Blake Stilwell

From the earliest settlers and the Revolutionary War, American soldiers have been a transformative force shaping history.

Ridley Scott’s two “Gladiator” movies aren’t exactly real history, but they are based on real history.

It's a well-documented fact that the Founding Fathers of the United States of America enjoyed a drink. George Washington served beer to anyone who dropped in.

Cher's more formal look in her 1989 music video, "If I Could Turn Back Time," filmed aboard the battleship USS Missouri. (Criteron Studios)

Military.com | By Blake Stilwell and Jared Keller Published November 22, 2024

People taking a great American road trip through the Great Plains and western parts of the United States will find vast, flat expanses and encounter places that seem untouched by civilization. At first glance, it might appear that there's no way anyone could live or work in these tracts of unoccupied spaces, but more often than not, hundreds of people are living and working out there on the world's most lethal weapon: the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

Military.com | By Blake Stilwell Published November 25, 2024 at 1:14pm ET

Few technologies have captured the attention of so many people around the world like blockchain. Some of us understand how it works.

For the chosen few who get left behind, either because their duties call for it or because they don’t have enough leave, it can be a pretty depressing time.

Before longtime game-show host Chuck Woolery started his decades-long career on television, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.