http://feed.informer.com/digests/4KVBIQUXLK/feeder Entertainment - Military.com.com Originals Respective post owners and feed distributors Wed, 19 Jul 2023 23:45:32 +0000 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/01/31/new-netflix-documentary-surviving-black-hawk-down-interviews-both-sides-of-battle-of-mogadishu-32.html Entertainment urn:uuid:33d6ec64-1bd2-d8e5-4cd5-d8a249c1c051 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:18:55 +0000 Though both U.S. Army leaders and journalists have meticulously documented how the Battle of Mogadishu unfolded decades ago, Netflix is bringing something new to our memory of the incident. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/real-military-history-behind-all-your-favorite-feudal-japan-video-games.html Entertainment urn:uuid:7b93ee19-e0b9-e74e-8f00-1a9cae4feebd Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:47:53 +0000 With “Ghosts of Yotei” and “Assassin’s Creed: Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going to be on a lot of gamers’ minds this year. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/01/30/brothers-after-war-filmmaker-teams-gary-sinise-reunite-iraq-war-veterans-20-years-later.html Entertainment urn:uuid:d80d14d7-3765-acfc-ce06-2589bad10606 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 19:57:21 +0000 Jake Rademacher's new film, "Brothers After War," sees the filmmaker reconnect with the American troops with whom he embedded two decades prior for the documentary "Brothers at War." https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/01/30/circle-makes-its-rounds-ncis-producer-chas-floyd-johnson-military-service-and-hollywood-success.html Entertainment urn:uuid:806e6211-be5d-0426-91d3-494be7ac43be Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:52:57 +0000 Chas. Floyd Johnson is the executive producer for the long-running CBS TV series “NCIS” and won an Emmy for his work on “The Rockford Files.” https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/01/30/ken-burns-returns-pbs-new-documentary-american-revolution.html Entertainment urn:uuid:72d3ad6f-c6b5-7438-9e71-fc77536d26cf Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:25:43 +0000 An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written generations ago amid a violent conflict. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/books/2025/01/27/kidnapped-sea-dispels-old-sea-story-of-black-sailor-confederate-navy.html Entertainment urn:uuid:69c9ddac-3238-4960-68cc-f81e0dc25ed2 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:03:29 +0000 “Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White” tells the tale of a free Black man captured during one of the Alabama’s many raids and forced into serving the racist, self-serving rebel captain Raphael Semmes. https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/01/23/watch-how-air-force-pjs-make-daring-high-altitude-rescue-mount-rainier.html Entertainment urn:uuid:708d1993-2175-4dc1-93d8-4426d84df4b2 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:20:58 +0000 Naveed Jamali, a veteran and former spy, hosts Newsweek's ongoing web series, "Unconventional," taking a behind-the-scenes look at some of the U.S. military's most interesting and least-recognized missions. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/whats-worst-war-movie-ever-made.html Entertainment urn:uuid:25205d58-2a25-51b7-2df6-5883e500fbee Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:45:30 +0000 You've shared the best war movies of all time with us. Now we want to hear your thoughts about the worst ones. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/01/22/hear-firsthand-accounts-six-triple-eight-free-online-documentary-screening.html Entertainment urn:uuid:e841e041-a7ff-dbec-f91d-463cd8356cb8 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:33:26 +0000 The trailblazing soldiers depicted in the Netflix film are featured in a free virtual screening of an informative documentary on February 5, 2025. Here's how to reserve a seat. https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/01/21/new-vietnam-war-documentary-series-apple-tv-gets-personal-veterans-and-civilians.html Entertainment urn:uuid:ace56766-981a-bae7-60a1-b73b0aefb02c Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:12:21 +0000 In commemoration of the final end of the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon, Apple TV+ will premiere a new documentary that looks at the war, its impact back in the United States and in Vietnam, all told by the veterans and civilians who lived it. https://www.military.com/off-duty/2025/01/16/bob-uecker-army-veteran-and-longtime-baseball-announcer-dies-90.html Entertainment urn:uuid:60ce388e-9d39-0219-fa5e-571138a579df Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:53:11 +0000 Before becoming a Baseball Hall of Famer, Uecker played the sport in high school and in the Army before landing a gig in the majors. https://www.military.com/history/john-waynes-transformative-visit-us-troops-vietnam.html Entertainment urn:uuid:a6a97b51-e851-7485-820d-04fd9466e32e Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:06:32 +0000 While Wayne traveled to Southeast Asia, anti-war protests, draft-card burnings and marches decrying American troops’ involvement became more prevalent. https://www.military.com/off-duty/music/battle-songs-defined-global-war-terrorism-according-service-members-and-veterans.html Entertainment urn:uuid:ef7cb3be-e0ec-8b66-52c6-7f49936845ca Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:40:42 +0000 We asked U.S. troops and veterans what songs defined their service during the Global War on Terrorism. Here's what they had to say. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/best-rarely-seen-war-movies-according-service-members-and-veterans.html Entertainment urn:uuid:7a8ee48d-911f-5d8c-6096-226580273f70 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:46:40 +0000 These are the best rarely seen war movies, according to a Military.com survey of U.S. service members and veterans. https://www.military.com/off-duty/2025/01/09/why-president-gerald-ford-decided-not-play-football-lions-or-packers.html Entertainment urn:uuid:6aee8e1c-3c2a-69a9-8706-d22095f0a867 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:15:16 +0000 When future President Gerald Ford graduated from the University of Michigan, he faced a choice that might have been decided very differently today: to join the NFL or try for law school. https://www.military.com/history/aircraft-flight-jackets-and-pins-how-walt-disneys-characters-inspired-troops-wwii.html Entertainment urn:uuid:f3252035-b078-4b5d-4c0a-ca906531ff14 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:36:23 +0000 During World War II, the company that has grown to become an entertainment, theme-park and merchandising empire today created more than 1,200 pieces of military heraldry for the various U.S. service branches and other Allied troops. