National Cemetery to Reopen With Reduced Hours
    3 years ago
  • military covid-19 vaccine trials
    Five Military Hospitals to Support COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
    3 years ago
  • mlb baseball legend veteran marine
    Remembering Mets Legend and Marine Vet Tom Seaver
    3 years ago
  • shark attack
    Coast Guard Crew Surprised by Shark Attack During Swim
    3 years ago
  • wargaming center exercises
    New High-Tech Marines Wargaming Center Expected to be Up in 2024
    3 years ago
  • Air Force Seeks to Bring Computers and Human Brains Closer Together
    3 years ago
  • These 23 Retailers Are Juicing Up Their Military Discounts For Veterans Day
    4 years ago
© 2017 - All Rights Reserved.
Vet Pack

Hip West Coast Shorts Maker Shows Support With Generous Donation

“Black Friday is a really big sales day — we saw it as an opportunity to really use that momentum to give back to members of our community that are […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Woman Unearths Lost Valor, Returns It to Fallen Sailor’s Family

The Capitol Flea market, a San Jose event bursting with bargains and bustle, is both a Sunday mainstay and a heralded tradition for many of the northern California city’s natives. For Tammie […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

California Homeless Veteran Buried in Wyoming After Heartfelt Memorial

They didn’t know him in life, but it didn’t matter. In death, hundreds of active and former service members poured out their love for fellow veteran Stephen Reiman, a Californian […]

  •  
7 years ago0
News

Marines to Honor One of Their Biggest Supporters in San Diego

It’s been more than a quarter century since the Gulf War. Operation Desert Shield. More than 25 years since the elder George Bush was president and commander-in-chief. Although she didn’t realize […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Vet Pack

How Pig Meat Could One Day Heal the Wounds of Disabled Veterans

“Personally, for me, this project has been one of the most satisfying projects I’ve worked on. Especially since it can help a population that has sacrificed so much for our […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Pro Football Player Pays Tribute to Late Marine Brother

“You could say he’s the key to all my success so far. That I got in the end zone and did that, it was just a sign to him watching […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Marine Vet Sells Prized Model Train Set to Help Fellow Marines

Military veteran Michael Marotta has always loved trains. Over the course of decades, he managed to amass an impressive model train collection, about 500 pieces in all, with a few […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Beachgoer Finds Band With Fallen Soldier’s Name, Drums Up Mystery

Liz Maloney-Triplett does it a few times a week. From her home in Falmouth, Massachussets, she makes her way down to Cape Cod’s Menauhant Beach, and takes a stroll along […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

This Old Military Surgeon Gave Up Drinking One Day & Decided He’d Help Others Do the Same

“It’s about giving back. There’s a saying we have in the field, ‘I can’t keep it … unless you give it away.’” *** For years, as a proud member in […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Soldier Mother & Football Son Reunite, Give Alabama Stadium Pause

This past Saturday was a momentous one for college football. Not a surprise, really, this weekend every year brings rivals together on the gridiron in bowls and stadiums across the […]

  •  
7 years ago0
News

One Thousand Veterans Protest College Removing American Flag

About 1,000 military veterans gathered at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts this Sunday to protest the institution removing the American flag from its premises after a portion of its student body […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Navy Grants Vet’s Wish, Will Bury Him Where Sub Sank in 1963

“Bud felt that he should’ve been the one to go down with the Thresher, not this other man. All those years, it bothered him.” *** In early April in 1963, […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Watch Marines Train, Jump Into a Frozen Norwegian Pond

“It’s amazing what your body will do when you jump into the ice.” In the beginning of November United States Marines, 170 of them, challenged their bodies to its boney […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Navy SEAL Donates Thousand Dollars-Worth of Turkeys

It didn’t matter that just a few months ago, United States Navy SEAL Anthony Alessi, 29, was deployed overseas, fighting for America and the free world. Or that he wasn’t working high […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Mother of Late Fort Hood Soldier Petitions to Enact ‘WARRIOR Alert’

The mother and family of Dakota Stump, the Indiana-born United States Army soldier who went missing for three weeks before he was discovered dead on post earlier this month wants a […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Army Vet Moves Into Donated Home Just in Time for Thanksgiving

A United States Army veteran who had been having a hard time trying to find a place to stay after being discharged from the military now officially has a roof over […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Dogs

WWII Vet Recovers Stolen Dog, Receives Touching Gift from Korean War Vet

“My world all came back to me.” *** Last week, a woman told Roger LeClair, a 93-year-old military veteran of World War II, that she was going to do him […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Dying Vet Files to Erase ‘Undesirable’ Discharge, Have Military Burial [UPDATED]

“Mr. Spires does not want to pass knowing that he will not be honored with a military burial and that the Air Force still refuses to acknowledge the sacrifices he […]

  •  
7 years ago0
Community News

Vets Flock to Sioux Reservation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

“If we’re going to be heroes, if we’re really going to be those veterans that this country praises, well, then we need to do the things that we actually said […]

  •  
7 years ago0
News

Fifty-Three Years Ago Today, America Lost a President, a War Hero

Now, more than ever, this footage, this terror, resonates. The sight of a beloved American President — and war hero — being gunned down should be viewed on this day […]

  •  
7 years ago0
1234