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Major League Baseball at Fort Bragg is Awesome

If you build it, they will play. Major League Baseball is building a stadium for one game, Marlins-Braves, July 3 to continue their commitment to supporting the U.S. military by playing a baseball game on an active military installment, Fort Bragg in North Carolina, for the first time ever. In fact, it’s the first time any professional sporting event will occur on an active installation unless you count … Continue reading Major League Baseball at Fort Bragg is Awesome

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This Political Rollercoaster is Making America Sick

I love America and democracy like I love beer and fried chicken—but I hate what happens to America during election cycles. As someone who is politically “moderate,” election season is a particularly stressful and discouraging time. Candidates use emotionally charged issues to slice and dice Americans into measurable voting populations and pit us against each other. They want us to think that anyone on the … Continue reading This Political Rollercoaster is Making America Sick

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Military Life, Real Life

The Ms. Veteran America pageant isn’t what you think it is

Leave it to veterans to take something kind of creepy and lame like beauty pageants and make them meaningful and badass. More than a pretty face contest, the Ms. Veteran America pageant is a celebration of what makes women veterans awesome. Which are the same kinds of things that make all veterans awesome—loyalty to country, courage in the face of adversity, and the ability to do a lot of … Continue reading The Ms. Veteran America pageant isn’t what you think it is

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T-64 Into A Selfie Stick
Just For Fun, Military Life

This Is What Happens When You Turn a T-64 Into a Selfie Stick

These Ukrainian tank crewmen decided to turn their T-64 tank (a T-64BV to be exact) into a giant selfie stick. The footage they captured, set to the Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter is beyond awesome and makes me miss my days as a tanker. Don’t let the rust fool you—the T-64 may be old, but it can still lay down the scunion. I’d hate to be … Continue reading This Is What Happens When You Turn a T-64 Into a Selfie Stick

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Military Life, Real Life

Help wounded veterans by supporting the Send A Vet Foundation

The Send a Vet Foundation organizes big game hunts, fishing expeditions, rafting trips, and other outdoor adventures for wounded veterans with the goal of helping wounded and disabled veterans recover for their wounds suffered while fighting in defense of their country. The foundation aims to assist wounded veterans by getting them out of their homes and into the outdoors. Their efforts each year are primarily … Continue reading Help wounded veterans by supporting the Send A Vet Foundation

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The U.S. Army’s Flickr account is an afternoon well spent

Let’s face it. Not everything that the Army puts out is awesome. (Looking at you, Soldiers Magazine.) But its Flickr account is legit. From war porn to gritty AF pics of Ranger candidates right smack in the middle of the suck, the quality is high and the hooah is strong with this one. Surfing it is a great way to spend an afternoon reminding yourself why … Continue reading The U.S. Army’s Flickr account is an afternoon well spent

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Medal of Honor
Military Life

Medal of Honor goes to Navy SEAL for top secret rescue

On February 29, 2016, Edward Byers, a Navy SEAL Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions during a successful top secret rescue operation in December of 2012. Many of the details of the op are still classified, and the award citation, which usually has a highly detailed account of the actions that led to the award, only cites, “his courageous actions while … Continue reading Medal of Honor goes to Navy SEAL for top secret rescue

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Veteran Treatment Court
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Fort Hood VETS Court keeps veterans out of jail

In 2008, Judge Robert Russell created the first Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) in Buffalo, New York. The court addressed the growing number of veterans that were ending up in the judicial system for smaller crimes, and focused on treatment over incarceration. Often the crimes that these vets were committing were related to alcohol or drug problems—a huge and growing trend in the veteran community that continues today. The program worked, and there are now … Continue reading Fort Hood VETS Court keeps veterans out of jail

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Veterans are not the Republican Party’s pawns

Thanks to Brooke Baldwin and the folks at CNN for helping me point out the disingenuous nature of current presidential politics with respect to veteran support. We’re tired of being used as political pawns to advance the careers of politicians that don’t actually give a crap about us. Click here for the full interview. Let’s call this issue what it is, a ratings war between Donald … Continue reading Veterans are not the Republican Party’s pawns

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A ‘Merican Life: 2015 Wrapup Edition

Is it too late to do a 2015 wrapup? Yes. Has that ever stopped us before? No. Did being late stop George Washington from crossing the Delaware River or whatever? No. Because we do what we want. There’s more freedomy goodness in this post than Marsha Brady and Lassie playing fetch with whatever the American version of a boomerang is. I don’t know how you … Continue reading A ‘Merican Life: 2015 Wrapup Edition

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