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PTSD is the slow, silent killer crippling many of our returning veterans. It is a serious public health challenge affecting 8 million people — 2.5 percent of the total population — every year,
President-elect Donald Trump has called for the cancellation of the new Air Force One in a tweet, citing the fact that the program would cost $4 billion. This becomes the latest controversy over the aircraft used to transport the Presiden…
The fate of two Turkish soldiers now hangs in the balance as they have become the unwilling guests of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (also known as ISIS). Supporters of the terrorist group have reportedly been debating what to do wi…
Tim Kennedy can't sit still. The Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class is fighting Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 206 this weekend but that's only one of a myriad of things that keeps him busy. Since moving from active duty to the Texas Army Na…
A recent report by FoxNews.com and the Washington Post noted that the Pentagon bureaucracy covered up over $125 billion in…
James Mitchell had a successful 22-year career in the U.S. Air Force — most notably as a top trainer at the Air Force's survival school — before retiring as a lieutenant colonel. And while he earned some awards and accolades for h…
When veterans retire, they often set out to pursue the hobbies they never had time to do in service. For Forrest Fenn, that meant the hunt for buried treasure. But this Air Force veteran didn't want to go looking for others' valuables, …
[brid video="115878" player="7965" title="VGR Hindsight"]In this latest episode of Vets Get Real, WATM talks to a group of former …
Staff at the Bay Pines Veterans Healthcare System left a deceased veteran in a shower room for over nine hours, increasing the risk of decomposition. That is among the findings of a 24-page report issued by investigators into the incident…
An Army Ranger veteran who plays Santa was called for an emergency visit to a dying child in Tennessee, arriving just in time to present the boy with a present and hold him as he passed away. Eric Schmitt-Matzen is a 60-year-old engineer …
Among the many planes flying sorties against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a version of the C-130. No, not the AC-130 gunship – although that plane did help blow up a lot of ISIS tanker trucks according to
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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un — already notorious for a "Hangover"-style blackout — has now managed to pull …
The AC-130 Spectre gets a lot of the headlines. It should. This is a plane that kicks a lot of butt. But the Marine Corps has its own version. And theirs is far more versatile than the Spectre. Let's get a closer look at t…
The specter of nuclear war has been hanging over the world since the U.S. attacked Hiroshima and Nagas…
World War II vets often have tales of meeting Hollywood stars doing USO tours. Well, Clyde Porter has one that is a lot more recent. According to a report by
On the streets of Long Beach, California, a new restaurant has opened where a quadriplegic Navy veteran focuses on hiring other disabled people — especially veterans — to staff the business. Daniel Tapia, the owner of the restaurant 4…
The Christmas Day crash of a Tupelov Tu-154 off the coast of Sochi, a Black Sea resort town in Russia, killed all 92 people on board. Among the dead are 60 members of the Red Army Choir. The Red Army Choir had a viral moment when they san…
The Washington Free Beacon reported last week that the Navy has stated in its latest Force Structure Assessment that it needs a larger force – setting a…