Why Americans Drink Coffee, Not Tea
Way back in 1773, a bunch of angry colonists dressed up like Native Americans, jumped on an East India Company boat packed with leaves and such, and liberally tossed shipments […]
Here’s a Plant Giving a Speech Like a Tyrannical Dictator
The plant in the footage below is trying to retain his power, his stronghold over the garden and the other plants, so it’s pompous and exaggerated and, ahem, “flowery”. It’s […]
How General Ulysses S. Grant Fixed This Fam’s Dryer
Bonnie Nadzam, an author from Cleveland, Ohio, recounts the curious tale of how her parents fell in love, started a family, raised her, bought a washer and dryer, saw it […]
Watch a Soldier “Ride” a Bucking Camel During the Gulf War
The last thing you’d expect to see in footage from the Gulf War, is a United States Army soldier riding a bucking camel, in the bucking background while another soldier […]
Need a Laugh? This Jokey Fake Article Is Really Funny
Last year we published a post (and a video) about the commander-in-chief requesting a United States Marine keep him dry from the rain. He was giving a speech outside the […]
This Is What Happens When You Prank a Marine
Plan was pie. Orthodox Oscar the Grouch technique. Hide in the peach pits, the gristle — the pumpkin seeds and wait until your leatherneck bestie to come hither with the […]
Soldier to Drill Sergeant: I Was NOT Sleeping
You’re in the middle of basic training, you get down on the forest floor, put your head down and fall asleep. Before you know it (because you’re napping) the drill […]
HEY AFTERNOON FARMER! Read Teddy’s Favorite Insults
Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States of America, Secretary of the Navy and Army colonel, was as rough a verbal offender as he was a rider. […]
This Soviet Army Recruiting Cartoon Will Hammer Your Funny Bone
This is a dismal, poorly-plotted, drab see-through cartoon. If we had to guess, its animators were thirsty and starving when they were working on it and couldn’t wait to finish the […]
Did You Know? Chuck Norris Plays Pokemon Go
In the past, it would be accurate to say that “Chuck Norris doesn’t sleep, he waits.” But! No longer. Because now — while the former United States Air Force airman […]
This Is One Helluva Way to Get Guys to Join the Marines
This proud military member assumes one thing in his pitch to potential candidates — i.e. whoever happens to be driving behind him on some anonymous American interstate. That the men […]
This Chinese Military Drill Will Leave You Guessing …
When you live in a communist country, you gotta work with what you’re given. Even if what you’re dealt in no way matches your skill set. Unfortunately for the diminutive […]
Bald Eagle Ditched Dodger Stadium Routine to Tailgate?
Go to any ballgame in America during a national holiday and you’ll most likely be treated to a special presentation: a bald eagle, and its trainer, putting on a show […]
Soldier Gets Leave Request Denied, Fires Back Epic Rebuke
Before we dive into the meat and potatoes of this post, let’s pose this question so we can ultimately put it on the shelf: is it uncouth for a man […]
Gordon Ramsay Teams Up with Fort Benning Soldiers to Hunt Boar
The only thing Gordon Ramsay likes more than good food is a good cause. In a recent episode of his cooking show “Gordon Ramsay’s F Word,” he found both at […]
The Best U.S. Military Poop Stories on Reddit
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Two weeks later and 500 miles to the east, Tarō Gomi was born, in […]
Can’t Make it to a Family Wedding Because You Are Deployed? Send a Cardboard Cut Out in Your Place
Just as your military career can take you to far away places all over the world, it can also keep you from important events happening at home. Like, for instance, […]
Watch This 82 Year-Old Navy Veteran Howl Heavy Metal at Simon Cowell
An 82 year-old Navy veteran and karaoke lover gave British reality television star Simon Cowell an audition he will never forget. John Hetlinger looks like your standard grandpa. With his […]
Marine Corps Photographers Sure Love Silhouettes and Explosions
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Richard McCumber/Released) The U.S. military Flickr accounts are a visual feast. Military photographers travel all over the world to document the daily exploits […]
Here’s Everything You Need to Build a Fake Battlefield for the Army
To quote Gen. George S Patton, “A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.” The Army takes this motto to heart by creating elaborate fake battlefields to test […]