If it seemed that advertisers were trying more than ever this year to create Super Bowl commercials in hopes they’d go viral, you were right.
Next Thing You Know, They’ll Be in Combat
Army Surgeon General Patricia Horoho tries on the new tactical vest specifically designed for the female body.
Has the Banking Industry Really Been Fixed?
The banking sector still faces big challenges, but greater transparency will boost investor confidence and also encourage banks to manage risk better internally.
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Women at War
Talk about timing!
Two weeks after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta opens combat positions to women, Tanya Biank is publishing Undaunted: The Real Story of America’s Servicewomen in Today’s Military. The daughter, sister and …
Alabama Hostage Crisis Ends: Boy Rescued, Kidnapper Is Dead
Police say a hostage situation at a bunker in Midland City, Ala., has ended after a seven-day standoff between police and a 65-year-old gunman who kidnapped a 5-year-old boy from a school bus after shooting its driver to death
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A Cowering Country
Here at Battleland, we continue to believe one of the most insidious impacts of 9/11 was to put the nation into a perpetual defensive crouch that American heroes ranging from Davy Crockett to Sergeant Alvin York to John Wayne …
Commander-In-Arms
The White House released a photo of President Obama skeet shooting at Camp David this weekend, which got us wondering at Swampland, what other presidents shoot? Check out our photo gallery to find out
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The Navy Ethos
The accompanying photograph is painful to see. It not only documents the “complete loss” of the $277 million USS Guardian minesweeper, which ran aground off the Philippines last month, but it is likely to signal the end of one or …
The Wonderful Weirdness of Super Bowl XLVII
A blackout, wild momentum swings, fodder for second guessing: this Super Bowl had it all. How the Baltimore Ravens pulled off the win.
Headin’ Home
A Stryker vehicle squeezes through the Dab Pass in the eastern part of the country Jan. 19, preparing to head for home.
Just Who Do They Represent: At Hagel Hearing, Concern for Israel Tops U.S. Troops in Combat
When Senator Mike Lee took his turn to cross-examine defense-secretary nominee Chuck Hagel during last Thursday’s confirmation hearing, he expressed considerable concern for Israel’s security.
“Let’s say those
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American Cipher: 1 in 2.5 Million
You probably only learned over the weekend about only one of the more than 2.5 million U.S. military veterans who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq since 9/11. That would be Eddie Ray Routh, 25, a onetime Marine who allegedly …
Thanks to Colin Kaepernick, 49ers Won Super Bowl for Team Merchandise Sales
The San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick doesn’t play or look like a prototypical quarterback along the lines of Tom Brady or Peyton Manning.