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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
This is why sailors wear neckerchiefs with their dress uniform
Dec 13, 2021 5:34 AM PST
Is this the Most Patriotic Poem Ever?
Feb 5, 2020 7:00 PM PST
12 Ways to Make 24-Hour Duty Feel Like a Regular Shift
Apr 26, 2018 3:08 AM PDT
Living in the barracks might just be good for you
Jan 26, 2019 1:50 AM PST
9 things you’ll never hear your platoon sergeant say
May 12, 2018 2:08 PM PDT
5 things you shouldn’t say to someone getting out of the military
Jun 24, 2020 5:30 PM PDT
6 types of Navy chiefs you’ll meet in the fleet
Apr 8, 2020 6:10 PM PDT
Troops Get Away with Doing WHAT?!
Jan 26, 2019 1:49 AM PST
These are the insane dangers of being a combat engineer
Jun 4, 2018 2:10 PM PDT
The 12 steps of checking into your unit for the first time
May 27, 2020 12:17 PM PDT
9 Times Going to Work was Absolutely Terrible
May 9, 2018 1:08 AM PDT
7 important life skills you learned without realizing
Mar 31, 2018 2:55 AM PDT
How the Vietnam War shaped the modern day U.S. Air Force
Nov 28, 2021 7:02 PM PST
These are the best military movies by service branch
Aug 25, 2020 12:07 AM PDT
Aerial footage of the Abraham Lincoln super carrier drifting
Aug 21, 2021 11:57 AM PDT
8 times ‘Jarhead 2’ made you grit your teeth
Aug 20, 2021 11:15 PM PDT
Why this Soldier was nicknamed the ‘popcorn colonel’ in Vietnam will make you laugh
Aug 16, 2021 11:00 PM PDT
5 awful hand salutes that don’t even come close
Aug 14, 2021 11:57 PM PDT
Here’s what it takes to be on the Marine Silent Drill Team
Aug 14, 2021 11:30 PM PDT
4 reasons why you shouldn’t give candy to kids while on patrol
Jul 24, 2021 11:00 PM PDT
7 of the most important survival skills you should know
Jul 19, 2021 11:21 PM PDT
5 war movie wounds that the troop had no chance surviving
Jul 17, 2021 11:56 PM PDT
Here’s what it takes to guard the ‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’
Jul 15, 2021 11:04 PM PDT
Watch these special operators take on two gamers at the rifle range
Jul 5, 2021 11:32 PM PDT
7 military regs service members violate every day
Jun 24, 2021 11:42 PM PDT
5 of the best shoulder exercises you should be doing in the gym
Jun 23, 2021 11:34 PM PDT
5 ways troops go to the bathroom while in field
Jun 15, 2021 11:32 PM PDT
We made the best fictional infantry squad ever
Jun 12, 2021 11:39 PM PDT
This Corpsman saved his Marines despite being shot 4 times
Jun 8, 2021 11:10 PM PDT
7 epic memories you’d love to relive from your military service
Feb 26, 2021 4:05 AM PST
6 things you didn’t know about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Jun 3, 2021 12:00 AM PDT
5 things you learned about America while being deployed overseas
Jun 3, 2021 2:10 AM PDT
This is why some sailors wear gold stripes, and some wear red
Jun 1, 2021 7:24 PM PDT
4 insane things service members can do to stay awake
May 19, 2021 4:25 PM PDT
5 key differences between Army medics and Navy corpsmen
May 19, 2021 5:10 PM PDT
This is how medical evacuations have evolved over the last 145 years
May 13, 2021 6:38 AM PDT
Here’s the best time and place to pull the ‘veteran card’
Apr 30, 2021 9:43 AM PDT
5 types of recruits you’ll encounter at your first PFT
Apr 30, 2021 8:08 AM PDT
Italy’s knife-wielding special operators were WWI’s most devastating shock troops
Apr 30, 2021 5:24 AM PDT
4 health benefits of drinking the coffee in your MREs
Apr 29, 2021 9:16 AM PDT
8 epic deployment music videos you need to watch
Apr 29, 2021 6:59 AM PDT
9 things we miss from our Afghanistan deployments
Feb 5, 2020 6:59 PM PST
6 abdominal exercises to help tone your tummy
Apr 27, 2021 9:16 AM PDT
14 images that hilariously portray your first day on a field op
Apr 2, 2018 9:48 AM PDT
11 memes that will remind you of living in the barracks
Apr 23, 2021 1:48 AM PDT
6 of the best slow-motion action scenes ever
Apr 23, 2021 6:41 AM PDT
6 of the best Marine recruiting commercials ranked
Apr 23, 2021 6:40 AM PDT
6 of the best female duels in film, ranked
Apr 23, 2021 6:41 AM PDT
5 of the most challenging things you’ll face on deployment, outside of combat
Apr 23, 2021 7:00 AM PDT
5 of the worst things to put in a burn pit
Apr 19, 2018 7:00 AM PDT
5 reasons why Luke Skywalker was the perfect boot
Apr 14, 2018 3:10 AM PDT
9 struggles infantrymen know all too well about mail drops
Apr 14, 2018 2:56 AM PDT