• Military service members, veterans invited to show appreciation to their spouses on Military Spouse Appreciation Day

    May 8 is Military Spouse Appreciation Day in Texas, and military service members and veterans are invited to show appreciation and affection to their spouses on the home front.

  • The Dark Heart of Modern Chess

    "Chess has never been more popular, but its ugly side has also never been more exposed."

  • Modern-day lessons from Hiroshima

    Editor’s note: The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial of Our Land here. For four decades, I’ve had a recurring nightmare in […]

  • Guide to Military Education Benefits and Resources

    Service members and their dependents have many opportunities to get help with education before, during and after they serve.

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    MCLBB's Military Working Dog Section

    The Military Working Dog section at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, named the kennels after Sgt. Adam Cann, a marine who lost his life in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006 during the attack of a suicide bomber. The current MWD handlers, trainer and kennel master accept a photo of Sgt. Cann and we briefly highlight them and their dogs and the work of the MWD section at MCLB Barstow.

  • Mourning Migrants—with the Military’s Permission

    It’s April Fool’s Day in Eagle Pass, but there’s nothing to laugh about here. On a cloudy spring evening, a dozen activists and spiritual leaders gather in a circle—just feet from the bank of the Rio Grande and a miles-long maze of concertina wire—with white carnations, daisies, and hymn lyrics in hand. This group has […]

  • When ancient history meets a modern conflict

    Pyotr Tolochko, the pre-eminent historian and archeologist of Kievan Rus, passed away quietly in Kyiv, Ukraine, late last month at the age of 87. Tolochko devoted his entire life to studying the early history of Ukraine, including 30 years as head of the Institute of Archeology of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.His hundreds of scholarly articles and more than two dozen monographs led to international acclaim and appointments at several European and international academies, as well as two...

  • Military must evolve fast – Gibo

    The Armed Forces of the Philippines must evolve fast and “try to focus on actual soldiering” because of threats to a “free and open” Asia-Pacific region, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. said on Friday.

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    Exploring Team Tyndall: Military spouses

    Team Tyndall is characterized by various groups of people, active-duty military personnel, friends, significant others, contractors and many more, all of which contribute to one team, one fight. Established in 1984, Military Spouse Appreciation Day is observed the Friday before Mother’s Day each year to honor the unique contributions and sacrifices they make in addition to that of the serving member.

  • India withdraws all military personnel from Maldives

    The Maldivian government had set May 10 as the deadline for New Delhi to pull out all its soldiers from the island nation.

  • PHOTOS: Underwater Military Museum in Jordan

    A diver swims next to a submerged military vehicle at the Underwater

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    Kirk Goldsberry on Mapping Modern Basketball

    Kirk Goldsberry is an acclaimed basketball writer, a sports analytics-professor at the University of Texas, and a former strategic-research executive with the San Antonio Spurs, but first and foremost, he’s a mapmaker—he’s the Magellan of the modern NBA, using charts and infographics to show us the unseen truth of the game hiding right in front of our eyes. He made his name more than a decade ago, during the halcyon days of what came to be known as “NBA Twitter,” by gathering up all the...