Opinion: Do you know what is more infectious than COVID-19? COURAGE
By Master Sergeant Thomas LaFever, your Drill Sergeant. Listen up, America. You’re scared. You’re scared of an enemy that you can’t see and that is...
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Marines Must Innovate to Defeat New Threats vs. F*ck Social Distancing, You’re Getting a Haircut
General David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine CorpsWe stands at an inflection point in history. We need innovative thinking to deter 21st Century threats,...
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Point/Counterpoint: Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson should do her job vs. Mrs. Richardson should do more for her husband’s FRG
The following regards the involvement of Lieutenant General Laura Richardson, a dual-military spouse, in her husband’s Family Readiness Group. The point is presented by Lt....
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Airborne? More like AirBORING, amirite?
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Yaaaaaaaawwwwwwn. Like, oh so you’re Airborne? No. One. Caaaaaares. I was Airborne once. And holy cheese wiz did we sit around...
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Point/Counterpoint: Participation trophies are for the weak/Thank me for my service!
The following are essays penned by Jason Wiseman, a mid-level logistics coordinator for a major corporation and former Army Air Defense Artillery officer who served...
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Duffel Blog endorses Tulsi Gabbard: A symbol of our batshit crazy veterans
Americans increasingly respect and revere our nation’s veterans, and after two decades of non-stop wars many veterans have returned the favor and moved on from...
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Op-Ed: You can’t have a terrorist training camp without monkey bars!
Salaam Alaikum, Brothers, I see you’ve completed the training facility just in time for the latest group of shahid to arrive. Let’s see: bayonet course …...
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Opinion: I would’ve joined the military too if I didn’t think it was beneath me
By Chad Buffandpuff III I heard you talking earlier about how you were in the military. First, thank you for your service. That’s awesome and...
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OPINION: I mushroom stamped the moon
By Buzz Aldrin 50 years ago today, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and I took part in one of the greatest adventures in the history of...
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OPINION: We shouldn’t build any new nuclear weapons until we use the ones we already have
By Senator Tad Raskill (I-Ill.) President Trump has called for upgrades to our existing nuclear warheads as well as production of new nuclear weapons. This...
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Opinion: Once again, my shithead husband will be deployed for the birth of our child
Samantha Pourier is the wife of Army Maj. Paul Pourier, who is preparing for a deployment to Iraq later this year. Well, it’s that time...
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Opinion: If you call your spouse Household 6, I get to call your divorce a change of command
By: Sgt Daniel Marks Look, I get it. You love the Army and you want to bring everything about it into your daily life. I’ve...
