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Tim Kirkpatrick entered the Navy in 2007 as a Hospital Corpsman and deployed to Sangin, Afghanistan with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines in the fall of 2010. Tim now has degrees in both Film Production and Screenwriting. tim.kirkpatrick@wearethemighty.com
More from Tim
5 awesome facts you didn’t know about Memorial Day
Feb 5, 2020 6:59 PM PST
Here’s why flamethrowers were so deadly on the battlefield for both sides
Feb 5, 2020 6:59 PM PST
7 life lessons we learned from the grunts in ‘Platoon’
Mar 25, 2019 8:05 PM PDT
5 real life games you can play to get ready for war
Jan 28, 2019 6:41 PM PST
Here’s what inspired the invention of the machine gun
Jan 28, 2019 6:41 PM PST
5 movies to avoid before deployment (especially if you’re infantry)
Jan 28, 2019 6:41 PM PST
5 things you should know before diving into a ‘contract marriage’
Sep 11, 2018 11:03 PM PDT
This is how you pack helicopters into a plane
Apr 2, 2018 9:46 AM PDT
8 pieces of gear grunts buy themselves before deploying
May 17, 2019 4:05 PM PDT
These kids volunteered to fight in the trenches in WWI
Feb 5, 2020 6:58 PM PST
7 things you should know before joining the infantry
May 21, 2018 10:08 PM PDT
This is the disease Hitler hid from the public for years
Jan 28, 2019 6:40 PM PST
This SEAL was shot 27 times before walking himself to the medevac
Feb 5, 2020 6:58 PM PST
This is the legendary Nazi general who turned on Hitler
Jan 28, 2019 6:40 PM PST
9 things that would be different if Chuck Norris led the Bin Laden raid
Apr 2, 2018 9:46 AM PDT
Here’s how ‘Taps’ got its name
Sep 12, 2019 2:51 AM PDT
This new speedboat-submarine could change amphibious warfare forever
Nov 1, 2018 9:01 PM PDT
These are the creepy fake towns used for 1950s nuclear tests
Jan 28, 2019 6:40 PM PST
7 life lessons we learned from Gunny Highway in ‘Heartbreak Ridge’
May 30, 2019 9:05 PM PDT
9 superpowers every medic would want in the field
Apr 2, 2018 9:45 AM PDT
5 ways your platoon would be different with Rambo in charge
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
This Pearl Harbor survivor was buried in the ship he escaped from
Jan 28, 2019 6:40 PM PST
How interrogation techniques are used on recruits and no one knew it
Jan 28, 2019 6:40 PM PST
This is what it’s like to be a secret service sniper
Jan 28, 2019 6:40 PM PST
This Air Force jet landed itself after the pilot ejected
Jan 28, 2019 6:40 PM PST
How to make a movie theater with your smartphone on deployment
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
7 female TV detectives who’d make badass drill instructors
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
5 countries that tried to shoot down the SR-71 Blackbird (and failed)
May 22, 2019 4:05 PM PDT
5 reasons why troops hate going to sick call
Feb 5, 2020 6:58 PM PST
6 things corpsmen should know before going to the ‘Greenside’
Apr 2, 2018 9:45 AM PDT
5 crazy Hollywood hazing scenes that probably happened
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
Here’s how medical aid stations handle mass casualty situations
Apr 2, 2018 9:45 AM PDT
5 nuggets of wisdom in ‘Black Hawk Down’ you may have missed
May 19, 2019 9:05 PM PDT
The 6 best Hollywood sniper shots ever
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
7 reasons why ‘Top Gun’ made you want to become a fighter pilot
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
5 military myths that Hollywood has taught us to believe
Apr 26, 2019 1:05 AM PDT
Why WWII soldiers nicknamed the Sherman tank ‘death trap’
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
The difference between Trump’s old airplane and Air Force One
Apr 2, 2018 9:44 AM PDT
5 heroic movie acts a military officer would never do
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
This Marine better watch his footing in the new thriller ‘Mine’
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
The creators of ‘Taken’ send Navy SEALs on a treasure hunt in ‘Renegades’
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
This is where drill instructors come from
Jun 25, 2018 3:55 PM PDT
7 ways to prove your spouse is a spy
Jan 28, 2019 6:39 PM PST
8 tips for ‘skating’ in the military
Jan 26, 2019 2:07 AM PST
5 crazy games you played while in the military
Apr 2, 2018 9:43 AM PDT
5 great military cadences you haven’t thought about in years
May 14, 2019 1:05 AM PDT
6 tips to get a ‘sick in quarters’ chit in the military
Mar 31, 2018 2:49 AM PDT
5 American military doctors who changed medical history
Jan 28, 2019 6:38 PM PST
7 ways to surprise your spouses when they return from deployment
Mar 31, 2018 2:48 AM PDT
What a Veteran Service Officer wants you to know about your benefits
Apr 2, 2018 9:41 AM PDT
5 reasons why your contract marriage wasn’t the worst thing ever
Apr 2, 2018 9:41 AM PDT
6 things you didn’t know about sick call
Apr 2, 2018 9:41 AM PDT