Eric Miller is a former Army Combat Medic from Parkersburg, West Virginia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and has worked with homeless populations and veteran services throughout the state. He is an avid outdoorsman and has recently become interested in woodworking.
The Space Force special operations community is reeling from allegations of misconduct Tuesday morning after reports surfaced of a senior cadre member maliciously wounding a special operations candidate. An anonymous Space Ranger candidate filed ...
The United States Air Force is slated to permit airmen an extra quarter inch of facial hair on either side of their mustache, sources indicate — quite literally a measurable victory in the long-standing battle between the military and facial hair. ...
A video recently posted to the popular news aggregation site Reddit shows a group of Marines laying waste to a large field of marijuana with flamethrowers. Join the Marine Corps — because smoking just one joint is for pussies. The video ...
Just about every generation in America has its own war, and its own war songs along with it. While most of the American public will never directly experience war, they can get some sense of what combat is like through art, photography, and ...
The U.S Army W.T.F! Moments Facebook page is a veritable gold mine of painfully relatable and overall ridiculous photos that Army brass probably wouldn't want the public to see. The site is dedicated to providing a platform for soldiers to have ...
Congress will hold its first public hearing on UFOs in more than 50 years on Tuesday, May 17. Led by Indiana Democrat Rep. Andre Carson, the hearing will primarily focus on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) as well as the Airborne Object ...
A New Jersey man is in police custody after barricading himself in his home and firing a flamethrower at law enforcement in a heated 21-hour standoff. Robert Condit, 51, has been charged with nine counts of possession of prohibited weapons and ...
Staff Sgt. Nathan Lambert of the Virginia National Guard expressed great excitement and optimism after learning that the United States Army purchased new rifles to replace the M4 and M249 SAW. “Maybe we’ll be getting updated equipment too!” said ...
Hollywood often portrays military leaders as crotchety old men, incompetent snot-nosed kids, or authoritarian assholes that just get in the way. Spot on! We’re kidding. Well, mostly. (We’re looking at you senior leaders who continually fail to ...
Satellite images show that Russia has placed trained dolphins at the entrance of Sevastopol harbor, an important Black Sea naval installation, in a move that some analysts speculate may be a defense tactic to protect the harbor from infiltration by ...
Police officers have a tough job. Set aside the fact that they work in a career field that is either loathed or loved depending on what's trending and consider for a moment that a law enforcement officer's ability to remain constantly and ...
United States Air Force brass have long sought to replace the beloved A-10 Thunderbolt II. However, they’ve faced significant pushback from Congress, as well as from combat veterans who’ve seen firsthand just how valuable the bird is. The A-10 is ...
Now don't let the title confuse you — we think military service is a great thing. There is no higher calling or more noble deed than being of service to others, and the men and women who choose to do so are truly the best of us. While military ...
One of the biggest challenges veterans face when transitioning out of the military is acclimatizing to a new type of work environment. The civilian workspace can be very different from the military, and service members often struggle to adapt to the ...
Twenty years is a long time to fight a war, and if we’re being honest, not every minute of those 20 years was actually spent fighting. As a matter of fact, many of us probably spent more time beating off boredom than we did fighting the enemy. So ...
The ability to kick down a door is one all good Americans should have. An act typically performed by firefighters in emergency situations — or by Marines locked out of their barracks rooms — kicking down a door is one of those things that, if you can ...
Service in the United States military can look very different from person to person. Some of us join and have fast-paced, intense careers, while others join the Air Force. Some battle through a full 20 years and retire, while others serve a short ...
Being a good medic comes down to two things: knowledge and composure. Do you know your shit, and can you keep it together and execute when you’re needed? Everything else is secondary. I prided myself on all three and had rightfully earned the trust ...
The military is a veritable beacon of efficiency (stop laughing). Anything and everything in the military that can be shortened into an acronym has been because, frankly, our armed forces are just too damn busy being awesome and defending freedom to ...
After weeks of seeing the bulk of their invading forces reduced to sunflower fertilizer in Ukraine, members of the Russian government decided a good next move would be to try to start shit with the most powerful nation on the planet. Great ...
The results of a congressional investigation released Tuesday surprised absolutely no one after Congress and the Department of Defense found “an absurd amount of hot chicks” in the Air Force. “What we found is that the Air Force does, in fact, ...
USS COLE — After years of harsh criticism and countless lectures on how the female body is not designed for the rigors of military service by middle-aged men built like SpongeBob, Petty Officer 2nd Class Kat Johnson is being praised by her command ...
In February 2020, then presidential candidate Joe Biden was answering questions from would-be voters in New Hampshire when a young college student asked him to explain his poor performance in Iowa and why voters should believe he could win a national ...
As Ukrainian military members and civilians defend their homeland against a full-scale Russian invasion, we can't help but draw parallels to John Milius' 1984 classic Red Dawn. A ragtag group of teenagers and 20-somethings waging a guerrilla war ...
After a Russian tanker was taken prisoner by a handful of middle-aged Ukrainian civilians with a tractor, the soldier claimed that he and the entire Russian invasion force crossed the border into Ukraine to fire live artillery rounds and other ...
They say comedy is tragedy plus time, and while the unprovoked invasion of a sovereign nation isn't really funny, that hasn't stopped the internet — and the Ukrainian government — from poking fun at Russia's invasion forces in between rounds of ...
Legendary actor and comedic icon Ben Stiller recently sat down with Esquire for an installment of the magazine’s "Explain This" series to discuss everything from his creative process to playing fitness-obsessed assholes and, most importantly, how Tom ...
To the abject horror of everyone who went to high school with him, creepy kid-turned-Marine infantryman Pfc. Jimmy Gifford was recently issued an M32 grenade launcher. Gifford, who has been tackled by every vice principal he’s ever had, expressed ...
Three to five seconds. That’s the approximate time it takes for a grenade to explode. It’s barely enough time to think, let alone act, but diving on a grenade to smother the blast and sacrifice oneself to save others is a courageous act that many ...
Ben McCallister, an infantryman stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was immediately discharged from the US Marine Corps after an investigation found he has a healthy relationship with his father. McCallister’s leadership began to suspect a ...
