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Navy wife films heartwarming pregnancy reveal gone awry

This Navy family's pregnancy reveal fail will warm your icy heart.

By Sarah Sicard

3 days ago

Unmistakable signs the Grinch is actually a veteran

The Grinch boasts a number of curmudgeonly veteran tendencies.

By Sarah Sicard

7 days ago

Some men are having plastic surgery to get chiseled ‘GI Joe’ jawlines

A designer jaw of steel can be yours for a couple grand.

By Sarah Sicard

10 days ago

11 pieces of movie technology the military should field

It would behoove the military to field these fictional technologies.

By Sarah Sicard

Inside the US Army’s failed nuclear ice lair in Cold War Greenland

While the U.S. didn’t get to act out its Bond villain lair fantasies, it did further scientific understandings of the world around us.

By Claire Barrett

Air Force looks to create single ‘Frankenplane’ from 2 damaged F-35s

The jet is set for completion in March 2025.

By Zamone Perez

New trailer arrives for Spielberg-Hanks series ‘Masters of the Air’

The show will launch on Apple TV+ with a two-episode debut on Jan. 26, 2024.

By Sarah Sicard

Inside the infamous porn obsession of Hitler’s Nazi protégé

Julius Streicher was executed by hanging in October 1946.

By Claire Barrett

Why some troops consider their military service a dating app red flag

Dating is tough, but apparently military service makes it harder.

By Sarah Sicard

Where the ‘Battleship’ board game originated

Historians trace its origins back to World War I.

By Sarah Sicard