Always Faithful, Always On: The Taxing Job of a Marine Corps Drill Instructor Marine Corps drill instructors represent one of the most legendary roles in the military. From the 1987 war movie "Full Metal...
Trump's Promises to Radically Change the Military In this episode, we spoke to two experts with collective decades of experience in analyzing the promises President-elect...
Stolen Valor & the 2024 Election At its surface, Stolen Valor is a legal term used to describe people who claim gallant military awards -- like the Purple...
Osprey Crash Investigations Often Blame the Pilots and Crew. Is That Fair? Since 2022, Ospreys have crashed four times during routine training exercises, killing a total of 20 service members.
Inside Today's Navy Boot Camp: Less Yelling, Same Sleep Deprivation After a number of changes were made to the program in the last several years, we came to find out what’s so different – and...
Underreporting Child Abuse & The Case of China Lake On this episode we will be focusing on years of underreporting of child abuse at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in...
Vets in Hollywood and TV In this episode we examine the history of the military, Hollywood and the veterans who brought real-as-can-be portrayals of...
Troops and Tattoos: A History in Ink A few blocks away from Baltimore Harbor where many a sailor have made port and ships have launched for centuries, I walk into...
On the Ice with Marines Preparing for War in the Arctic We spent time with the Marines miles above the Arctic Circle in Norway as part of the largest NATO exercise in the region...
On the Hunt for Army Recruits at an NRA-Sponsored Sporting Convention Since the COVID-19 pandemic started four years ago, recruiting across the military services has been in crisis.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration from Sending National Guard Troops to Oregon A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after...
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...
Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration...
As Hegseth Orders Changes to the Pentagon Watchdog, Advocates Say It Will Silence Complaints Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused the independent watchdog for the Pentagon of being “weaponized” and says he’s...