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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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22 mind-blowing confessions from around the military
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Meet Musa the Sniper, scourge of ISIS in Kobani
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A brief history of coffee in the US military
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Meet the Marine general who allegedly stopped a US government takeover
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The military built an app to call in bomb strikes
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Here’s why most Americans can’t join the military
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These women served by serving booze to soldiers in battle
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
Meet the US military veterans fighting ISIS
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Where Are They Now? An update on the “Taliban 5” exchanged for Bowe Bergdahl
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
4 urban myths with military roots
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
Air Force Pararescue Jumper reunites with girl he saved after Hurricane Katrina
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
Watch the U.S. Air Force’s Lego safety video
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The Air Force wants airmen to say nice things about the troubled F-35
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The Air Force will have lasers on planes soon
Nov 1, 2018 8:32 PM PDT
The United States may release the most damaging spy in recent history
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
Here’s why Everybody hates Raymond (Mabus)
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The Marine Corps says it’s not trying to keep female Marines out of combat
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
10 ways Ernest Hemingway was a next-level American warrior
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The A-10 ‘sparks panic’ in ISIS fighters, so why does the Air Force want to kill it?
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
This white-hat hacker catfished a bunch of defense information security experts
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
Here’s how a war with Iran would go
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
Veep shows ‘Late Show’ audience he’s struggling over vet son’s death
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
5 crimes involving a lot of troops that were forgiven by the United States
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The U.S. military kindly asks you to trust its death robots
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The Special Forces who avenged 9/11 on horseback
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
This stunning video reveals what it’s like to serve in the Indian Army
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The awesome A-10 video the Air Force doesn’t want you to see
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
These artists create awesome vintage-style military posters
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
Looks like the A-10 will battle the F-35 for CAS dominance after all
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The Air Force made a $25 billion ‘oopsie’
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
John Oliver and Team Rubicon invite you to the ‘most American day ever’
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
The step-by-step guide to how the US goes to war (and how it’s changed)
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The Air Force created an army of online trolls
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
That time Nixon wanted commies to think he was crazy enough to nuke them
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
32 times when the U.S. military screwed up with nukes
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
This horse racing track used to be a WWII Japanese Internment Camp
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
This recent HBO documentary shows previously-unseen footage from the Holocaust
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The top 5 things to see at the US Air Force Museum
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
24 historic photos made even more amazing with color
Mar 31, 2018 2:41 AM PDT
Why George Takei loves the country that betrayed him
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
This Vietnam-era wounded warrior heads ‘the most unique memorial ever built’
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
Project goes into the woods with ‘off the grid’ veterans
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
The Russian Air Force keeps trolling the West
Apr 2, 2018 9:37 AM PDT
The Air Force’s trillion-dollar jet lost a dogfight to an aircraft from the 1970s
Apr 2, 2018 9:36 AM PDT
Organization wants to save warbirds using Kickstarter
Apr 2, 2018 9:36 AM PDT
‘Man’s best friend’ saves another veteran
Apr 2, 2018 9:36 AM PDT
Sailing saved this Marine Corps vet’s life
Feb 5, 2020 7:02 PM PST
‘Anyone trying to kill me, I’m going to kill them’
Apr 2, 2018 9:36 AM PDT
The 17 most hardcore WWII Air Corps bomber jackets
Apr 2, 2018 9:36 AM PDT
A female Airman pushes back against USAF sexual harassment training
Apr 2, 2018 9:36 AM PDT