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Bethaney Phillips is a freelance writer and veteran spouse. She holds degrees in English literature and creative writing. Her work has been published at Insider, Ad Council, Military Families Magazine, MilspouseFest, Task & Purpose, and more.

More from Bethaney

The mystery of Vietnam apes
ByBethaney Phillips
Oct 9, 2022
no fly list
All about the No-Fly List and how to get on (or off) it
ByBethaney Phillips
Oct 6, 2022
The coolest fictional military ranks we wish we could hold
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 30, 2022
bah
A guide to military Basic Allowance for Housing
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 28, 2022
trench digger wwii weapons
These WWII weapons were a disaster
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 27, 2022
12 obscure facts you didn’t know about US postage
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 19, 2022
pringles
Why we can thank the U.S. Army for Pringles
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 16, 2022
Secret Service agents
How the Secret Service came to existence
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 16, 2022
bermuda triangle
How a military mission led to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in history
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 14, 2022
first lady
Our 14 favorite First Lady quotes
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 12, 2022
The CIA created demonic Bin Laden action figures in Operation ‘Devil Eyes’
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 11, 2022
Paris caucus
Do you know the history of the American Legion?
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 9, 2022
first american patent
How the first American patent was used to make gunpowder
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 8, 2022
10 facts you didn’t know about Nikita Khrushchev
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 7, 2022
The Loch Ness monster’s role in war
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 6, 2022
Before ‘Barney Fife,’ Don Knotts was a ventriloquist in the military
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 4, 2022
facts about george washington
6 interesting facts about George Washington
ByBethaney Phillips
Sep 2, 2022
strange vehicles
Strange military vehicles you never knew existed
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 30, 2022
nazis
The Nazis once planned a giant sun laser beam
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 30, 2022
Mongols
This was the most-feared army of all time
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 29, 2022
Here’s how the USPS delivered 12 million letters a week during WWI
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 29, 2022
wwii
After 77 years as a ‘John Doe,’ WWII veteran’s remains identified and returned home
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 23, 2022
amelia earhart
New Amelia Earhart statue added to US Capitol’s Statuary Hall Collection
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 23, 2022
Did this British soldier have nine lives?
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 19, 2022
purple hearts
8 events in Netflix’s ‘Purple Hearts’ that would never actually happen
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 19, 2022
lincoln
Skinny dipping and more weird hobbies from these 10 presidents of the past
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 16, 2022
president arthur
Did you know these four US presidents never had a VP?
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 14, 2022
It was once against military code to curse in uniform
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 8, 2022
milspouse role
Movies and shows you forgot featured key milspouses
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 5, 2022
These were the first successful bioterrorists in the U.S.
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 5, 2022
Female Telephone Operators
Here’s what communication looked like during WWII
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 4, 2022
This Vietnam vet has a unique way of giving back
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 3, 2022
There was once a plan for PCSing to the moon
ByBethaney Phillips
Aug 1, 2022
5 tips for preparing kids for your next PCS
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 26, 2022
Why the Soviets trained attack dolphins
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 25, 2022
This former military weapon blinded its enemies
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 25, 2022
Here’s how astronauts do their laundry in space
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 22, 2022
How the first Army females to see combat in Iraq by-stepped regulations to fight along Marines
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 20, 2022
Top 7 reasons to brag on Fort Bragg
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 20, 2022
How the fall of the Berlin Wall affected techno music
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 9, 2022
A WWI Hungarian soldier turned out to be a serial killer
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 7, 2022
How Fort Benning’s namesake inspired the novel, ‘St. Elmo’
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 6, 2022
Grover Cleveland had surgery on a yacht to keep his cancer a secret
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 2, 2022
ghost army
How the ‘Ghost Army’ tricked the enemy with theater tricks during WWII
ByBethaney Phillips
Jul 1, 2022
The origin of the famous red phone in the Oval Office
ByBethaney Phillips
Jun 26, 2022
The history behind the 24 notes in ‘Taps’
ByBethaney Phillips
Jun 16, 2022
How the election of 1876 was settled with a compromise
ByBethaney Phillips
Jun 10, 2022
This entire WWII operation was based on deception
ByBethaney Phillips
May 31, 2022
Here’s how it feels to PCS … in memes
ByBethaney Phillips
May 23, 2022
saipan
This small island in the Pacific changed the course of WWII
ByBethaney Phillips
May 20, 2022
confederate treasure
The lore of the “lost Confederate treasure”
ByBethaney Phillips
May 20, 2022
wars modern medicine
Here’s how wars have changed modern medicine
ByBethaney Phillips
May 19, 2022