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Here’s How The Marine Corps Will Train Future Snipers

First-person shooter is one of the most popular perspectives among gamers, but these simulations can be used for much more than entertainment — specifically military training. And thanks to new the...

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4 Ways To Manage Millennials In The Military

Lazy. Entitled. Snowflakes. Those are perhaps three of the most common words associated with the millennial generation. Classified as those who reached adulthood in the early 21st century, this age...

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What’s really inside the gold ball on top of military flagpoles?

Picture this: International diplomacy fails, and the world spirals into war. Foreign armies invade America, dealing crushing blows, and you are the only person left to defend your base. Weapons are...

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17 Indispensable Leadership Quotes From Post-9/11 Generals

When it comes to building a successful life in the United States of America, there is no shortage of advice for aspiring leaders. Those that hope to one day command a team, launch a business, or run...

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Infantry Marines Can Now Train For Combat Without Ever Leaving The Barracks

Imagine you’re dropped into an active war zone, your boots on the ground, rifle over your shoulder, and your platoon in tow. You’re on a reconnaissance mission in some unnamed desert, and you can hear...

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6 surprising medical conditions that will disqualify you from military service

In order to join the military, you need to qualify medically. And while there are some obvious stipulations, like the fact that you can’t be carrying diseases that will endanger your platoon, there...

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5 Air Force Bases You Want To Avoid

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in March 2016 Though Air Force bases are considered to be some of the best installations among all the services, the branch still has a number that...

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This Badass Military-Inspired Truck Is A Literal Tank

Do you ever miss cruising around the sandbox, gliding across dunes with the pure power of a Humvee rattling beneath you? Well, now you can have that back, except smoother, sleeker, and with a whole...

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A Brief History Of The Military’s Unsightly ‘Birth Control Glasses’

Anyone who served in the U.S. armed forces in the last half-century or so is likely familiar with the standard-issue GI eyeglasses. With thick brown rims and lenses that looked like magnifying...

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8 life lessons I learned from my military dad

The first 18 years of my life were spent under military rule: primarily my father’s, who recently retired after 23 years as an officer and CH-46 pilot in the U.S. Navy. And while sometimes it was...

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