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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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Why this Medal of Honor recipient fought his home owners association
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The 6 most awesome things to know about the Merchant Marine
Aug 11, 2021 11:53 PM PDT
That time aliens landed in the Soviet Union for a walk in the park
Aug 3, 2022 5:30 AM PDT
6 reasons the Vikings were so successful at raiding villages
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The tactics that make North Korea’s artillery so annoying
Aug 2, 2022 5:26 AM PDT
This ‘Church of Patton’ immortalized the General and his Third Army in stained glass
Jul 31, 2022 6:30 AM PDT
What happens when a submarine runs into an undersea mountain
Jul 30, 2022 5:03 AM PDT
This cemetery is the final resting place for the Army’s ‘dishonorable dead’
Jul 25, 2021 11:08 PM PDT
6 standard missions of the Confederate Secret Service
Jul 25, 2022 4:45 AM PDT
Check out the Air Force’s old dress white uniform
Jul 24, 2022 6:10 AM PDT
The unofficial nickname of the US’ largest cargo plane may surprise you
Jul 24, 2022 6:06 AM PDT
The Holocaust caused German POWs to fight against the Axis
Jul 24, 2022 6:05 AM PDT
How the British paid respect to the Marines in the War of 1812
Jul 21, 2022 4:42 AM PDT
4 myths about the Air Force people can’t stop believing
Jul 21, 2022 4:32 AM PDT
A secret Cold War unit was the basis for today’s special operations
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4 times enlisted troops stole planes from the flightline
Jul 23, 2021 11:22 PM PDT
The longest land battle in US history was a huge mistake
Jul 17, 2022 6:35 AM PDT
The first US casualty of the Gulf War was a downed pilot
Jul 16, 2022 6:00 AM PDT
‘The Suffering Bastard’ is the cocktail that beat the Nazis in Egypt
Jul 16, 2022 5:58 AM PDT
Ernest Hemingway was almost impossible to kill
Jul 15, 2022 5:50 AM PDT
Abraham Lincoln challenged US troops to this strength test
Jul 10, 2022 5:54 AM PDT
This medieval warrior was the first to use a now-famous insult
Jul 10, 2022 5:50 AM PDT
This is why World War I-era British spies used semen as invisible ink
Jul 9, 2022 2:40 AM PDT
Watch a skilled archer hit targets from around corners
Jul 9, 2022 2:39 AM PDT
See what happens when this airsofter with a minigun takes on a full squad
Jul 8, 2022 5:46 AM PDT
The awesome story behind the Commander-In-Chief’s desk
Jul 6, 2022 4:52 AM PDT
Celebrate freedom with a real Revolutionary War cocktail
Jul 3, 2022 8:26 PM PDT
This is the biggest victory Native Americans scored against the colonials
Jul 2, 2022 4:20 AM PDT
‘Kilroy Was Here’ was the WWII-era viral meme
Jul 2, 2022 4:17 AM PDT
5 reasons bourbon is the most American drink of all time
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Why the enemy should have brought a battalion to kill this soldier
Jun 29, 2022 5:02 AM PDT
Why George Washington was nearly impossible to kill
Jun 27, 2022 5:44 AM PDT
This is how the Alamo Scouts became the first Special Forces
Jun 25, 2022 5:53 AM PDT
Aussie special forces used sawed-off machine guns in Vietnam
Jun 25, 2022 5:50 AM PDT
The US plan to train nuclear suicide bomber paratroopers
Jun 25, 2022 5:50 AM PDT
This is why people yell ‘Geronimo’ when jumping from heights
Jun 20, 2022 5:59 AM PDT
These Dutch villagers wait years to adopt US graves from World War II
Jun 18, 2022 7:37 PM PDT
The medieval weapon so frightening Scots surrendered at first sight
Jun 18, 2022 7:31 PM PDT
One of America’s legendary small arms was designed by a convict
Jun 17, 2022 6:22 AM PDT
One of Disney’s most-loved characters came to be a leader of Marines
Jun 13, 2022 9:16 PM PDT
6 wild facts about the deadly creator of SEAL Team Six
Jun 12, 2022 8:53 PM PDT
This Marine survived a shot from a .50-cal at point-blank range
Jun 12, 2022 3:18 AM PDT
5 reasons Route Irish was the most nerve-racking road in Iraq
Jun 12, 2022 3:11 AM PDT
You have to see the tombstones in this Soviet military cemetery
Jun 12, 2022 3:05 AM PDT