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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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6 reasons why comm guys hate military movies
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This ’65 war movie was so bad that Eisenhower came out of retirement to publicly slam it
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The spectacular naval origin of the phrase, ‘son of a gun’
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A sixth grade history project exonerated the captain of the USS Indianapolis
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There’s a German U-boat at the bottom of Lake Michigan
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This Coastie crossed the English Channel 10 times on D-Day
Jun 6, 2022 6:03 AM PDT
Why the pilot who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima doesn’t have a grave
Jun 5, 2022 6:50 AM PDT
Bass Reeves: The Wild West’s toughest lawman was born a slave
Jun 5, 2022 6:51 AM PDT
The 8 coolest war quotes ever spoken
Jun 5, 2022 6:53 AM PDT
Why it was a bad idea for Army officers to complain to President Teddy Roosevelt
Jun 4, 2022 6:10 AM PDT
This was the Marine Corps’ first amphibious landing
Jun 4, 2022 6:08 AM PDT
6 terms you won’t believe have military origins
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Here’s why Colonel Young rode 450 miles to get a new Army rank
Jun 3, 2022 5:54 AM PDT
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Why troops in Vietnam could write on their helmets
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Why the SR-71 Blackbird is the only aircraft with the SR designation
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This test pilot dressed as a gorilla to mess with other Air Force pilots
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The human cost of the most daring special operations raids in history
May 21, 2022 5:24 AM PDT
This is the story behind the Red Army’s most iconic WWII photo
May 12, 2022 5:57 AM PDT
This is why Germany gets blamed for starting World War I
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The Church of Scientology has its own paramilitary Navy
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These 12 facts might give you a new perspective on the Civil War
May 11, 2021 9:42 AM PDT
Governments paid millions for this fake bomb detector
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9 Americans who raised their own armies to conquer other countries
May 4, 2021 9:41 AM PDT
These are 5 of the most important military trials in history
May 1, 2021 7:03 AM PDT
Iranian fanatics tried to spark a war with the US during Desert Storm
Apr 29, 2022 5:42 AM PDT
That time Jim Webb killed a guy who threw a grenade at him
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6 amazing female military pioneers
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That time Marines in a firefight called customer service for help with an M-107
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This Indian Air Force commando stopped terrorists cold after taking six bullets
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5 meals that won wars (and how to make them)
Apr 30, 2022 4:54 AM PDT
A stray dog named ‘Stubby’ was the most decorated dog of WWI
Apr 30, 2022 4:58 AM PDT
This policeman survived bayonet wounds and torture to save the Marines at Guadalcanal
Apr 27, 2022 5:58 AM PDT
“The Battle of Brisbane” was a drunken WWII brawl between the US and Australia
Apr 26, 2022 5:34 AM PDT
That time China tried to pass off ‘Top Gun’ scenes as its own Air Force
Apr 24, 2022 5:58 AM PDT
This is the story of US troops who think they saw Bigfoot in Vietnam
Apr 23, 2022 6:00 AM PDT
This is the World War II history of the Foo Fighters
Apr 18, 2022 5:09 AM PDT
This future Medal of Honor recipient started a spy ring while held in Hanoi Hilton
Apr 13, 2022 5:29 AM PDT
5 gutsy replies to enemy demands for surrender
Apr 11, 2022 5:23 AM PDT
6 more military movie deaths we’re bummed about
Apr 3, 2022 6:19 AM PDT
That day a lone Gurkha took out 30 Taliban using every weapon within reach
Apr 1, 2022 5:19 AM PDT
The British planned to start World War III by invading Russia with the German army
Mar 26, 2022 5:29 PM PDT
This sailor earned the Medal of Honor for saving his crew from an Israeli attack
Mar 26, 2022 5:21 AM PDT
5 of the ballsiest WWII POW escape attempts – all by the same pilot
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