5 Video Games Worth Using as ‘Hip-Pocket Training’ There’s a thing in the Army called hip-pocket training. It’s training, usually at the noncommissioned officer (NCO) level...
NASCAR Will Hold First Street Race on Active Military Base at Naval Base Coronado in 2026 It will be NASCAR's second street race in the sport's history, following the three-year run in Chicago, and first on an...
Advocates and Gaming Companies Want More Research on Gambling Addiction in Military The group behind the 1-800-GAMBLER hotline has asked Congress to fund federal research on problem gambling among troops and...
How Tabletop War Games Build Strategy and Community Where modern games such as “Risk” reduce the complicated mechanics from those early games to make them easier to play...
The 10 Best Video Games to Drop You into Medieval and Fantasy Warfare Want to enjoy a nice weekend of castles, damsels and armored himbos? Grab a controller and pull up a chair; we’re going to...
New Graphic Novel Spotlights Robert Smalls, Who Escaped Slavery on a Stolen Confederate Ship Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress...
4 Questions for 'Warfare' Filmmakers Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza 24's "Warfare" has a relatively simple mission: to drop audiences into the chaos of a Navy SEAL mission gone wrong, told in...
The Best Military Books We Read in 2024 Just like last year, 2024 was a banner year for military books. They captured our attention, and who knows? They may just do...
What if Future Wars Were Fought by Mercenaries and Giant Robots? “MechWarriors 5: Clans” and its new expansion, “Ghost Bear: Flash Storm,” imagines intergalactic combat in 3050 with a...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
