Mike Sullivan was a Marine Corps infantryman during the Vietnam War who later covered the Persian Gulf War as a journalist. In January 1968, Sullivan enlisted in the Marine Corps, arriving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, Jan. 31, ...
Stalked by the deadly COVID-19 virus and rocked by a rise in ambush slayings, 2021 was a grim year for law enforcement officers nationwide. But are the headlines trumpeting it as the deadliest year since the Great Depression right? Marcia ...
At least two Marines were killed and another two injured in a crash of a Marine MTVR — commonly called a "seven-ton" — carrying 19 outside Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Wednesday, Jan. 19. Pictures of the large truck laying on its side and surrounded ...
Comedian and veterans activist Jon Stewart joined a congressional roundtable Wednesday, Jan. 19, on new laws that may soon bolster care for those with toxic exposure connected to military service. “A toxic wound is an IED that goes off in your ...
In the first weeks of 2022, the Russian army is massed along Russia's border with Ukraine. Many Ukrainians believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is laying the groundwork for an invasion, escalating his efforts to control Ukraine, its people, and ...
First the Navy said the water was safe to drink. Then it shut down a local well without alerting the public. Then it admitted the water was contaminated and began flushing it through hydrants onto neighborhood streets without required ...
Acclaimed screenwriter and director Oliver Stone, whose work includes "Wall Street" (1987), "The Doors" (1991), "JFK" (1991) and "Nixon" (1995), served in the Army and deployed to Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. His wartime experiences would shape some of ...
A message from the US Naval Academy’s 89th Commandant of Midshipmen has sparked questions about whether the Annapolis brass curtailed liberty to coerce future officers to get COVID-19 booster shots that aren’t even required by the ...
A Cleveland cop gunned down by an alleged carjacker was the last officer to die in 2021. That brought the number of officers killed while on duty last year to 511, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. Two more fatalities involving a North ...
The undoing of Thomas Shelby is rapidly approaching, as is the wrath of the Nazi war machine in an epic new trailer for the final season of Peaky Blinders. Season six will be the last installment of the hit series that follows the Shelby family in ...
Since coffee was discovered in Africa hundreds of years ago, society has grown with and around the stimulating beans. Coffee has long been a potent cultural phenomenon, and the seemingly endless diversity and high quality of coffee available today is ...
Marvel finally released a full trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series Moon Knight, and it looks dark as hell. Backed by Kid Cudi’s “Day ’n’ Nite,” the two-minute trailer reveals a hulking superhero who’s entangled with Egyptian gods and tormented by ...
The Pentagon was warned last January — months before the US began its withdrawal from Afghanistan — that the Afghan Air Force would quickly collapse without US support. An inspector general report declassified Tuesday, Jan. 18, but prepared a year ...
In yet another addition to the litany of looney claims perpetuated by the Hermit Kingdom, North Korea recently asserted that former dictator Kim Jong Il — jumpsuit fashionista and star of the box office hit Team America: World Police — is the true ...
The 2022 military pay charts reflect a 2.7% increase over 2021’s pay and entitlements. These pay rates were approved through the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, commonly referred to as the “Defense Budget.” These new pay rates went into ...
KYIV, Ukraine — For weeks, Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine has spurred endless speculation about the possibility of Moscow ordering a full-scale invasion of its neighbor this winter. Russian military forces reportedly moved into Belarus ...
Residential fires claimed the lives of two firefighters in California and Missouri over the past two weeks. That brings the toll of firefighters killed in the line of duty so far in 2022 to six, according to the US Fire Administration. Although ...
Charles McGee, one of the last surviving members of the celebrated all-Black Tuskegee Airmen, died in his sleep Sunday morning, Jan. 16. He was 102. McGee saw combat in three wars, flying 409 combat missions in World War II, the Korean War, and ...
All federal missions and some training days would count toward Reserve and National Guard GI Bill eligibility under legislation the House of Representatives passed Wednesday, Jan. 12. The bill still needs to pass in the Senate and be signed into law ...
Two of the nation’s top military leaders, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger, reported a positive test for COVID-19 Sunday, Jan. 16. Milley, who is the highest-ranking ...
In the early 1970s, hundreds of thousands of Americans were dying every year due to the lack of paramedic services. Then a television show about paramedics came to the country’s rescue. For decades, the powerful medium we used to call “the boob ...
The nameless Marine stares blankly into the distance, his vacant eyes peeled inhumanly wide. According to the artist, he’s a combat veteran of both the enemy and tropical disease. Most of his unit has been destroyed in a battle history will deem ...
As nationwide COVID-19 infections surge, more than 15,600 National Guard members are supporting state and local officials throughout the country. Of those responding, more than 6,000 Guard members are providing direct support to hospitals, care ...
Between Aug. 7, 1942, and Feb. 9, 1943, U.S. forces sought to capture – and then defend – the Pacific island of Guadalcanal from the Japanese military. What started as an amphibious landing quickly turned into a series of massive air and naval ...
The 2021 film “Godzilla vs. Kong” pits the two most iconic movie monsters of all time against each other. And fans are now picking sides. Even the most fantastical creatures have some basis in scientific reality, so the natural world is a good ...
With what is arguably one of the most badass names in military history, the story of the female aviators nicknamed Nachthexen, or “Night Witches” by German soldiers, tends to fly under a lot of people’s radar (bad pun intended). Flying no-frills ...
As the Air Force inspector general prepares to investigate the training experience of a female officer in the notoriously difficult Combat Control training pipeline, Coffee or Die Magazine obtained a memo the woman wrote about her experience and ...
In the summer of 2021, Jamie Simic began experiencing tingling lips and limbs, brain fog so severe she could not put sentences together, and heart palpitations. Her weight plummeted from 128 to 98 pounds amid gastrointestinal problems. Doctors had no ...
US Customs and Border Protection officers are trying to block bad stuff, whether it’s going or coming. Twin focuses of the federal law enforcement officers in the new year are a rising influx of overseas bush meat — butchered wild animal flesh ...
Pilates routines have swept through studios and home gyms alike since the turn of the 21st century, but the popular workouts may have originated as a way to counter "barbed wire disease" within a World War I internment camp. German-born exercise ...
