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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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Netflix won’t block movies and shows for deployed US troops
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
This recreational drug could be used to treat post-traumatic stress
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
Here’s a sneak peek at the new World War I Memorial going up in DC
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
Here are the five finalists competing to design the World War I Memorial
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
WWII-era female flyers are fighting for military burial honors (and you can help)
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
During World War II the NFL’s Eagles and Steelers merged into one team
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
These 21 American Forces Network commercials are entertaining for all the wrong reasons
Jan 28, 2019 6:38 PM PST
10 legendary heroes of the US Air Force
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
This Mapuche Warrior fought the Spanish with actual knife hands
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
Popeye the Sailor Man was originally Popeye the Coast Guardsman
Jan 17, 2019 8:14 PM PST
This WWII double agent earned highest honors from both sides
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
The first man to die in the Space Race cursed the USSR the whole way down
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
7 tales of heroism for cat people sick of all the military dog stories
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
Russia’s only aircraft carrier is a floating hell for the crew
May 8, 2019 5:05 PM PDT
The real defenders of Benghazi want you to know “13 Hours” is the truth
Jan 28, 2019 6:38 PM PST
The BRRRRRT goes on . . .
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
The 9 day jobs of brutal dictators
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
‘Terminal Lance’ creator gets real with ‘The White Donkey’
Jan 28, 2019 6:38 PM PST
These are the 12 characters in every war movie
Jan 28, 2019 6:38 PM PST
Army veteran and filmmaker shows a different side of war in “Day One”
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
This torpedo was WWII Japan’s other Kamikaze weapon
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
Watch this modern-day Samurai slice a BB pellet traveling at 217 miles per hour
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
5 everyday items with military roots
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
The Air Force’s 2016 New Years resolutions
Apr 2, 2018 9:39 AM PDT
The 9 best military movies of 2015
Jan 28, 2019 6:38 PM PST
NORAD tracking Santa on Christmas Eve started with a misprinted phone number
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
This glamour model thanks the Air Force for jump-starting her life
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
Enlisted pilots will fly for the first time since World War II
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
Tina Fey plays embedded journalist in ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
The Air Force wants to replace ‘terps with tech
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
The Air Force will no longer fire three volley salutes at veteran funerals
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
The Pentagon and Silicon Valley are at odds over AI weapons
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
Everything about ‘The Force Awakens’ First Order Stormtroopers in 700 words
Jan 28, 2019 6:38 PM PST
The Air Force is running out of bombs to drop on ISIS
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
The Army-Navy game has more riding on it than you think
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
This video of Arnold Schwarzenegger driving over stuff with a tank will make your day
Jan 28, 2019 6:38 PM PST
A few years ago the top YouTuber was a WWII vet telling stories
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
HOAX: This fugitive Mexican drug lord just threatened to destroy ISIS
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
EA releases combat stats for ‘Star Wars Battlefront’ and the results are amazing
Jan 28, 2019 6:38 PM PST
North Korea claims they have a hydrogen bomb and the world shrugs
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
Listen to accused deserter Bowe Bergdahl tell his story publicly for the first time
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
Military working dogs now guaranteed a trip home with their handlers
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
The Commander-in-Chief laid out a plan to fight ISIS (and civilians are a part of it)
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
Veterans describe what it’s like to kill in this powerful video series
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
Russian allies want to be trained by Steven Seagal
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
ISIS beheads Russian, tells nation ‘we will kill your children’
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT
SECDEF says ‘no exceptions’ to women in combat
Apr 2, 2018 9:38 AM PDT