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New Call of Duty game to feature Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter
Call of Duty is once again putting a real hero on the roster. Activision announced that Modern Warfare 4, launching Oct. 23, will include the Call of Duty Endowment Valor Pack as day-one downloadable content, adding retired Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter as a playable character.Carpenter earned the nation’s highest military honor for his actions on Nov. 21, 2010, in Marjah,…
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New Call of Duty game to feature Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter
Call of Duty is once again putting a real hero on the roster. Activision announced that Modern Warfare 4, launching Oct. 23, will include the Call of Duty Endowment Valor Pack as day-one downloadable content, adding retired Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter as a playable character.Carpenter earned the nation’s highest military…
From tanks and rifles to Dungeons and Dragons: Veteran’s experience shaped game’s famous artwork
Before Larry Elmore became one of the artists behind Dungeons & Dragons’ popular imagery, he was drawing tanks and rifles for the U.S. Army. Elmore has been drawing for as long as he can remember, but growing up in a family with limited means meant his family had to ration…
TSA stops Alabama traveler for Civil War-era cannonballs in luggage
A bag belonging to a traveler tripped TSA alarms on July 18 after officers discovered Civil War-era cannonballs in the individual’s luggage, the first cannon-related mishap since JPMorgan’s polarizing legal proceedings. Roll Tide. The inert cannonballs, which were — naturally — wrapped in paper towels, were discovered during the baggage…
Review: New wargame captures uncertainty of the American Revolution
Shrouded in myth and pride, the conception of the Revolutionary War is of redcoats marching stiffly through fields and woods while being picked off by wily colonists hiding behind trees, all to the tune of Johnny Horton’s “The Battle of New Orleans” (“we fired our guns, and the British kept…
Army contractor swindles over $1 million … in MREs
For one U.S. Army soldier-turned-contractor, the lure of a processed lemon poppy seed poundcake seemingly proved too tempting to resist.Joseph Lavar Davis, 47, was convicted of stealing over $1.1 million worth of the military’s pre-packaged Meals-Ready-to-Eat, or MREs, in El Paso, Texas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas,…
Visa battle for mother of Cape Verde footballer puts spotlight on nation and its military heritage
The battle over a visa for the mother of a revered soccer goalie has put a spotlight on the archipelago of Cape Verde, whose residents have a storied legacy of service in the U.S. military, including one sailor who some researchers consider to be the first African-born recipient of the…