Growing up, Ryan Curtis loved to make “terrible movies” (his words, not mine) with his friends. He didn’t know it…
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Traditions, values, rituals, and cultural aspects of military communities around the world.
A string of veterans and politicians, including one Medal of Honor recipient, responded with disdain to a right-wing media personality’s…
Read More »Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus recently caused an earthquake on social media when he appeared in an Army…
Read More »Tom Lehrer, the social satirist and mathematics professor who used music to poke at the world, died this weekend at…
Read More »For as long as the Sun rises and sets, there will be shows and movies about World War II. And…
Read More »Each service’s senior enlisted leader serves as the standard-bearer for dress and appearance standards, and their uniforms are typically immaculate.…
Read More »My buddy Wil Willis was a buzzcut, fire-breathing Army Ranger when we landed together in a dorm full of Air…
Read More »Col. Tyler Partridge began his career as a finance officer. During his first deployment to Iraq in 2003, he rode…
Read More »Staff Sgt. Clinton “Clint” Romesha woke up early on the morning of Oct. 3, 2009. Combat Outpost Keating, an International…
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