Blake Stilwell

1 week ago | military.com | Blake Stilwell

Michelle Lang believes she’s leading the only organization whose sole focus is supporting veterans living in rural America. If anyone out there knows of another group or individual who is actively supporting rural veterans, she wants to hear from you, but she’s never found another. “I’m from a rural community in Pennsylvania. Living at different bases, we always had access to a ton of resources,” Lang told Military.com.

1 week ago | military.com | Blake Stilwell

Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns once called the Civil War "the most important event in American history," because it's "an unbelievable guide to who we are." The Revolutionary War is important, but in a different way. "Once you have a country, there's no event more important," he clarified to Military.com. "But 'The American Revolution' is the story of how we got a country."Burns, of course, has already covered the Civil War over the course of his career.

2 weeks ago | military.com | Blake Stilwell

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2 weeks ago | military.com | Blake Stilwell

"Teams that say they're elite aren't elite until they start performing," Gen. Mark D. Kelly, the Air Force officer in charge of Air Combat Command, says in the new Netflix documentary film, "Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds."The Air Combat Command commander makes the final decision in certifying who gets to be a member of the Air Force's Thunderbirds air demonstration team and perform for the American people.

2 weeks ago | wearethemighty.com | Blake Stilwell

It’s a popular sight on television and in movies. Many of us have seen it in paintings or ancient frescoes. Gladiators battling lions for the glory of being in the arena were a popular spectacle of life in ancient Rome. At least, we all thought they were. The truth is that there was no actual physical evidence that gladiators actually fought lions – until now. An archeological site at the Roman city of Eboracum (which is today the English city of York) uncovered a mass graveyard.