Desert Storm Army Vet’s Lottery Strategy Pays Off Huge
They say if you fill a regular-sized briefcase with Benjamin Franklin, $100 bills, it’s right around a million dollars. But, if you fill the same briefcase with Andrew Jackson, $20 bills? […]
‘Triple Nickel’ Air Force Squadron Is Going to Afghanistan
According to the United States Air Forces Central Command, the airmen and their F16s of the “Triple Nickel” — otherwise known as the 555th Fighter Squadron — are being deployed […]
North Carolinian Pleads Guilty to Breaking Disabled Veteran’s Jaw
According to the Charlotte Observer, a 33-year-old North Carolina man plead guilty Tuesday in Hickory, to breaking the jaw of a 78-year-old Vietnam War veteran nearly a year ago. Clarence […]
This Old Article From 1956 Pretty Much Predicted Today’s Soldier
Predicting the future is a tough business. The Madame Marie’s of the world somehow stay afloat financially (maybe crystal balls aren’t real crystal?) but the rest of us tend to […]
Navy Vet Attempts to Break the World Record for Pull-Ups
Nick Janowitz, nicknamed “The Patriot”, a United States Navy veteran and popular MMA fighter, will attempt to do something on Friday in Elmhurst, Illinois that, to most of us, seems […]
Here’s Why No One Should EVER Prank the Coast Guard
Common sense or not, here’s why no one should prank the United States Coast Guard. Ready? ONE: It puts brave service members’ lives at risk for no reason. TWO: It […]
A Pilot Once Got Kicked Out of the Air Force for Flying Under a Michigan Bridge
Michiganders affectionately refer to it as “Big Mac”, “Mighty Mac”, and in 1959 a United States Air Force pilot decided out of nowhere that it was a good idea to […]
Genius Army Vet Robert Pirsig on the Beauty of Being Stuck
“I like to think I’m both hip and square at the same time.” *** In his early, early days, Robert M. Pirsig was thought to be destined for big things — […]
The Truth Behind the ‘Marlboro Marine’ & That Famous Photo
“I didn’t ask for it, never did want nothing to do with it. I don’t know.” Back in 2004, during the furious Second Battle of Fallujah, United States Marine James […]
The Pentagon Made This Video for ‘National High Five Day’
Sixteen years ago, today’s slap-happy holiday was established by a comedy writer toting a fake origin story (they needed an inventor of the high five! and realized they had nothing). […]
An Old Navy SEAL on Why You Should Workout in the Morning
If you’re old enough to drive, chances are you’ve heard each and every phrase regarding the benefits of starting your day as soon as possible. “Early to bed and early […]
New Law Lets Vets Choose Their Doctor (AND the VA Will Pay For It)
Last Wednesday the President of the United States “extended” the Veterans Choice Act, which essentially taps Congress to open the program up further, and give more veterans the opportunity to […]
Watch This Navy Sailor Slip Sleekly on a Banana Peel
If you’d like to know the science behind why a banana peel is so dang slippery when stepped upon, you can read this research paper (it actually won an Ig […]
How This Vet’s Teenage Hobby Got the FBI Thinking He Was a Spy
Some kids play video games. Some collect baseball cards. Others draw. Or run lemonade stands. When the late United States Air Force veteran (and distinguished diplomat and military historian) Robert F. […]
Air Force Rejects Claim That F-15s Killed Little Girl’s Pony
A mother told a British tabloid that her three-year-old daughter’s pony, Monty, was killed after a bunch of fighter jets from a local United States Air Force installation flew too […]
This Veteran Is Battling State Law With a Huge Sack of Smarties
There’s almost 10,000 of them. They’re all stuffed into a clear plastic sack that’s so jam-packed it makes holding it a strange chore. It kind of looks like one of those […]
Deported Army Vet Gets Pardoned by California Governor
From Tijuana, Mexico, former United States Army soldier Hector Barajas heard the good news. He heard he’d been given a second chance in the country he fought to protect. California […]
Man Saves the Lives of Five Swimmers Near Florida Air Force Base
A team of United States Air Force rescue personnel and an off-duty lifeguard are heroes after saving the lives of five drowning people in the ocean near Patrick AFB in Florida […]
Disabled Vet Carries Woman, American Flag Over Boston Marathon Finish Line
Some images are impossible to forget. A few years ago, at this same time, in New England, the images were harrowing. Two brothers, terrorists, had set off explosives in the […]
This Quick, Easy Video Will Teach You How to Fly Fish
Hard for any American who happens to, on occasion, cast a Parachute Adams or a San Juan Worm into cool, rushing waters to not know about Ted Williams, decorated fighter […]