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/2025/05/22/latest-season-of-deep-cover-podcast-dives-one-of-biggest-stolen-valor-cases-ever.html Entertainment urn:uuid:c53af884-a3e2-5d64-200e-d2bda04d6c25 Thu, 22 May 2025 15:23:54 +0000 For anyone who's ever wondered what makes a civilian pose as a veteran for personal gain, the sixth season of the "Deep Cover" podcast might have an answer. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/05/22/gem-of-movie-about-airmans-brush-death-holds-80-years-later.html Entertainment urn:uuid:71bf1aaa-da9d-3d1f-8ba0-b96eb6b3a8b5 Thu, 22 May 2025 13:05:59 +0000 “A Matter of Life and Death” is a romantic fantasy that centers around a British airman’s love for a U.S. Army Air Corps radio operator during World War II. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/05/20/americas-best-pilots-get-netflix-documentary-treatment-air-force-elite-thunderbirds.html Entertainment urn:uuid:4a1bd723-a30b-4670-927e-81ffbb12b54e Tue, 20 May 2025 18:52:09 +0000 The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds air demonstration team performs 75 demonstrations every year and has never canceled a show due to a maintenance issue. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/05/16/army-veteran-and-walking-tall-actor-joe-don-baker-dies-89.html Entertainment urn:uuid:cd1d6fec-bf32-955b-8af7-ae7923fcb756 Fri, 16 May 2025 18:15:55 +0000 Baker, a former Texas football player who served two years in the U.S. Army before making his television debut, died on May 7, 2025, in Los Angeles, according to a family announcement. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/05/09/billion-dollar-spy-real-story-of-only-russian-agent-whose-portrait-hangs-cia-headquarters.html Entertainment urn:uuid:44cd18a4-6f24-e1fc-beed-e238c75fb59e Fri, 09 May 2025 21:16:51 +0000 The upcoming film, based on a book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author David E. Hoffman, stars Russell Crowe, Tony Goldwyn, Rufus Sewell and Justin Theroux. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/2025/05/09/alternate-history-channel-reddit-gaming-out-shockingly-realistic-second-us-civil-war.html Entertainment urn:uuid:e7c46adf-9b18-f22b-02a8-6f4f3b611af3 Fri, 09 May 2025 17:31:24 +0000 Alternate history is fiction that imagines what would be different if some specific event was changed. A new alt-history timeline is attracting attention on Reddit: What would it be like if the 2024 election was contested and a civil war erupted? https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/05/07/james-camerons-first-non-avatar-film-titanic-about-man-who-survived-both-atomic-bombs.html Entertainment urn:uuid:15322dca-d17e-5b07-d401-872f4e74a733 Wed, 07 May 2025 14:12:32 +0000 Tsutomu Yamaguchi's story is the subject of author Charles Pellegrino's new book "Ghosts of Hiroshima," which is due to hit bookshelves on Aug. 5, 2025, in time to mark the 80th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/05/05/everything-you-need-know-about-gi-film-festival-its-10th-anniversary.html Entertainment urn:uuid:f43dea31-b93f-90fc-0d71-6f42aa6e4ead Mon, 05 May 2025 20:42:44 +0000 In 2025, America's largest military film festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is coming with a slate of films, shorts and documentaries that rival anything it featured in years past. https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/04/30/netflixs-latest-turning-point-documentary-no-holds-barred-look-vietnam-war.html Entertainment urn:uuid:01207e87-e66b-ac16-f528-990581d935cf Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:23:11 +0000 April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the end of South Vietnam and the conclusion of the Vietnam War. https://www.military.com/off-duty/games/call-of-duty-black-ops-ii-coming-true-weird-ways.html Entertainment urn:uuid:ee43dbd9-b3a7-f7d3-9679-ed11916e4399 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:42:30 +0000 Black Ops players are noting some weird coincidences between the 2025 in the game and the real 2025, such as stock-market crashes, a trade war with China and a massive drone attack launched from the USS Barack Obama.Oh, that last part might still be fiction. Logan Nye https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/how-my-dead-friend-zoe-reflects-its-directors-real-life-military-experiences.html Entertainment urn:uuid:7129736f-03bd-e3a7-b9a1-8192c740244c Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:54:40 +0000 "My Dead Friend Zoe" -- now available on several streaming services -- is inspired by the experiences of director and co-writer Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, an Army veteran who deployed to Iraq and received the Bronze Star Medal for his service. