stats
1,779
ARTICLES1
Year on WATMAbout Me
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.
More from Blake
Here’s what being labeled a terrorist organization means for Iran
Apr 29, 2020 3:49 PM PDT
A Saddam Hussein loyalist still fights an insurgency in Iraq
Apr 29, 2020 3:49 PM PDT
Of course ‘Murphy’s Law’ was created by a veteran
Apr 29, 2020 3:49 PM PDT
The world’s biggest airplane took its first flight ever
Apr 29, 2020 3:49 PM PDT
You have to hear Muhammed Ali’s take on North Korea
Apr 29, 2020 3:49 PM PDT
Prison inmates are training dogs for wounded warriors in record time
Apr 29, 2020 3:49 PM PDT
The awesome way a Cuban defector rescued his family
Apr 29, 2020 3:49 PM PDT
British commandos blew up Nazi shipyards in this crazy daring op
Apr 29, 2020 3:49 PM PDT
The insane victory that inspired the Confederate army’s only medal
Apr 29, 2020 3:49 PM PDT
Why US troops wear ceramic plates instead of just kevlar
Apr 29, 2020 3:49 PM PDT
5 of the worst errors the living made at the Battle of Winterfell
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Iran just designated all US troops in the Middle East as terrorists
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
A storied Delta Force leader just suddenly died this week
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
This is why Navy pilots prefer to be called ‘naval aviators’
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
This insect pain scale will help you test your warrior mettle
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
This is the American who left to claim the throne of Afghanistan
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
The US will no longer track how much of Afghanistan it controls
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Why the Navy may look to this Army workhorse for special ops
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
It was a veteran soldier who perfected the ultimate bank robbery
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Why the US just built a new missile that doesn’t explode
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Trump asked the actual war fighters about Afghanistan
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
The 5 best military academy athletes who went pro
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
One of Vietnam’s ‘Boat People’ is now an Air Force officer
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
The Navy had a massive party the day it banned alcohol on ships
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
An Army veterinarian first took down Ebola in the United States
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
The US will pay countries not to buy arms from Russia
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
The Marines are getting a new light armored vehicle
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Why Mattis was obsessed with a certain day in history
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
This is what it’s like to visit America’s Gold Star Families
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
This year’s Navy fleet week New York has a theme
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
One Navy officer and a pink phone prevent all-out war with North Korea
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
One of the first two female FBI agents got her start in the Marines
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Turkey has to make its biggest decision since joining NATO
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
This British sub shows the resiliency of the Royal Navy
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
The new Air Force Secretary is a trained astronaut – and so much more
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Special operators outsmarted the military-industrial complex
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh being released from prison
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
World War II dive bombers whistled only to scare civilians
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Iran claims its military controls the Persian Gulf
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
This E-4’s grave is the most dangerous gravesite in the world
Apr 29, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
The largest formal White House dinner ever was for Vietnam POWs
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
Watch the first of these never-before-seen D-Day videos in stunning 4K
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
This police detective is looking for an uncle who went MIA over occupied France
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
This is Europe’s largest US Civil War reenactment
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
These old school vets work to help the next generation with PTSD
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
Why these morale patches caught the Navy’s attention
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
The Air Force just posted a $4.5 billion black ops project
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
Watch what it was like to parachute into Normandy in 4K video
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
Why the US military didn’t kill Kim Jong Un in 2017
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
North Korea accidentally burned a photographer alive during a missile test
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
The Space Force is on track to be a department of the Air Force
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
How this Army vet clears unexploded ordnance in Vietnam
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT