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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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That time Americans demanded the Coast Guard rescue the cast of Gilligan’s Island
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This Green Beret is starring in the first-ever story mode for ‘Madden 18’
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These are the 7 articles of the French Foreign Legion’s Code of Honor
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These are the 7 most disappointing military commanders in Westeros
Apr 2, 2018 9:48 AM PDT
Watch the Coast Guard rescue this downed Navy pilot
Apr 2, 2018 9:48 AM PDT
This is what ‘Battle Comics’ think about when performing for troops in war zones
Apr 2, 2018 9:48 AM PDT
This blind WWII Marine veteran protected his US flag from vandals
Apr 2, 2018 9:47 AM PDT
This is why Cossacks are Russia’s legendary fighting force
Jan 28, 2019 6:42 PM PST
This is how piracy became totally legal during wartime
Jan 28, 2019 6:42 PM PST
13 of the funniest memes for the week of July 21
Feb 5, 2020 6:59 PM PST
This is why ‘Hue 1968’ is ‘Black Hawk Down’ for the Vietnam War
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
This is the Dunkirk hero who deserted then changed his name to rejoin the army
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13 of the funniest military memes for the week of July 14
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The last soldier killed in WWI died one minute before the war ended
Jan 28, 2019 6:41 PM PST
This dying Army vet’s last wish is to hear from you
Apr 2, 2018 9:47 AM PDT
7 mysteriously missing body parts of military leaders
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This is why we need to stop playing the 1812 Overture during fireworks shows
Apr 2, 2018 9:47 AM PDT
8 awful songs that make combat camera troops want to die
Apr 30, 2019 5:05 PM PDT
The first openly-gay service member fought the Air Force to a standstill
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The 7 worst air forces in the world
Apr 2, 2018 9:47 AM PDT
This is the all-Jewish force who took it to the Nazis in North Africa
Jan 28, 2019 6:41 PM PST
5 unbelievable missions of Canada’s most legendary native soldier
Jan 28, 2019 6:41 PM PST
The Civil War started and ended at the same guy’s house
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This Marine earned two medals of honor by age 19
Jan 28, 2019 6:41 PM PST
Listen to the tango the Red Army used to intimidate the Nazis at Stalingrad
Jan 28, 2019 6:41 PM PST
This circus song was supposed to be a badass military marching theme
Jan 28, 2019 6:38 PM PST
This British soldier may have spared Hitler’s life during WWI
Feb 5, 2020 6:59 PM PST
The Air Force says Space Marines are not happening… yet
Apr 2, 2018 9:46 AM PDT
9 hilarious responses to Pitbull’s absurd Memorial Day tweet
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The Civil War’s Union Army is the reason beat cops wear blue
Apr 2, 2018 9:46 AM PDT
9 of the most memorable pop songs from war movies
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This is why General John Kelly could comfort families of fallen troops
Apr 2, 2018 9:46 AM PDT
The ‘Re-Up Bird’ was the most tireless Vietnam-era recruiter
Apr 2, 2018 9:46 AM PDT
The Air Force is celebrating its 70th birthday with these awesome posters
Apr 2, 2018 9:46 AM PDT
This British sniper took out six insurgents by detonating a Taliban suicide vest
Feb 5, 2020 6:59 PM PST
7 upcoming movies we want to see at the base theater
Apr 2, 2018 9:46 AM PDT
This knife-wielding Gurkha rushed four enemy foxholes and a bunker to save his unit
May 20, 2018 3:08 AM PDT
This heroic Coastie, WWII resistance fighter, and POW died at 101
Apr 2, 2018 9:46 AM PDT
This Soviet WWII movie used real bullets instead of blanks
Apr 2, 2018 9:46 AM PDT
This knife-wielding martial art is used by the US Army and Russian Spetsnaz
Apr 2, 2018 9:45 AM PDT
That time the Russians rammed US Navy ships in the Black Sea
Apr 2, 2018 9:45 AM PDT
Watch Jordan’s King Abdullah II lead his troops in a live-fire exercise
Feb 4, 2020 5:24 PM PST