This article by Tim Cooper was originally published by Coffee or Die. Former military police Keith Dow and Army medic Tyler Carroll met in 2012 while they were still serving in the military and became close friends, bound by — among other things — a love of poetry and other forms of creative writing. They […]
First female recruits step on yellow footprints in San Diego
Military AffairsThis article by Ethan E. Rocke was originally published by Coffee or Die In a historic first for the Marine Corps, 60 female recruits stepped off buses and onto the iconic yellow footprints alongside hundreds of male recruits in front of the receiving barracks at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on Tuesday. The women will […]
Bessie Coleman: The world’s first black female civilian pilot
HistoryThe article by Matt Fratus was originally published by Coffee or Die. When John Coleman returned from France after fighting with the US Army in World War I, he told his younger sister Bessie about the French female pilots. He’d tease her that in Europe French women had opportunities to learn to fly, opportunities the South […]
‘You’re saving lives with this’ — How a hunting trip for veterans could be a national model for better health
LifestyleThis article by Ethan E. Rocke was originally published by Coffee or Die Steve Houghton’s rugged face shone orange in the firelight as he pulled in a deep breath of the frigid Montana backcountry air and shifted in his chair before taking his turn at a personal story. The stress lines of an often-furrowed brow and […]
6 military supersitions, their history and significance
LifestyleThis article by Téa Sambuco was originally published by Coffee or Die Humans have long been fascinated with the paranormal, the unusual, and the unexplained. These fascinations have helped turn us into the superstitious creatures we are today, and the superstitions we create aren’t limited to the lives of little old ladies telling stories over […]
China experimenting on humans to engineer ‘biologically enhanced’ soldiers, top US intel official says
FeaturedThis article from Nolan Peterson originally appeared on Coffee or Die The notion of super-soldiers enhanced with biotechnology like the fictional Captain America has long gripped the imaginations of comic book readers and moviegoers. However, as Oscar Wilde once wrote: “Life imitates art.” And a “Captain China” could soon be a reality, according to America’s […]
Veterans day salute to service: Stories of American heroes from every military branch
HistoryThis article by Matt Fratus originally appeared on Coffee or Die On Nov. 11, 1919, the United States commemorated “Armistice Day,” the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for annual recognition, and Armistice Day became a national holiday in 1938. President Dwight D. Eisenhower changed the name of […]
3 Books for warriors on warrior philosophy
LifestyleThis article by Mac Caltrider originally appeared on Coffee or Die There is a bottomless pit of self-help books claiming that by flipping through their pages one will miraculously transform into a “warrior.” They are books about sharpening your warrior mindset, unleashing your inner Viking, and morphing into a 21st-century ninja; books that sell by […]
A mysterious drone reveals a secret cat-and-mouse game of submarine warfare between Russia and NATO
TechThis article by Nolan Peterson originally appeared on Coffee or Die On Sept. 28, curious beachcombers discovered an odd vessel wedged into some rocks on a remote Scottish island. The roughly 10-foot-long, surfboard-shaped watercraft was bedecked with an array of solar panels and antennas. Not knowing what to make of it, the party of discoverers alerted […]
Marines head to Norway for training, underscoring an arctic showdown with China and Russia
NewsThis article by Nolan Peterson originally appeared on Coffee or Die While the Marine Corps transforms to fight an island-hopping war against China in the Pacific Ocean, the military branch is also keeping its eye on another region, many miles and Fahrenheit degrees distant from the balmy Pacific atolls and islands, which has also become […]
