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Blake Stilwell is a traveler and writer with degrees in design, television & film, journalism, public relations, international relations, and business administration. He is a former combat photographer with experience in politics, entertainment, development, nonprofit, military, and government. His career includes work in Business Insider, Fox News, ABC News, NBC, HBO, and the White House.
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The 8 most useless pieces of gear ever issued
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This was General Sherman’s real method of clearing minefields
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Watch this guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns get stabbed and carry on
Jun 1, 2021 12:08 AM PDT
How an illegal immigrant was drafted and earned the Medal of Honor
May 24, 2021 10:39 PM PDT
The US plan to completely destroy Germany after World War II
May 19, 2021 1:01 PM PDT
29 of the best politically incorrect Vietnam War slang terms
May 19, 2021 2:30 PM PDT
4 surprising things North Korean spies have to learn
May 18, 2021 12:52 PM PDT
Military veterans are twice as likely to get ALS, and no one knows why
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These crusader knights answered the call to fight World War I
May 14, 2021 3:08 AM PDT
The 8 most worthless Cobra Commandos
May 13, 2021 9:37 AM PDT
5 bizarre times troops answered the call of nature on duty
May 13, 2021 6:59 AM PDT
The US wanted an army of Batman paratroopers in World War II
May 13, 2021 3:45 AM PDT
Here’s how far ‘Air Force One’ has come since the beginning of powered flight
May 12, 2021 9:41 AM PDT
The gentleman’s rules for how to play golf in war-torn WWII Britain
May 11, 2021 3:43 AM PDT
The 5 countries that are most impossible to conquer
Apr 1, 2021 7:01 PM PDT
5 more of the most unconquerable countries in the world
Apr 29, 2020 3:41 PM PDT
The story of the slave who survived the Alamo
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These are the worst military decisions of each US President in one sentence
Apr 28, 2021 9:41 PM PDT
Why the Queen of England took a member of Parliament hostage
May 1, 2021 3:45 AM PDT
An old Saxon poem depicts Jesus as a viking warrior chief
Apr 28, 2021 3:45 PM PDT
The 10 most famous ghosts in the White House closets
Apr 28, 2021 6:16 PM PDT
7 reasons Jack Burton was the warfighter I always wanted to be
Apr 27, 2021 6:41 AM PDT
The US military once successfully used a psychic to locate a lost plane
Apr 27, 2021 9:39 AM PDT
The first machine gun was invented before the Revolutionary War
Apr 24, 2021 9:41 AM PDT
The day Russia’s White House got shelled by the Russian Army
Apr 24, 2021 3:43 AM PDT
Why wounded viking warriors ate strong onion soup
Apr 23, 2021 3:47 AM PDT
This Green Beret whistleblower risked his career to change US hostage policy
Apr 23, 2021 9:38 AM PDT
How Richard Nixon predicted a Trump Presidency
Apr 23, 2021 3:44 AM PDT
That time the Australian Air Force squared off against missile-shooting kangaroos
Apr 23, 2021 2:37 AM PDT
These 4 wars started after ‘false flag’ attacks
Apr 23, 2021 3:10 AM PDT
A famous Russian composer re-arranged the Star-Spangled Banner
Apr 21, 2021 2:53 AM PDT
That time Ohio and Michigan sparked an angry border war
Apr 21, 2021 9:43 AM PDT
The CSAF’s Bible is one of the least-known Air Force traditions
Apr 19, 2021 9:42 AM PDT
It took this Green Beret 48 years to get the Medal of Honor he deserved
Apr 19, 2021 9:39 AM PDT
Long-hidden photos from Roswell show aliens (or not)
Apr 20, 2021 7:36 AM PDT
This F-15E scored an air-to-air kill by dropping a bomb on an Iraqi helicopter
Apr 16, 2021 2:51 AM PDT
This Medal of Honor recipient made a life out of fighting fascists
Apr 13, 2021 1:04 AM PDT
The odds of dying in an American war (applying the Lt. Dan scale)
Apr 9, 2021 6:49 AM PDT
Watch police stop the world to salute troops coming home from Afghanistan
Apr 9, 2021 3:44 AM PDT
6 things military veterans will love about History’s ‘Six’
Apr 9, 2021 2:52 AM PDT
That time someone hacked Iran’s nuclear program computers to blast AC/DC songs
Apr 9, 2021 6:38 AM PDT
That time Russia tried to join NATO
Apr 9, 2021 2:52 AM PDT
This veteran nonprofit creates insane custom vehicles
Apr 7, 2021 7:00 AM PDT
16 celebs who grew up as military brats
Apr 7, 2021 7:19 AM PDT
This Marine pilot took 22 Japanese fighters head on – then led an infantry charge
Apr 7, 2021 9:43 AM PDT
Lyrics you shouldn’t text your friends if you’re in the Air Force
Apr 7, 2021 9:38 AM PDT
This is why the American Civil War happened
Apr 6, 2021 6:43 AM PDT
The first casualty of the Civil War happened entirely by accident
Apr 2, 2021 12:41 AM PDT
Finland once snuck inside the Soviet air force to bomb Russia
Apr 2, 2021 12:42 AM PDT
This is how the one-man ‘Zvika Force’ stopped an entire tank corps
Apr 1, 2021 9:42 PM PDT
This Spanish hero defeated an invading Muslim army — as a corpse
Apr 1, 2021 9:42 PM PDT