Katie McCarthy is the managing editor for Coffee or Die Magazine. Her career in journalism began at the Columbus (Georgia) Ledger-Enquirer in 2008, where she learned to navigate the newsroom as a features reporter, copy editor, page designer, and online producer; prior to joining Coffee or Die Magazine, she worked for Outdoor Sportsman Group as an editor for Guns & Ammo magazine and their Special Interest Publications division. Katie currently lives in Indiana with her husband and two daughters.
In 1991, a civil war raged in Somalia. When fighting escalated to include attacks on UN peacekeeping troops, a US Special Operations Forces task force was sent in. Serving as part of Operation Gothic Serpent, Task Force Ranger included units from ...
Whether you know Tim Kennedy as an Army Special Forces soldier, mixed martial artist, co-owner of military lifestyle company Ranger Up, tactical trainer, gun enthusiast, or host of the History channel’s Hunting Hitler, there’s one common thread that ...
People might recognize the name Mark "Oz" Geist from the tragic events that happened on Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. Oz was part of the Annex Security Team that fought in the battle and is the co-author of the book 13 Hours: The Inside Account ...
The concept for the World Trade Center dates back to the 1939 New York World’s Fair. However, it wasn’t until 1959 that David Rockefeller — the grandson of Standard Oil’s John D. Rockefeller — moved forward with the idea. Once Rockefeller got the ...
Jarred “JT” Taylor is known for his creative endeavors — whether it be music, clothing, or even movies, like 2016’s Range 15 — and his larger-than-life personality. “Everything is devoted to creation,” Taylor said in an earlier interview with ...
This article was originally published on July 9, 2020, at The War Horse. In early January, Charles Dane checked into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He felt exhausted. He looked swollen. His kidney function rate was 13%, which ...
This article was originally published on July 19, 2020, by We Are The Mighty. If 2020's stay-at-home order told us one thing, it's how much we rely on entertainers to keep us sane. Music, movies and online entertainment have been our lifeline to ...
WASHINGTON — The Army is considering adjustments to its fiscal year 2022 budget request, as senior leaders look to invest in the service’s ability to fight against infectious diseases or other chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and ...
This article was originally published on July 20, 2020, on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Iran's judiciary says the country has executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about a top Iranian commander later ...
Premiering Friday on Netflix, “Father Soldier Son” tells the story of platoon sergeant and single dad Sergeant First Class Brian Eisch, who served with the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain division out of Fort Drum, New York. Filmed over a period of nine ...
The world of professional sports isn’t all glitz and glamour. Sometimes you get stuck bouncing around teams for a few years, never totally making a name for yourself. Sometimes you’re left undrafted or end up cut from a team you gave your heart and ...
Astronauts on the International Space Station give up many pleasures to take those giant leaps in the name of science. They leave behind fresh vegetables, relaxing hot showers, warm sunshine, gently misting rain, and much more. One of the things ...
The world is well aware of how the Navy uses its massive fleet of aircraft carriers to dominate the oceans while protecting America. These monstrous structures house thousands of sailors and dozens of aircraft just waiting for the word to ...
Two brothers — an Air Force instructor pilot and an Army engineer — will battle it out in the NBC series "The Titan Games," which features people from across America competing in endurance-based mental and physical challenges. Air Force Capt. Noah ...
HONOLULU, Hawaii — In the last three years, more than 500 people were saved around Hawaii by the Coast Guard thanks to cell phones, and now the Coast Guard has a new technology available to find you faster through i911. The i911 system is a free ...
NORFOLK, Virginia (NNS) — A pilot and maintainer assigned to the “Greyhawks” of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 120 participated in Virtual Fleet Week New York live events, May 20. The week, normally spent in New York City, will be ...
That the U.S. military is no longer the only — or even the dominant — user of air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace is not disputed. In every domain where the U.S. military once went unchallenged, newcomers hope to usurp its long-held dominance. Less ...
A dishonorable discharge is, plainly, something nobody serving wants to get. It comes with a lot of adverse consequences that will follow you long into your civilian life and it'll also will cost you any service-related benefits you may have ...
QUANTICO, Virginia — Marine Corps Systems Command’s Program Manager for Infantry Weapons has begun a large-scale modernization project to increase the lethality of the infantry squad. PM IW strives to equip and sustain the Marine Corps with fully ...
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard helped rescue an injured man in Coffin Camp. At about 5 a.m. May 16, the Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment’s Army Aviation Operations Facility in Nome was ...
''We train for war,'' said Army Col. Robert F. Howe II, the commander of the Army's 1st Medical Brigade out of Fort Hood, Texas. ''But getting to support citizens in our homeland is special. Helping fellow citizens is what we're here for.'' The ...
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) — For the first time in Air Force and 9th Reconnaissance Wing history, a reservist, Maj. Jeffrey Anderson, 99th Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, qualified to fly the U-2 Dragon Lady. The U-2 is known as the ...
BARENTS SEA (NNS) — U.S. guided-missile destroyers and a British frigate departed the Barents Sea May 8, following seven days of Arctic operations. The surface action group (SAG) comprised of U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) Arleigh Burke-class Aegis ...
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington — While more than 900 Washington National Guard members are supporting the COVID-19 response, one unit is training for a different kind of fight. Deploying isn’t new for the Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 168th ...
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — The 7th Bomb Wing’s readiness was on full display supporting Pacific Air Forces’ Bomber Task Force mission despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 200 Airmen and four 9th Bomb Squadron B-1B Lancers from Dyess ...
Nearly 7,000 Marines died in the Battle of Iwo Jima, one of the last major campaigns of World War II. It was a fight that led to 27 Marines and sailors earning the Medal of Honor. One of those recipients was Marine Corps Platoon Sgt. Joseph R. ...
HURLBURT FIELD, Florida (AFNS) — Special Tactics Airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron conducted interoperability training with the 14th Weapons Squadron assigned to the U.S. Air Force Weapons School detachment at Hurlburt Field for a special ...
WASHINGTON — The Army successfully held its third precision strike missile test Thursday morning, hitting its close-range target of 85 kilometers, enabling the Army to keep its 2023 fielding deadline on track. The latest test, at White Sands ...
FORT STEWART, Georgia — Normally, soldiers spend most of their time training or deployed, so interacting with families as a volunteer is a new experience for Staff Sgt. Josua Garo, a Fort Stewart soldier volunteer. Garo, 369th Composite Truck ...
Sailors assigned to Task Force 75.5 achieved the engineering initial operating capability of a 150-bed expeditionary medical facility as part of the Defense Department's fight against COVID-19 on Naval Base Guam, April 25. Reaching engineering ...
