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Video: Afterburner takeoff F-16C Fighting Falcon
The 177th Fighter Wing, of the New Jersey Air National Guard (NJANG) posted this awesome takeoff video that will seriously give most people occupation envy.
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1,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized at Highway 111 Checkpoint
CBP | October 7, 2021
NLAND, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two United States citizens accused of smuggling fentanyl through an immigration checkpoint Monday mornin
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Buffalo Police officer says his comedy is unfairly hindering promotions
Officer Richard Hy has long served his community as a member of the Buffalo Police Department. He also has served the military, and first responder community through his comedy channels. You may better know him from the popular channel Angry Cops.
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See the tattoos inspired by the GWOT
A handful of Veteran artists banded together to give a proper pedestal to the tattoos wrought from their experiences during the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The group’s service-inspired artwork is compiled in a new book called For the Record: Tattoos of the GWOT Vol.
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RECAP: Senate hearing on the Afghanistan evacuation
For hours today, the top defense leaders during the Afghanistan evacuation, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, and CENTCOMM Commander Marine Corps General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., were all grilled by a group of Senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee over the mistakes made during the withdrawal.
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The Real Amazons: Warrior women of Scythia
Most people are at least subtly aware of the story of the Amazons, the giant female warriors who thirsted for the blood of men. The story has been rehashed enough to even earn a permanent spot in pop culture, in the form of Wonder Woman and her ilk.
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The first eyewitness account of the HKIA attack
U.S. Marine Major Ben Sutphen recently sat down with CBS Mornings’ David Martin to give the first eyewitness account of the events on Aug. 26. On that day, Sutphen and many others were wounded, or worse, by the suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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$2bn B-2 stealth bomber crash lands in Missouri
A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crash-landed at Whiteman AFB in Missouri yesterday. The costly $2 billion aircraft had a sudden “in-flight malfunction” in the early hours of Tuesday.
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A peek at the declassified 9/11 report
The Biden administration recently declassified a 2016 FBI report on follow-up investigations into the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The document sheds light on the connection between Saudi Arabian nationals residing in the U.S. at the time and certain Al-Qaeda hijackers.
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Grunt Style begins charity road trip
Pop Smoke Media has worked closely with Grunt Style’s philanthropy in the past. Thanks to our history, we were invited to help spread word about this exciting road trip, meant to upend how charity work is typically done. The premise behind the series is that writing a check can sometimes be impersonal. The challenges and events will highlight the people behind the charities, and the stories that brought them to life.
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Review: Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings
Beware, the following review contains mild spoilers, but nothing that will give away the movie.
Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is another Marvel Studios hit, deeply rooted in decades of comic-book lore stemming back to the early 1970s. This movie is stunning. Chinese Martial Arts were at the core of the origins of this character, and he has been a prominent comic-book hero in the Marvel Universe since. Eventually, he was recruited into the Avengers by Cap and Iron Man in the ‘Marvel NOW!’ comic run from 2012-2015.
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OpEd: My weekend thoughts, and future of this country
“Who will run our country when the ones in elected seats are no longer in office?”
This is a question I often think about. Where will our nation go in 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 years from now? Are we, veterans, going to sit back and watch our nation crumble and fall? Or will we stand up to the challenge of breaking comfortability and taking hold of where our country goes and how it’s molded?
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