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Soldiers set up concertina wire to keep the migrant caravan horde at bay in Nov. 2018. (Photo by Senior Arman Alexandra Minor/U.S. Air Force) By BYOBooyah EL PASO, Texas — Soldiers currently deployed to the U.S. southern border have begun asking their congressional representatives if they’re allowed to redeploy home yet following a Pentagon announcement […]
The man’s hunched-over back was a dead giveaway that he was a staff officer, scientists said. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) By Bull Winkle NAPLES, Italy — The remarkable discovery of the remains of a Roman soldier buried in ash from the first century Mount Vesuvius eruption offers evidence that staff work has been a literal killer […]
By Cat Astronaut JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Local veteran Gabe Clammers expressed genuine gratitude today that he has post-traumatic stress disorder to blame for every single one of his shortcomings as a human being, sources confirmed today. “Haven’t had a job in 5 years? That’s PTSD’s fault. Treat my friends and family like garbage and scream […]
Dear reader, I recently moved Duffel Blog from a website to an email newsletter hosted on a platform called Substack. The primary and perhaps unsurprising reason? 2020. Duffel Blog has never made a ton of money. It’s been kept alive mostly by the amazing writing of its military veteran contributors who do it more for […]
By Bull Winkle HARRISBURG, Pa. — Election officials in Pennsylvania confirmed the final count of thousands of mail-in ballots from Union Army soldiers today which ensured a second term for President Abraham Lincoln. Republican Party leaders and the Trump campaign quickly claimed that Army ballots should count for the 2020 election despite the fact that […]
A mouth full of Skoal may lower the accuracy of results from genetic testing. (U.S. Army photo.) By Blondes Over Baghdad FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Army Staff Sgt. Brian O’Malley, a petroleum handling specialist with four combat deployments under his belt, was excited to see the results of a 23andMe genetic test he got as […]
Retired Gen. John Allen, president of the Brookings Institution (left) and Marine Gen. John Allen (right), the commander of all American and international forces in Afghanistan Pentagon officials announced earlier this week that thousands of U.S. troops would be leaving Afghanistan before President Donald Trump leaves office in January. Here to debate this controversial decision […]
Simba the .50-cal. Roomba is a loyal American soldier, handy to have around, whatever a platoon’s sweeping needs might be. By As for Class FORT POLK, La. — A DARPA experiment in which scientists mounted a .50-caliber machine gun on top of an iRobot Roomba 6000 vacuum cleaner did not result in the programmable sentry […]
Gen. Paul E. Funk II has some fundamental advice for you about being a soldier. It does not involve reading a lot of words. (Photo: Army Training and Doctrine Command) WASHINGTON — A poll of general officers across the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps — and whatever the Coast Guard and Navy have — […]
The President-elect wants to get America back in the business of building a consensus around the use of overwhelming force. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse) WASHINGTON — After promising a return to normalcy after four turbulent years under his predecessor, President-elect Joe Biden took concrete steps in that direction today by pledging […]