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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.
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Strange military lingo from back in the day
Mar 25, 2022 5:52 AM PDT
10 expectations of WW2 military spouses
Mar 23, 2022 5:34 AM PDT
Here’s how a longbow was instrumental in WWII
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A Purple Heart recipient died saving his granddaughter from a house fire
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Here’s how guns were dropped into enemy territory as a physiological experiment
Feb 7, 2022 1:01 PM PST
These 10 Santa memes are perfect whether you’re naughty or nice
Dec 18, 2021 7:40 AM PST
Our Top 10 military ball memes
Dec 16, 2021 5:49 AM PST
8 ways to turn your PCS into holiday art
Dec 16, 2021 5:48 AM PST
How a typo led to the incredible, annual tradition of NORAD tracking Santa
Dec 15, 2021 1:08 PM PST
Miss Russian Army, a beauty contest for Russian forces
Dec 15, 2021 1:07 PM PST
A motion picture student saved fellow soldiers by videoing action during Vietnam
Dec 14, 2021 11:37 AM PST
An experiment in the 1940s tried making ships invisible
Dec 14, 2021 11:26 AM PST
AARP, Ad Council address needs of military veteran caregivers
Dec 9, 2021 4:00 PM PST
This female coder wrote the Apollo project by hand
Dec 8, 2021 7:20 AM PST
How 48 Sikhs fought an army of 100,000 soldiers
Dec 3, 2021 2:41 PM PST
4 ways to engage kids with their deployed parent this holiday season
Dec 2, 2021 5:29 AM PST
5 pro tips for putting together Christmas care packages
Dec 1, 2021 3:00 AM PST
How Virginia Woolfe helped play a prank on the British Navy
Nov 29, 2021 1:29 PM PST
In France, birds are trained to take down drones
Nov 16, 2021 8:10 AM PST
The nation’s oldest active park ranger is 100
Nov 4, 2021 7:05 AM PDT
Today is Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day. Here’s why we must honor them.
Sep 26, 2021 2:50 AM PDT
An Oklahoma Congressman tried taking a rogue helicopter mission
Sep 9, 2021 7:18 AM PDT
This is the Russian soldier who likely avoided a nuclear war
Sep 13, 2021 9:16 AM PDT
This British war medal is only awarded to animals
Sep 13, 2021 10:35 AM PDT
Here’s the starting bid in the auction for the gun that killed Billy the Kid
Aug 26, 2021 12:19 PM PDT
The Night Witches: an all-women crew who dropped bombs at night
Aug 19, 2021 7:06 AM PDT
Does Pennsylvania have a hidden mass Civil War grave?
Aug 15, 2021 11:59 PM PDT
Thomas Jefferson famously edited his Bible based on believability
Aug 15, 2021 11:54 PM PDT
Is the military researching an ‘anti-aging’ pill?
Jul 27, 2021 11:37 PM PDT
Veteran couple opens a distillery with military ties
Jul 14, 2021 11:26 AM PDT
Sesame Street launches a new series on difficult topics for military kids
Jul 26, 2021 10:08 AM PDT
The history of duct tape and its military ties
Jul 26, 2021 11:52 AM PDT
5 tips to make your next military ball a disaster
Jul 18, 2021 11:07 PM PDT
Army soldier Phillip Jungman is headed to the Olympics for skeet
Jul 1, 2021 4:15 AM PDT
The Army’s very own Sagen Maddalena is headed to Tokyo for the women’s 3×40 event
Jul 16, 2021 10:15 AM PDT
This Army program is launching co-working spaces for milspouses
Jul 12, 2021 1:18 PM PDT
The underground work of Belle Boyd and how she changed the Civil War
Jun 9, 2021 9:52 AM PDT
These presidents were all (distantly) related to each other
Jun 8, 2021 5:31 PM PDT
Coffee alternatives that were used during the Civil War
May 26, 2021 8:08 AM PDT
Our favorite coffee memes that fuel early morning PT
Mar 9, 2021 3:34 AM PST
6 weird things you didn’t know about the Civil War
May 13, 2021 8:54 AM PDT
Our favorite military movies of the 2000s
Mar 12, 2021 7:34 AM PST
11 memes that perfectly describe your first FRG event
Mar 16, 2021 8:14 AM PDT
Here’s how WWII’s V-Mail prevented espionage
Mar 17, 2021 11:13 AM PDT
This Fort Bragg live theater program reduced suicide rates
May 3, 2021 6:50 AM PDT
Was General Lee’s buried family treasure ever found?
Apr 29, 2021 5:53 AM PDT
Here’s your glimpse into Civil War-era clothing
Apr 26, 2021 12:49 PM PDT
Here’s why Civil War soldiers had wounds that glowed in the dark
Apr 27, 2021 12:30 PM PDT
Our favorite memes about presidential kids
Apr 27, 2021 5:40 AM PDT
Did you know Martha Washington was one of the few female plantation owners?
Apr 26, 2021 8:25 AM PDT
Best Sniper competition held at Fort Benning
Apr 21, 2021 2:02 PM PDT