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Civilians talk about feeling lost when vets start using military lingo, but even vets can get lost when talking to members from other services. Here are 8 things that are common between the branches but with wildly different names:
College life and Navy life are very different, but there's one thing they have in common: worried parents. Whether you're in college or the Navy, you can count on parents constantly checking in and asking a million questions. These con…
The non-profit Vietnam Veterans of America was founded on the motto: "Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another." The group is passion…
The U.S. military uses some awesome weapon systems, but many of them are even more impressive when you can slow down the action and see exactly how the weapon engages and destroys its targets. We scoured Youtube and found some of the best. …
Nothing comes between a man and a perfectly-grilled steak. Not even enemy fire. Though this video is a few years old, it's been making the rounds once again on various military blogs and Facebook pages (
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) works on some very outlandish projects. One of its stated mission goals is to cause "technological surprise" for America's enemies. Basically, they want enemy fighters to get to the battlefi…
You had choices when you showed up to the recruiting offices at your local strip mall.
No matter what branch of service you are in, uniform inspections are routine, and there's no real trick to passing them. Just follow the regs to the letter. What's hard about that? No, those who truly desire to make their mark in this w…
Sure, it was against the rules for years but we all know dating, and more, happened regularly on the forward operating bases. Here are some tips for your next deployment. 1. Don't talk about dating on the FOB Remember…
Everyone wants to get in on the pranking fun of April Fools' Day, and people working in the national security establishment are no different. From the individual branches of the military to non-profits run by veterans, we looked around…
