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Take a break and enjoy Thanksgiving. Training: Catch, Kill, and Eat:

Thanksgiving is upon us and thoughts of Pilgrims, turkeys and the obligatory assortment of pies comes to mind for most of us. Thanksgiving was first proclaimed by President Washington in 1789; this holiday has come to ring in the season of buying, ushering in Black Friday for our consumer-driven society. It seems the holiday season […]

If you’re in Fayetteville, go to a used boots store and ask for the ‘SOPC’ Special. SOPC means Special Operations Preparation Course. It’s the course “X-rays” go to before they take a shot at selection. That course is a kick in the nuts. It is rucking and running intensive and these boots were designed for […]

What does it mean to be a good wingman? Fighter jets rarely fly by themselves. Most of the time, if not all of the time, they fly in a section (2 aircraft) or sometimes a division (4 aircraft). This is for multiple reasons but mainly because a single fighter jet is not very effective alone. […]

Following the one-year anniversary of the Paris attacks and the recent arrests made in France, the Department of State issued a travel warning for Americans traveling to Europe over the holiday season. DOS published the following travel warning: Credible information indicates the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or Da’esh), al-Qa’ida, and their affiliates […]

“Something I’d like to see in the future is an article talking about the performance of the Hornet versus the Super Hornet. I often times see people comment that the legacy Hornet is more maneuverable than the Super, but I’d like to see an article by someone who has stick time in both who knows […]

Warm up: 1. 1 round: 10 Walking Lunges 5 Push ups 5 sit ups 5 Box Jumps 30 second Front Bridge Training: 1. 10 rounnds: (move quick but steady) 4 Lunges (in place) 4 Jumping Lunges 8 Squats 8 Jumping Squats   2. 10 rounds: every 30 seconds 1-3 pull ups *if you need to […]

Laila Siddique was on her way to examine a patient at Penn State’s Hershey Medical Center when her phone began to tremble. The 25-year-old medical student glanced at the screen. It was a text from her father. Nasir Siddique kept in close touch with his two children. He had come to the United States from […]

Kurt: What’s your military background? Mike: So 2 years in the Marines and 2 years in the Army. I’ve realized I’m young and impatient so everywhere I’m at I’m always convinced I should be doing something better. Got bored in the Marines as a radio guy, so I tried to go SF in the Army and […]

The following is an excerpt from “Bones One Zero,” the memoir of Army combat medic Reuben Ryan. THE TOUGHEST MAN “Bones One Zero, this is Bones OPS,” It was our Operations SGT at FOB Taji, SGT Graham. “Bones One Zero,” CW3 Bottolene replied as our Blackhawk headed back south from Balad after completing an Urgent […]

Sometimes, my stories or articles might lead some to believe that I’m cool. This probably isn’t one of them. Two years ago, I was a full-time college student just out of the Corps.  I was attending school in Framingham, Massachusetts, a few hours south of my hometown in Vermont, affording me the opportunity to take […]

Warm up Row 500 meters, stretch, jog – break a sweat. I don’t care if you fake rap battle – just get loose and your mind right. Training 2 rounds: 300m shuttle every 3:30  “Set cones 25m (82ft) apart.Run from cone to cone, touching the line at each turn around for 12 lengths or 6 laps = […]