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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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You have to see this hilarious A-10 training guide from the 70s
Apr 29, 2020 4:00 PM PDT
The 4 most insane military tactics people actually used
Apr 29, 2020 4:00 PM PDT
One of the NFL’s finest is supporting wounded warriors with custom cleats
Apr 29, 2020 4:00 PM PDT
Here’s what the President is supposed to do during the Army-Navy Game
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
The Army-Navy Game saw the first use of Instant Replay
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
The top 6 Army-Navy Game uniforms ever worn for the big rivalry
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
The IRA created a massive propane tank cannon to fight the British
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
5 wild things enlisted Marines did that can never be repeated
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
Why US troops in World War I ditched the bayonet for the shovel
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
The crazy improvised gas mask used by World War I troops
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
Why a signals intelligence aircraft tried to destroy intel using coffee
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
How a single Viking’s berserker rage changed world history forever
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
The 5 stupidest losses of the American Civil War
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
A Night Stalker vet created a custom tactical clamp for moving out in a hurry
Apr 29, 2020 4:01 PM PDT
This vet and real-life Santa makes wooden toys for kids every year
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
Clint Eastwood’s 8 most awesome veteran characters
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
5 reasons why Hawkeye is the most effective Avenger
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
This charity paid the mortgage for a fallen Coastie’s family
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
4 Union generals that were better than any of the ‘famous’ ones
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
What happened to the German mercenaries who fought against the American Revolution
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
6 of the goofiest military myths and urban legends
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
China is building a massive amount of warships
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
This was the most fearsome army in the Vietnam War
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
5 cringeworthy military slang terms (that we should actually retire)
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
This World War II soldier was the real Private Ryan
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
5 little-known times aggressors picked fights with the wrong enemy
Apr 29, 2020 4:02 PM PDT
The longest-held Vietnam POW was missing for 8 years
Apr 29, 2020 4:03 PM PDT
Disabled veterans can now get free lifetime access to national parks
Apr 29, 2020 4:03 PM PDT
Uncle Sam is a real guy and his poster is a self-portrait
Apr 29, 2020 4:03 PM PDT
This was the toughest NFL player to ever catch a football
Apr 29, 2020 4:03 PM PDT
This Army Special Forces veteran was nominated for the Medal of Honor three times
Apr 29, 2020 4:03 PM PDT
How Dutch intelligence agents fooled Communists for almost 40 years
Apr 29, 2020 4:03 PM PDT
California once used children to fight a war on squirrels
Apr 29, 2020 4:03 PM PDT
Monty Python’s Black Knight was based on a real fighter
Apr 29, 2020 4:03 PM PDT
Why the F-35 would want to make itself more visible to radar
Apr 30, 2020 1:37 AM PDT
This is why ‘General Butt Naked’ was the most feared warlord in Liberia
May 4, 2020 6:26 PM PDT
The 6 most expensive aircraft in the US military
May 6, 2020 3:55 AM PDT
A Green Beret describes how good the Russian Spetsnaz are
May 12, 2020 7:19 PM PDT
This one-man army was Britain’s classiest World War II veteran
May 12, 2020 7:20 PM PDT
This was the real-life, Civil War-era ‘Mulan’
May 12, 2020 7:21 PM PDT
Airships were surprisingly hard to shoot down in World War II
May 12, 2020 7:30 PM PDT
This is why Iran’s Special Forces still wear US green berets
May 14, 2020 6:05 AM PDT
How Prince Charles got all his medals without fighting in a war
May 14, 2020 6:06 AM PDT
How a change in warfare set men’s style for almost 100 years
May 15, 2020 6:18 AM PDT
These Australian special operators haunted the enemy in Vietnam
May 15, 2020 6:18 AM PDT
A single US Merchant Marine ship rescued 14,000 in the Korean War
May 15, 2020 8:02 PM PDT
The Taliban’s most wanted leader hid from the US in plain sight
May 15, 2020 8:02 PM PDT
A Marine left for dead was resurrected at the end of the Vietnam War
May 15, 2020 8:02 PM PDT
Teddy Roosevelt IV became a Navy SEAL to fight in Vietnam
May 15, 2020 8:09 PM PDT
How Janet Jackson’s nipple ended a Veterans Day tradition
May 18, 2020 5:45 AM PDT
This Navy SEAL wants to inspire kids to reach their full potential
May 19, 2020 1:19 PM PDT