Month: August 2018

Battle buddies for life? These veterans get together every 5 years to fight the same war


KABUL — They say that when you join the Army, you join a family. These battle buddies are proving it! Long after Devin Sharpe, Eric Burns, and Calvin Fischer met each other on a deployment to Afghanistan in 2003, these brothers in arms get back together every five years to chill out, remember the past, […]

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Google unveils new search tool to help infantrymen find jobs as security guards


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google has unveiled a new search tool to help Army and Marine infantrymen find jobs as security guards, truck drivers, and professional hitmen, sources confirmed today. In an announcement earlier this week, the Silicon Valley tech giant rolled out its job search tool in order to help military personnel transition to […]

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Army ‘Undercover Boss’ filming delayed after Major suffers hazing-induced heart attack


VICENZA, Italy — It was a simple concept. Invite the hit CBS reality show “Undercover Boss” to film a special Army-edition episode featuring 30 days of a field-grade officer going incognito as a junior first-term soldier. But the episode — which will air next year during Season 9 of the series — went horribly wrong, […]

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John McCain swiftly kicked out Heaven’s Officer Club


HEAVEN — The soul of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was tossed out of the Heaven Officer’s Club just hours after he entered the bar for angelic military officers, where witnesses say he was sliding shirtless across the bar top while shouting “carrier landings!” or as his fellow naval aviators simply described it, “just being John […]

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Retro Gem! We found the lost episode where Lassie stops Timmy from over-designing the F-35


HOLLYWOOD — “Ruff, ruff! What’s that girl? You’ll never be happy with an airframe that tries air to ground troop support that can also land on a carrier? Aww, girl. Thanks, Lassie!” And so starts the recently discovered lost tape from the beloved 1950s-1970s television show Lassie, where 19-year-old Timmy Martin, now off the farm and […]

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Navy plans to swell recruitment and retention through increased use of phallic imagery


THE PENTAGON — As part of a push to entice more young, strapping men to the Navy, the service announced a new campaign to increase the utilization of phallic imagery throughout the service, sources confirmed today. The Navy plans to double-down on efforts to place penis-shaped objects in recruitment materials and in naval workplaces around […]

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Archaeologists discover Roman soldier died waiting for Caesar to sign missing gear statement


PARIS — A recent discovery by a team of archaeologists in France has revealed that at least one Roman soldier perished in Rome’s Gallic Wars while waiting for Julius Caesar to sign his missing gear statement, sources confirmed today. The team found the soldier’s remains buried with a sheet of papyrus which clearly indicates it […]

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Point/Counterpoint: I struggle everyday as an amputee vs. My son’s Legos will never stop me


The following is a point/counterpoint article written by former Spc. Aaron Johnson, who lost his leg after his Humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan in 2008.  POINT: I lost my left leg 10 years ago. The docs told me I’d still live a normal life. COUNTERPOINT: He’s only four, but my […]

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Army announces double deep-fried jalapeño cheese ravioli burrito MRE


NATICK, Mass. — Army leaders have announced their next line of meals, ready to eat (MRE) will be four times the size of a regular meal and feature new items such as a double deep-fried jalapeño cheese ravioli burrito, sources confirmed today. The announcement of MRE #38, which has already been dubbed a “Mega MRE,” […]

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UN plan to invade America postponed for 26th year in a row


NEW YORK — The United Nations’ Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has quietly announced the postponement of its planned invasion of the United States for the 26th year in a row, sources confirmed today. “We’ve suffered another setback, unfortunately,” said Jean-Pierre Lacroix, under-secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, to a small group of reporters atop the […]

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