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/01/07/helldivers-2-video-game-getting-movie-adaptation-sony.html Entertainment urn:uuid:56708053-a674-f27f-56eb-e5dac89fcb8d Tue, 07 Jan 2025 20:02:15 +0000 The third-person shooter burst onto the scene in February 2024, with screenshots of armor-clad shock troops fighting robots on a tropical-looking world that made many commenters liken the game to a kind of “Space Vietnam.” https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/these-11-game-of-year-contenders-belong-your-barracks-video-game-collection.html Entertainment urn:uuid:2fa043d3-d631-9c79-d3c5-ba17d0d07f23 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:25:51 +0000 The Game of the Year Awards seek to highlight games that show technical and creative excellence, and 2024 was a pretty good year for that. https://www.military.com/history/other-christmas-truce.html Entertainment urn:uuid:c9269fe4-a52c-0c4b-2cc5-fc8b8cc7b59f Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:59:51 +0000 Cue the Ken Burns documentary music: We have a Civil War story for you. Joanna Guldin https://www.military.com/off-duty/heres-how-us-military-celebrates-hanukkah.html Entertainment urn:uuid:781f4f92-8f13-a71b-5723-d375a92ec562 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:47:46 +0000 Here’s what Hanukkah festivities look like on base, at war, on ships and everywhere in between. https://www.military.com/off-duty/11-memorable-military-holiday-stories-told-service-members-and-veterans.html Entertainment urn:uuid:1b033232-1c4f-c65c-d109-1aa585187dbd Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:02:47 +0000 We asked Military.com readers to share their most memorable holiday stories while in uniform, and they did not disappoint. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2024/12/19/warfare-real-time-iraq-war-combat-film-navy-seal-and-director-of-civil-war.html Entertainment urn:uuid:097ed476-c0ea-1360-8e49-b4b6fd925105 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:44:54 +0000 Scheduled for release in 2025, "Warfare" follows a team of SEALs holed up in an Iraqi home, following their action in real time, telling the story of that day from the memories of the American service members who fought their way out of an insurgent attack. https://www.military.com/off-duty/13-vietnam-era-holiday-stories-remember-told-veterans.html Entertainment urn:uuid:5783ff4d-ec17-1a90-6f28-db29a92e973e Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:43:50 +0000 Christmas in the military is certainly different than celebrating the holidays as a civilian, and Christmas during war is an entirely unique experience from anything else. https://www.military.com/off-duty/2024/12/12/best-showdown-of-army-navy-game-actually-takes-place-away-gridiron.html Entertainment urn:uuid:29ac970e-5e37-7f59-b8d1-25d9049a3df9 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:52:08 +0000 The respective military service academy's debate teams have met every year at the Army-Navy Game since 2012, performing an exhibition match for onlookers to witness not only a meeting of some of the best burgeoning minds America has to offer, but also a frank, relevant debate about U.S. military policy. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2024/12/12/chinese-filmmaker-remembers-victims-of-wwii-tragedy-sinking-of-lisbon-maru.html Entertainment urn:uuid:f8016338-35f8-84c9-376c-57a8238f7ba1 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:13:24 +0000 The sinking of the Lisbon Maru was a tragedy that got lost in the seemingly endless loss of life that was the Pacific Theater of World War II. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/2024/12/11/5-fun-ways-enjoy-army-navy-game-those-forced-watch-it.html Entertainment urn:uuid:51230b87-99f3-6e6a-e702-f5b889d964fb Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:59:21 +0000 Many people are forced to watch the Army-Navy Game, either because it's the only game on that particular Saturday or because it's part of some mandatory funday in a unit ruled by an academy alum. https://www.military.com/off-duty/2024/12/10/who-wore-it-best-brief-history-of-army-navy-game-special-uniforms.html Entertainment urn:uuid:d54ae17b-3297-20cd-8dda-acf6cd77eeab Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:25:30 +0000 Nearly every year since 2008, the Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen have arrived at their annual rivalry game wearing a new, different uniform than the classics they wear during the regular season. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2024/12/09/six-triple-eight-powerful-tribute-armys-first-all-black-all-woman-battalion.html Entertainment urn:uuid:8b2d5b03-1ce9-73e7-8e75-baa3fb189eb4 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 23:01:05 +0000 The ugly job of sorting mail was meant to demean the women of the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II. Instead, it allowed them to shine. https://www.military.com/off-duty/2024/12/05/greatest-service-academy-football-lineup-army-navy-game-history.html Entertainment urn:uuid:821933cd-0712-6568-c145-6ae86e03b75f Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:17:21 +0000 At least eight of the young men on the 1912 Army football team became highly ranked military officers who led troops in as many as three major international conflicts: World War I, World War II and the Korean War. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/05/80-years-ago-historic-army-navy-game-captivated-nation-during-world-war-ii.html Entertainment urn:uuid:398b7c34-c1eb-fdcd-661b-b7ddf6b0a06a Thu, 05 Dec 2024 21:45:41 +0000 The 1944 Army-Navy Game pitted the top two ranked teams in college football that season and raised more than $58 million for the war effort.