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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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There are an estimated 10,000 spies in Washington DC
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Iran will withdraw from parts of the 2015 nuclear deal
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Why this Union general challenged Karl Marx to a duel
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China warns the US to prepare to lose an arms race in space
Apr 29, 2020 3:51 PM PDT
Mormon colonies are fighting drug cartels in Mexico
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This was central to the honor code among Civil War soldiers
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Economic warfare is taking its toll on the Iranian people
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
Syracuse University just changed military education forever
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
Watch an interview with the last surviving witness to the Lincoln Assassination
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
There’s a hidden language in how you stamp an envelope
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
The insane Communist plan to overthrow the Afghan government
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
The bloody history of the Bloody Mary cocktail
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
The Queen of England has a champion who fights for her
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
Why Ross Perot was a veteran to be admired
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
The British Museum will return these war trophies to Afghanistan
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
North Korea is not happy about South Korean F-35s
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
This is the story of Abraham Lincoln’s forgotten sword duel
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
That time the Austrian Army defeated itself
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
This is the most decorated woman in military history
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
This Texas Revolutionary was the original ‘Maverick’
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
How people give Abraham Lincoln the last laugh at his killer
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
This is the first black graduate of the US Naval Academy
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
The US Air Force is ready to kill you if you storm Area 51
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
How the branches stacked up in the Pentagon’s first-ever audit
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
The Army might have weaponized ticks and released them in the US
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
The first commissioned female officer served in the Civil War
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
These are the 5 deadliest James Bonds by body count
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
The Apollo 11 crew had to clear customs after the moon landing
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
Airmen at Nellis AFB will get cargo shorts for flightline work
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
The last World War I soldier to see combat died at age 111
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
This is why spears are the most common historical weapon ever
Apr 29, 2020 3:52 PM PDT
Listen to the cockpit audio of the Navy’s infamous ‘sky penis’ flight
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
Arnold Schwarzenegger drives the same tank he trained on in the Army
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
This amazing body armor is made from spider silk
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
Lightsaber fencing is now an international sport
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
The first aerial bombing run was made by the Italian Army
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
You will never be as badass as this explorer who removed his own appendix
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
This black Samurai from Africa fought to unify feudal Japan
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
Japan wanted to protect Margaret Thatcher with ‘Karate Ladies’
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
A Venezuelan leader warns US Marines will be coming soon
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
An American fighting for ISIS will now stand trial in the US
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
South Korea fired 360 warning shots at violating Russian aircraft
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
The Army is conducting a secret operation in the DC area
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
The hilarious story behind the first-ever in-flight radio transmission
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
A green beret with terminal cancer fights to sue military doctors
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
This Navy SEAL could be the next top spy
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
Fly combat missions for India’s Air Force in this new video game
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
One of the world’s first energy drinks was actually radioactive
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
This Kazakh independence symbol is a golden suit of armor
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
This real soldier’s photo is still hanging at Checkpoint Charlie
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
This was the British plan to kill Erwin Rommel before D-Day
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT
Wildlife flourishes where the worst weapons were once made
Apr 29, 2020 3:53 PM PDT