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The Lighter Side of Service
Sometimes a soldier just needs to take a moment off and find the good things in life to laugh at – especially when on tour. As any one who knows someone in the military knows, our soldiers are often stuck “hurrying up to wait”. This is how they fill that downtime. Visit this website to... »
Rare Photos Of Pearl Harbor
We all know of the tragedy in 1941 that struck the U.S. Naval base located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. But you haven’t seen it the way that the pictures show it. Click here to see Pearl Harbor photos. »
Soldiers In Saddam’s Palace
I found this page over at Good.is. It is a series of photos showing troops inhabiting Saddam’s palaces in Iraq. The contrast between the opulent surroundings and the working soldiers is certainly an interesting one. »
Man Turns Himself Into A Living Memorial
The picture says it all. Former soldier Shaun Clark made a promise to tattoo the name of every soldier lost in Afghanistan, and he’s holding true to that promise. He now has 232 names permanently inked onto his back. Mr Clark, who served with the 8th Battalion Light Infantry Regiment from 1989 to 1996, was... »
Afghanistan In Photos
I found this site with some pretty spectacular photos from the front in Afghanistan. It helps give the sense of what the men and women in service are dealing with on a day to day basis. A window into their daily lives in service. Scenes from Afghanistan: The Sacramento Bee »
Compassion Knows No Boundries
This photo is touching. The wounded soldier is just a kid, and this photo does nothing to soften that reality. He’s someone son, sent out onto the battlefield to fight for someone else’s ideals, here wounded, in pain, and obviously scared. An American soldier, the enemy, is reaching out and taking care of him,... »
And You Thought Your Job Was Hard
At least you don’t have this guy’s job! But seriously, this takes the term “talented” to whole new levels. According to the website where I found this incredible image, the pilot is in the Guard and flies EMS helicopters in his civilian time. Amazing. »
“Faces Of The Fallen”
Thank you Washington Post for this list of our lost soldiers. We never want to forget the sacrifice they have made. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/ »
A Photographer’s Take
I ran across this website this morning. It was created by a man named Steven Curtis who was employed as a photographer during the Vietnam War. His about page mentions that he mostly was commissioned to photograph war images, but he personally was interested in capturing the human element in the midst of such... »
Rare Never-Before-Seen WWI Photos
Old photographic plates were discovered and saved by two men, Bernard Gardin and Dominique Zanardi. The amount of plates equaled to over 300, and they were in good enough condition to develop. The developed photos offer a new glimpse of what it might have been like to be a soldier on the front in... »