Blake Stilwell
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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A New Graphic Novel Depicts Alwyn Cashe's Medal of Honor Action
The Association of the United States Army regularly publishes free comic books depicting Medal of Honor actions. → Read More
The Air Force Wants You to Play Video Games in the Name of National Security
Participants in the esports tournament will play the game "Drone Guardians," a mix of a first-person shooter, strategy and puzzle games that requires teams of five to defend a deployed location while still launching fighter aircraft missions. → Read More
Who Is Ice Spice and Why Are Marines Suddenly Obsessed with Her?
Ice Spice may not be in the chain of command, but she may just be one of the most powerful forces in the Marine Corps right now. → Read More
That Time a 73-Year-Old World War II Vet Drove 240 Miles on a Riding Mower
When Alvin Straight decided he was going to visit his brother in Wisconsin in the summer of 1994, he wasn’t looking to be famous or get a bunch of money for telling the story. → Read More
An Escaped Slave Becomes a Legendary US Marshal in 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves'
A new show from executive producers Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone”) and David Oyelowo (“Selma”) will bring Reeves' story to life on Paramount+ this November. → Read More
'Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback' Traces Elvis' Return to Music from the Army and Bad Movies
A new documentary from Paramount+, "Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback," tells the story of his seemingly overnight resuscitation. → Read More
Tony Bennett's World War II Experience Was a 'Front-Row Seat in Hell'
Singer Tony Bennett's stint in the U.S. Army during World War II led him to legendary entertainer Bob Hope, which inspired him to pursue a career spanning more than seven decades. → Read More
Swedish Heavy Metal Band Sabaton Will Release 'The War to End All Wars' Movie
Military history is filled with stories about great battles, heroic warriors and incredible acts of courage. There are so many great stories from around the world, in fact, that many of them tend to get overlooked as time goes on. → Read More
Why Country Music Legend and Army Vet Conway Twitty Recorded One of His Greatest Hits in Russian
If it weren't for the U.S. Army, Harold Lloyd Jenkins might have become one of Major League Baseball's greatest players instead of country music legend Conway Twitty. → Read More
Bluegrass Pioneer and 'Rocky Top' Singer Bobby Osborne Was Shot in the Head in Korea
Bobby Osborne remained a player at the Grand Ole Opry with his band, the Rocky Top X-Press, right up until his death. He was the oldest standing member of the Opry. → Read More
The Pentagon Will No Longer Offer Support to Moviemakers Who Censor Their Movies for China
A Pentagon document that says the U.S. military will no longer offer technical assistance to filmmakers unless they offer a pledge that the final product won't be altered for approval from the Chinese government. → Read More
Why Alan Alda Is Auctioning His 'M*A*S*H' Dog Tags and Boots After 40 Years
Every day for 11 seasons, actor Alan Alda donned the same dog tags and boots to play his character, Dr. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, on "M*A*S*H." → Read More
'A Compassionate Spy' Follows an American Physicist Who Gave Atomic Bomb Secrets to the Soviet Union
Theodore Hall was the youngest physicist working on the Manhattan Project, the American research project to build a nuclear weapon during World War II. → Read More
Anheuser-Busch CEO and Marine Vet Answers Hard Questions About Bud Light Marketing
Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth hired by Anheuser-Busch in 2013, and by 2021, he was leading the company as its chief executive. → Read More
'Against All Enemies' Explores Why Veterans Are Drawn to Extremism and the Danger They Could Pose
When veterans leave the military, they also leave their service family, and these right-wing paramilitary groups fill that hole. → Read More
Why the Fourth Commandant Is the Only One the Marine Corps Forgot
Historically, the Corps has been very proud of those who held its top post. Except for that one commandant. → Read More
Rebels at Vicksburg Vowed Revenge Against the Yankee Who Killed Their Camel
In the late 1850s, the U.S. Army experimented with using camels as pack animals in the American Southwest. → Read More
The 101st Airborne's 'Screaming Eagle' Has a Name and a Civil War History
The 101st Airborne Division has probably one of the most recognizable insignias in the U.S. military. → Read More
A New Book Introduces Children to History's Most Heroic Military Animals
A new children's book, "We Also Served: True Stories of Brave Animals in the Military and Other Heroic Tales," recounts the tales of history's most beloved animal combat veterans for the youngest of audiences. → Read More
Marine Corps Veteran Robert McCall Fights the Entire Sicilian Mafia in 'The Equalizer 3'
In the newest installment of “The Equalizer” series, McCall has moved to Southern Italy to escape his own past once again. → Read More