This is how to replicate Afghan Naan troops ate while deployed
Every now and then we can get nostalgic when looking back on our past deployments. One of the best ways to go down memory lane is with food. While the…
December Gift Ideas for Deployed Personnel
The holidays are right around the corner, but it’s not too late to find the perfect gift for the deployed service member in your life. Here’s a smattering of ideas…
5 pro tips for putting together Christmas care packages
It’s that time of year where we start putting together care packages for service members stationed near and far, as well as family members who are “back home.” This year…
Nonprofit to collect Valentines for veterans and forward deployed
Soldier’s Angels, a national non-profit organization, is continuing its annual tradition of collecting Valentine’s Day cards to send to veterans in VA hospitals and to those who are forward deployed….
Gifts helped POWs escape during WWII…. and 12 other crazy Christmas facts
Christmas has been around for over two millennia. Two thousand years is plenty of time for funky traditions, tall tales and strange stories to pop up. Hallucinating reindeer? Carols in…
10 gifts deployed service members actually want this year
Let’s face it – a deployment over the holidays isn’t ideal. What’s worse? Gifting items your favorite service member cannot use for the foreseeable future. Whether it’s your spouse or…
US and NATO are preparing troops to handle Russian disinformation
At the beginning of 2017, after Dutch fighter pilots deployed to Lithuania on a Baltic Air Policing rotation called home using their own phones, their families started getting sinister phone calls.
The men on the calls, made with pre-paid sim …
Traveling with kids while your spouse is deployed
The holidays can feel awfully lonely when you’re hundreds of miles from your hometown, and your spouse is deployed. Traveling solo with kids is overwhelming, sure, but a holiday season with no adult interaction is even more depressing. Here’s what…
This new attack drone is made to destroy other drones
Anduril Industries, the military tech company founded by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, has unveiled a new kind of attack drone.
Anduril demonstrated the drone, which is capable of locking onto other drones and then knocking them out of the air…