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Gore meets Hallmark: ‘The Channel’ is a disastrous Marine heist movie

“The Channel” premieres on limited release July 14, 2023.

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1864 letter recounts Confederate soldier’s masturbation addiction

To this day, desperate cries of “It’s Johnny Reb, not Johnny Rub!” echo throughout the South.

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Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ epic looks poised to conquer

"Napoleon" is coming to theaters in November.

How the voice of Transformers’ Optimus Prime was inspired by a Marine

“There’s a calmness to Optimus Prime, and yet a gentility and strength and honor and dignity, that are synonymous with the Marines."

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‘Yellowstone’ creator Taylor Sheridan to launch military spy series

"Special Ops: Lioness" debuts Sunday, July 23.

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Propaganda film casts Chinese Army as saintly liberators

The two-minute video is a cartoonish depiction of the country’s military as a saintly.

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A military man in combat in a scene from the 2001 film "Black Hawk Down."

43 of the most timeless war movies ever made

If looking for war movies to binge, try these absolute classics.

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Wrong ball: Soldier’s ‘donkey kick’ leads to soccer tourney scuffle

“The problem with adult men playing soccer is that they take it too seriously,” the referee reflected.

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A view from inside one of the landing craft after U.S. troops hit the water during the Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France.

Let’s debunk the 3 biggest myths of D-Day

Today we are breaking down fact from fiction, myth from verity.

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Why colorblindness disqualifies military pilot hopefuls

Each service has its own vision requirements for enlistment or commission. But within the branches, specific occupations have different standards.

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Do we owe a teen sailor thanks for creating doughnuts as we know them?

“I took the cover off the ship’s tin pepper box, and — I cut into the middle of that donut the first hole ever seen by mortal eyes!”

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Graphic novel tells story of World War I’s ‘most outstanding soldier’

"General John Pershing recognized Samuel Woodfill as the most outstanding soldier of the First World War."

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‘Ghosts of Beirut’ spotlights decades-long CIA hunt for terror leader

The 25-year manhunt launched in the wake of the 1983 Beirut bombings form the basis of the four-part Showtime series “Ghosts of Beirut."

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