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The rigors of combat and the expectations of a soldier on the front lines may directly conflict with a person's religious or moral beliefs. If a person is firm in their convictions and they've proven they're serious about their beliefs, they may …

If there's one thing that can bring football fans across all the different teams together, it's food. Food is not only the centerpiece to any successful football party (not just for the Super Bowl, but especially for the Super …

Sometimes, civilians have a difficult time relating with troops. In many cases, they just don't know how to talk to them. Realistically, it's pretty easy. After all, we're simple creatures; we like a handful of things — alcohol, tattoos, and an…

Like clockwork, whenever a new Call of Duty game gets released, there's a mad rush within the playerbase to be the first (or one of the first) to reach level fifty-five and "prestige," effectively resetting your progress to gain a cool e…

It's easy to complain about training for a sh*t deployment to Okinawa, Japan, when there's an active war going on that you would rather be fighting in. Realistically, training exists for a reason. If there wasn't a solid reason for it, you'd go …

From the time he was a boy, Merian C. Cooper wanted to be an adventurer, a wish that propelled him into journalism, the National Guard, military aviation, two world wars, and the cinematic killing of King Kong. During that time, he took part in hist…

Yale is headed to West Point to face Army on Clinton Field. The Bulldogs are currently sitting at 4-4-2, but have to face Cornell before going up against the Black Knights on Tuesday. Both teams have been cooling off lately and are desperately seeki…

Troops today love to liken themselves to the warfighters of old — Spartans, crusaders, knights, pirates, or whatever else. It helps our troops buy into the classic warrior mentality and it makes us feel more badass. When it comes to U.S. Marines…

Melvin Pender was a 25-year-old soldier headed to the 82nd Airborne Division when he first tied on some running shoes to race, but it quickly became clear that he would become a legend in the sport. He was fast. So fast, in fact, that the A…

Throughout the history of combined arms, artillery has played a key role in supporting the infantry. Commanders laying siege to fortified cities would call upon their engineers to identify weak points in defensive walls. Resources and manpower were …

The Stinger missile is America's premier short-range air defense weapon, featuring in-flight guidance and an almost 7-pound warhead that sends shrapnel ripping through planes, helicopters, and pretty much anything else flying low. It can even be sh…

During the Civil War, a rivalry between two Confederate generals led to 30,000 pinned-down Union troops escaping encirclement in 1864, allowing them to go on and capture Atlanta, rallying Union morale, and ensuring a Republican victory in the electi…

One of America's longest-serving retailers is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. While this doesn't mark the end of the 130-year-old retailer, it doesn't exactly bode well for its future, either. With 700 just over Sears and K-Mart stor…

Play calling in the NFL is a lot more difficult than it looks, but there are some moments in recent football history that were just so unbelievable, we can't understand how they even happened. If you're a fan of one of these teams,…

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines irony as the following: incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result. It's like being run over by an ambulance that's on its way to save you — inst…

When Hurricane Michael hit Florida as a Category 4 storm, it was a historical record — and it just happened to land a direct hit on a major U.S. Air Force base, Tyndall. Unfortunately for American warfighters and taxpayers, some of the Air Force'…

Around 2009, there was a huge cultural shift in the world of NFL football that changed the way many of us watch the games on Sunday. Sure, fantasy football gave us a reason to care about games and players that don't affect our beloved team each wee…

Superman fought for truth, justice, and the American way. For a whole ten cents, kids.

Much like a trustworthy chain of command, realism in video games is hard to find. Battlefield comes close, but it's still got a few too many 360-no-scopes to get us there. That's where a game like Post Scriptum, a WWII-themed, fi…