The Pic of the Day: Meet Thor, Navy SEAL K-9 and all around badass

Thor, right, one of retired Navy SEAL Trevor Maroshek’s canine-partners, sits next to a bronze statue honoring military working dogs and their handlers in Veterans Park. Thor is one of Chopper’s offspring. Chopper is credited with saving American forces from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) while deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan with Maroshek.

Hide from the world in your own Cold War ICBM silo — now on sale for just $400,000

In our modern world full of seemingly countless potential threats, the idea of “prepping” for a disaster has become increasingly commonplace among even the most unplugged of Americans. Whether it is Iran’s and North Korea’s steady progress toward operational nuclear weapons, growing concerns about China and Russia, or even domestic fears about terrorism, economic collapse, […]

The Pic of the Day: Surviving in the swamp

Senior leaders with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) on Fort Campbell, Ky., conduct swamp water survival training during the third annual, three-day training event called Bushido starting at Fort Campbell to Camp Rudder, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., 26-29 August. Leaders carry out the incoming brigade commander’s intent to build […]

Midway: Soaring battle scenes dominate epic WWII film

It first must be said that when I heard that Roland Emmerich was directing “Midway” I definitely had a sense that he was going to go “full-blown CGI” on the audience, much like he did with his sci-fi flick “Independence Day”. Or that he would play with the facts like he did in the Revolutionary […]

The Pic of the Day: Meet the female honorary Navy SEAL

Cmdr. Keith Marinics (left), commanding officer, Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Basic Training Command, and Capt. Bart Randall, commodore, NSW Center, present Andi Valaitis, from Willoughby, Ohio, an “Honorary Frogman” certificate, after living her dream of training with the men and women of NSW. Components of NSW Command teamed with the Make-a-Wish Foundation to allow Valaitis […]

‘The Mandalorian’ shows Disney Plus has something for us dads too

As soon as I first heard word that Disney was launching its own streaming platform, my shoulders slumped. It’s been years since my wife and I “cut the cord” and ditched cable in favor of digital streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime and I’ve already grown tired of mindlessly flipping through the same […]

Check out this exclusive interview with the director of ‘Midway’

Our friends at We Are The Mighty recently sat down with director Roland Emmerich to discuss his latest film, Midway. The film has since been released in theaters nation-wide, but whether you have seen the film already or not, this is a must-read interview.   ‘Midway’ Director profiles unknown heroes behind Navy’s greatest comeback Article […]

The Pic of the Day: The first ever Special Reconnaissance course

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator fires his weapon during long-range weapons training as part of a beta Special Reconnaissance training course near Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 20, 2019. The Special Tactics Training Squadron conducted the course to identify specific core tasks required for each skill level of the new SR career field. Special […]

The Pic of the Day: The big picture

It’s that day of the year. Veterans Day — or Remembrance Day if you’re from the Commonwealth. Well-meaning people will approach active duty or former warfighters to thank them for their service. And yet their gratitude is bound to diminish or distracted by the everyday. Meanwhile, warfighters continue to deploy around the world. The big […]