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The 13 funniest military memes for the week of January 18th
It seems like everyone is doing that dumb "ten year's difference" thing on Facebook. Personally, I think this is just depressing for the military community no matter how you slice it.
Either you're a young troop who's now reminded of how goofy they looked as a civilian, you're a senior enlisted/officer who's now reminded of how much of a dumb boot they once were, or you're a veteran who's being reminded of how in shape you once were ten years ago.
If you're an older vet who's been out for longer than ten years, well, you're probably the same salty person in the photo, and no one could tell the difference or that you aged. Maybe a bit more gray and less hair.
Anyways. The Coast Guard hasn't been paid, but at least these memes are free!
8 funny working dog memes that'll make you wag your tail
This one's for the military working dogs, the police canines, the fur missiles, the trail sniffers, the gud bois. Except actually they're funny dog memes that the dogs themselves usually can't read, so I guess these are actually for the dog lovers.
Military working dogs and police canines are some of the most capable members of their respective forces. But they also have big pointy or floppy ears and wagging tails and cute little paws and sometimes we just can't even help ourselves and we want videos of them being fur missiles or photos of them searching for stuff or any memes of them.
Coincidentally, that's what we have here: 8 memes of awesome working dogs and police canines (except one is probably a military family's pet but whatever):
How to make $1 million with your military pay
Getting your first paycheck on active duty is awesome — because getting paid is the best. But most of us don't know what to do with that money. Buy a Camaro? Stuff it in a mattress? Maybe...but what about turning it into a million dollars?
It might sound too good to be true, but it actually isn't. Let's talk about a simple financial product for beginning investors: the Roth IRA.
America wanted to stop Earth's rotation during Cold War
Project Retro envisioned 1,000 rockets that would slow or stop the spin of the Earth, causing the Soviet missiles to land to the east of their targets. But there's a number of problems with the plan. The most important one is "science."
A book from a nuclear whistleblower has a stunning claim that the U.S. Air Force once had a plan to throw off Soviet missiles by stopping the rotation of the earth with a thousand rockets.
Yup, the Wile E. Coyote missile defense plan which, theoretically, could have worked.
A Korean War POW escaped from captivity after 55 years
In June 2008, a 74-year-old North Korean farmer and former coal miner was swimming across the Tumen River, where it makes the border between the reclusive North Korean regime and Communist China. He was escaping the Hermit Kingdom like many North Koreans before him, except Kim Jin-Soo wasn't North Korean.
How Britain’s Ministry of Defence plays for time (and money) in a dangerous world
In December 2018, just before policymakers and pundits escaped their besieged bunkers for Christmas, the UK government published the long-awaited final report on its Modernising Defence Programme. This programme was meant to update the military commitments made in the last full-blown Strategic Defence and Security Review of 2015.
How far it has succeeded in that task is debatable, however. The report's brevity and lack of detail left many lamenting a missed opportunity.
Revising 2015's review became necessary thanks to a marked change in circumstances. Partly, those changes are strategic. Relations with Russia have deteriorated even further since 2015, Islamic State (IS) is much diminished, and new military technologies and tactics are advancing.
5 reasons the F-15 might be the best fighter of all time
Before the development of the F-22 Raptor, the F-15 Eagle ruled the skies. It replaced the vaunted F-111 as the U.S. military's primary fighter bomber and, for much of its life, it was the fast-moving air superiority fighter, king of all air superiority fighters. In much of the world, it still rules — and there are many, many reasons why.
5 'boondoggles' that actually slaughtered enemy troops
"Boondoggles" are bloated government programs that aren't worth their cost, but plenty of weapon systems have gotten hit with the term before ascending into absolute legendary status, beloved by the military community.
There are a lot of valid criticisms of most weapon programs while they're in development, but some get hit with the dreaded title of "boondoggle," a massive waste of taxpayer funds that should be canceled. But some boondoggles prove the naysayers wrong and go on to have successful careers protecting U.S. troops and killing enemies. Here are 5 of the weapons that ascended:
That time the Louisiana National Guard celebrated 'Saudi Gras' in Desert Storm
Everyone who deploys during a holiday makes a special effort to feel as if they aren't really missing it. No matter how short the war is, no one wants to miss one of those crucial days. Even if the entire buildup and fighting lasted just a few months, you still want that piece of home. The Louisiana National Guard was no different in the Gulf War. No way were they going to miss Mardi Gras.
