5 Video Games Worth Using as ‘Hip-Pocket Training’ There’s a thing in the Army called hip-pocket training. It’s training, usually at the noncommissioned officer (NCO) level...
Advocates and Gaming Companies Want More Research on Gambling Addiction in Military The group behind the 1-800-GAMBLER hotline has asked Congress to fund federal research on problem gambling among troops and...
How Tabletop War Games Build Strategy and Community Where modern games such as “Risk” reduce the complicated mechanics from those early games to make them easier to play...
The 10 Best Video Games to Drop You into Medieval and Fantasy Warfare Want to enjoy a nice weekend of castles, damsels and armored himbos? Grab a controller and pull up a chair; we’re going to...
What if Future Wars Were Fought by Mercenaries and Giant Robots? “MechWarriors 5: Clans” and its new expansion, “Ghost Bear: Flash Storm,” imagines intergalactic combat in 3050 with a...
An Alternate-History Channel on Reddit Is Gaming Out a Shockingly Realistic Second US Civil War Alternate history is fiction that imagines what would be different if some specific event was changed. A new alt-history...
'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' Is Coming True in Weird Ways Black Ops players are noting some weird coincidences between the 2025 in the game and the real 2025, such as stock-market...
4 Incredible USO Programs US Troops Might Not Know About While boosting morale is the USO’s stock-in-trade, the nonprofit wants service members and families to know they are so much...
The Worst Military Smells for Sony to Add to its Video Games Sony Entertainment has followed up a patent for adding smells in video games by actually adding smells in a live-experience...
This Civil War First-Person Shooter Is the Historically Accurate War Game You Never Knew You Needed It may sound like a parody title, but there is a real Civil War first-person shooter game where 350 players can engage in...
‘High Stress, High Stakes’: Behind-The-Scenes Look at Super Bowl Flyover “Celebrating America 250 and Super Bowl 60, we wanted to go big and really have that majestical display of air power for...
Why Some Disabled Veterans Can't Get Both VA Disability and Military Retirement Pay Military service members planning medical retirement face a critical decision point at the 20-year mark.
Veteran Who Served for Both Japanese and US Forces Turns 100 "Mino" Ohye, who pulled off quite a rare feat during his military service, celebrated his 100 birthday on Thursday in West...
How Former SEAC Ramón Colón-López Is Redefining Leadership After Service After serving as the nation’s top enlisted leader, Ramón “CZ” Colón-López explains what real leadership requires—and why his...
This 20-Year-Old Sacrificed His Life and Became the First Black Marine Medal of Honor Recipient Every February, Black History Month shines a light on Americans whose contributions shaped the nation. One belongs to Pfc...