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While typically used in medieval warfare, tunnel bombs have made a comeback over the last few years, especially in Syria. This video shared on Twitter on July 16 by researcher Hugo Kaaman shows just how powerful these bombs can be, and this time, in…
What happens when troops return from the battlefield with no enemy left to fight? According to Navy SEAL Mikal Vega, we bring the enemy home — and it destroys us."While in the military, we focus on cultivating a destructive force that we u…
Looking for a great show to watch that will challenge the way you look at things? Netflix has just released "The Business of Drugs," a documentary series that goes deep within the drug trade around the world. Now, I know what you are think…
Jimmy Ward was a 22-year-old pilot when he received the Victoria Cross. World War II had been ongoing for a year and the British Empire stood alone against Axis-occupied Europe. Things looked grim as a whole, but small time pilots with stories like …
When was the last time you sat around the campfire with civilians who support the military, current military personnel serving in our armed forces as well as our veteran community to share like-minded stories, help support each other and bring honor…
One of the joys of reading is the long-running book series. One-off stories are well and good but there is great joy in reading a multiple book series featuring the same cast of characters and watching them grow and deal with increasingly severe sit…
On the evening of July 9 around 11pm, Officer Cameron Maciejewski of the Sterling Heights Police Department responded to an emergency call about a 3-week-old child who stopped breathing. Maciejewski successfully cleared the infant's airw…
When you think of famous musicians who have honorably served in the United States Armed Forces, the mind immediately goes to Elvis Presley — and how could it not? Photos abound of the handsome, young Elvis in a crisp Army uniform. When he arrived …
It is better to protest than to accept injustice.- Rosa Parks
Becoming a veteran is one of the most rewarding statuses you can achieve. Serving your country and being the best person you can be is highly respectable. It's a feeling like no other. However, when time in the military comes to an end, …
The most interesting thing about pleading guilty to a capital crime in a military court is the defendant needs to be able to convince the presiding judge that he or she is actually guilty of the crime, and not just taking the deal to avoid the death…
Opening Day is quickly approaching! The San Diego Padres and USAA, the Official Military Appreciation Partner of the Padres, are honoring the military community all season long with two key initiatives:
When Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics, games were being played not only in Soviet arenas but at the headquarters of the KGB.The Kremlin was determined to host an untarnished event after the United States and 65 other countries boycotted…
In the tradition of Ukraine's Lyudmila Pavilchenko and Kazakhstan's Aliya Moldagulova and Nina Lobkovskaya, an Afghan teen girl has just taken up arms against the invaders who killed her family. Sixteen-year-old
We've all heard the familiar tune being blared over the intercom or performed live bright and early as the American flag is raised for the beginning of the day. For other troops stationed on a military base, it's the bugle call that mad…
It's an oldie but a goodie — and it's likely the only publicly-available video showing real-deal Delta Force operators. Leaked during the height of the Iraq war in 2008, this video crept its way onto YouTube and caused quite a splash …
The Elizabeth Dole Foundation named its newest class of fellows who will represent caregivers at a time plagued by the coronavirus.Thirty military and veteran caregivers representing 23 states join 225 past and present Dole Caregiver Fellows …
On July 21, 2020, LEGO announced that the upcoming LEGO Technic V-22 Osprey had been cancelled. Set number 42113 was an officially licensed model of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft used by the US Navy, Marines, Air Force and Japanese…
So many North Koreans have disappeared from fishing villages along the Hermit Kingdom's east coast that the villages dotting the coastline are becoming known as "widow's villages." Where do their husbands go?
