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Gamblers on Polymarket predicted the latest Israel-Iran conflict

The Polymarket digital “prediction market” has an accuracy rate as high as 94%.
By Blake Stilwell

Updated on Jun 12, 2025 7:23 PM PDT

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Military News

Everything you need to know about attending the Army’s 250th birthday celebration

By Miguel Ortiz

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Sports

Adopting North Korean basketball rules would be a literal game-changer for the NBA

By Blake Stilwell

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Movies

‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ was Navy veteran Christopher Gardner’s incredible real-life underdog story

By Joel Searls

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MilSpouse Mental Health

4 secret skills milspouses have but don’t realize

By Jessica Evans

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Military career to civilian life: A financial survival guide

By Team Mighty

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History

World War II

Celebrate the heroes of D-Day with these unique World War II-era 48-star flags

By Blake Stilwell

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Mighty Heroes

USAA’s Poppy Wall of Honor returns to National Mall for 6th year to honor and remember fallen service members

By Tessa Robinson

Beijing, CHINA: Visitors walk past China's second nuclear missile on display as they visit the Military Museum in Beijing, 23 July 2007. The US military 22 July said its troops had found Chinese-made missiles which they believe were smuggled into Iraq by groups in Iran in order to arm groups fighting US-led forces. AFP PHOTO/TEH ENG KOON (Photo credit should read TEH ENG KOON/AFP via Getty Images)
History

The US ‘misplaced’ these nuclear weapons

By Bethaney Phillips

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History

4 deadly weapons the military never made

By Bethaney Phillips

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History

Roman gladiators fought lions for sport and there’s finally proof

By Blake Stilwell

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Entertainment

Entertainment

‘Day of the Jackal’ author Frederick Forsyth dies at age 86

By Blake Stilwell

The life and career of Army veteran Clint Eastwood
Movies

Legendary director, ‘Dirty Harry’ actor and Army veteran Clint Eastwood turns 95

By Joel Searls

Jessie James Decker at the 2023 Baby2Baby Gala held on November 11, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
Entertainment

Interview: Country pop music star Jessie James Decker on growing up in a military family, songwriting and patriotism

By Joel Searls

Loretta Swit sitting in a jeep during the filming of television show M*A*S*H, United States, August 1976. She plays the character Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Movies

Loretta Swit, popular M*A*S*H star, passes away at 87

By Joel Searls

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Entertainment

Behind the Badge: FOX News Johnny Joey Jones shines a light on the hidden battles of first responders

By Jessica Manfre

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Military News

Alfred Dreyfus, unjustly convicted of treason, gets redemption after 130 years

By Blake Stilwell

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Navy

The Secretary of Defense wants to change a ship’s name. Here are the untold perils of renaming a vessel

By Blake Stilwell

Barrett and MARS win Army’s Precision Grenadier System competition
Military News

Barrett and MARS win Army’s Precision Grenadier System competition

By Miguel Ortiz

$580 million contract awarded to Raytheon for new Navy jammer
Navy

$580 million contract awarded to Raytheon for new Navy jammer

By Miguel Ortiz

circa 1980: A sidewinder, a small venomous rattlesnake, raises its head to strike a human hand. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Military News

 A self-taught snake expert’s 200 snake bites may lead to a universal ‘cure’ for snake venom

By Blake Stilwell

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Travel

9 Incredible day trips from Stuttgart, Germany for any military family

By Erin Henderson

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Create a career transition plan: How to work on the move

By Team Mighty

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9 Family-friendly activities to do near Camp Lejeune, NC 

By Erin Henderson

Retirement Memoir: Don’t stay for the comfort
Retirement Memoir

Retirement Memoir: Don’t stay for the comfort

By Lindsay Swoboda

Tory Burch Fellowship fuels Spouse-ly founder to support entrepreneurs
Career

Tory Burch Fellowship fuels Spouse-ly founder to support entrepreneurs

By Teal Yost

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