If you enjoy drinking Mountain Dew and are really, really good at playing video games, you may just have a career in the military… and you might even get a medal for your bravery. The Pentagon is creating a new high-level military medal that will recognize drone pilots and, in a controversial twist, giving it
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Army Testing Laser Guided Lightning Bolt Weapon
It was only a matter of time before someone harnessed the power of the lightning bolt and turned into a weapon (Nikola Tesla?). Ok, so they are not really using Mother Nature’s lightning bolts (cause that would be way too cool), but a U.S. Army lab is testing how lasers can create an energized plasma
How Low can you go? Insane Low B-52 Flyby
You are not looking at a jet fighter… this is in fact a B-52 Stratofortress flying so low next to the USS Ranger aircraft carrier, that the pilot could probably reach out and touch the ocean. Fighters are fun, but bombers make national policy…that’s probably because the behemoth weights 265,000-pounds and has 185-foot wingspan. This
What happens when you run out of Ammo in Afghanistan
This is what happens when you run out of ammo in Afghanistan…I was expecting something funny, totally unexpected.
Lunatic Lawn-Chair Balloonist Plans Flight over Iraq
Remember that Oregon man who floated to Idaho in 2008 in a lawn chair? He is now setting out on an adventure that involves becoming the first lawn chair balloonist to traverse the now-more-or-less peaceful skies over Iraq – and raise money for Iraqi children. Kent Couch, who runs a gas station in Bend, Ore.,
I am the .001%
A photo sent to the Chive of one of our Army servicemen who’d like his voice to be heard. I’m not sure this is a total reaction against Occupy Wall Street. I think this is a guy giving his take on life as he sees it, from his perspective, nothing wrong with that.
Dog Refuses to Leave Dead Navy SEAL’s side – Truly Man’s Best Friend
Undeniable proof that dog is truly man’s best friend. ‘Hawkeye ‘paid his last respects his best friend, Marine Jon Tumilson by walking up to the casket, lying down in front of it, and heaving a sigh. Navy SEAL U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jon T. Tumilson was among the 30 American troops killed August