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/04/25/my-dead-friend-zoe-delivers-eye-opening-message-military-veterans.html Entertainment urn:uuid:7cc2ea60-4291-ad87-c602-818af5b0a9c3 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:46:44 +0000 In "My Dead Friend Zoe," a female Afghanistan veteran -- engaged in a mysterious relationship with a wise-cracking (and dead) best friend from the Army -- reluctantly reunites with her estranged Vietnam vet grandfather at the family's ancestral lake house. https://www.military.com/off-duty/2025/04/24/malcolm-gladwells-medal-of-honor-podcast-back-season-2-new-host.html Entertainment urn:uuid:78bc8826-8ae7-d921-29d8-bed85d05e378 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:53:26 +0000 Beyond simply retelling the amazing Medal of Honor stories, Gladwell took the venture a step further, exploring why ordinary soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines suddenly risk their lives in these incredible tales of gallantry. https://www.military.com/off-duty/2025/04/22/new-podcast-national-wwii-museum-revisits-most-consequential-year-modern-history.html Entertainment urn:uuid:01d0cdbc-b5de-9d6c-a952-82a7b07ef58e Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:15:30 +0000 The first episode of the series covers January-March 1945, which includes the battles of Iwo Jima and Manila, the firebombing of Tokyo, the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and the Yalta Conference. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/04/22/liberator-adversary-how-us-portrayed-south-korean-war-films.html Entertainment urn:uuid:c7f15a3a-1ab6-e2f0-7c5d-47f72f1d2150 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:39:24 +0000 For American audiences, the Korean War is often called “the Forgotten War.” But in South Korean cinema, it has never been forgotten. https://www.military.com/off-duty/books/new-book-follows-dutch-civilians-who-came-adopt-and-care-american-graves-wwii.html Entertainment urn:uuid:735e2952-c20c-fc85-8daa-d02b64903a78 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:44:09 +0000 Robert Edsel's new book, "Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II" revolves around 12 people whose lives were intertwined over six years of warfare. https://www.military.com/off-duty/books/2025/04/17/what-life-of-navy-fighter-pilot-really-looks.html Entertainment urn:uuid:563b2860-c8a7-b00a-b6d4-c566ce0e9252 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:44:36 +0000 It never occurred to Vincent Aiello that he could join the military and become a pilot until an eye-opening conversation with his stepfather while he was in high school, which he recounts in his recently released book, "Through the Yellow Visor." https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/04/10/warfare-one-of-best-war-movies-of-post-9-11-era.html Entertainment urn:uuid:a14358fc-3163-6255-cbc8-0b04fab00078 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:17:28 +0000 "Warfare" is a must-see that brings full combat immersion, miles of depth and natural believability, making for one of the best war films of all time. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/04/09/4-questions-warfare-filmmakers-alex-garland-and-ray-mendoza.html Entertainment urn:uuid:7078b5f7-b6ec-35bf-67fd-9afe2ee64054 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:18:54 +0000 24's "Warfare" has a relatively simple mission: to drop audiences into the chaos of a Navy SEAL mission gone wrong, told in real time and drawn from memory. https://www.military.com/off-duty/4-incredible-uso-programs-us-troops-might-not-know-about.html Entertainment urn:uuid:22f14dfc-7b49-b012-cb82-f2da77c5d7a5 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:26:37 +0000 While boosting morale is the USO’s stock-in-trade, the nonprofit wants service members and families to know they are so much more than their 250 worldwide USO centers and hundreds of thousands of care packages. Blake Stilwell https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/04/08/pbs-award-winning-science-series-nova-looks-revolutionary-war-weapons-week.html Entertainment urn:uuid:a250907b-90da-0d23-ddf2-746c29e97967 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:10:56 +0000 This week, the show travels back to the American Revolution to explore the science of the weapons used by all sides. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/04/02/val-kilmer-iceman-top-gun-and-hollywoods-most-underrated-leading-man-dies-65.html Entertainment urn:uuid:f4e3e050-7040-70e4-7e35-ada910b9510a Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:19:48 +0000 Beloved actor Val Kilmer wasn't a veteran, but he was part of one of the most unintentionally successful U.S. military recruiting programs ever made: "Top Gun." https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/04/01/how-comic-legend-mel-brooks-defused-land-mines-during-world-war-ii.html Entertainment urn:uuid:83003f4b-e664-a735-9476-b58009fa341a Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:13:19 +0000 Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his everlasting good fortune, he was not involved in the most intense fighting. Stephen Ruiz https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2025/04/01/rogue-heroes-best-tv-war-epic-youve-probably-never-heard-of.html Entertainment urn:uuid:e6b9aa4f-adbc-e166-8b3b-0a1314edc0e9 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:50:52 +0000 British showrunner Steven Knight’s criminally overlooked Special Air Service series is a World War II saga unlike any other. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/03/31/real-military-history-behind-new-iraq-war-film-warfare.html Entertainment urn:uuid:637f2213-1469-d3f3-c3f5-e40debab28d9 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:02:10 +0000 The film, based on director and retired Special Warfare Operator First Class Ray Mendoza's real-world experience in the Iraq War, is a gritty, real-time combat action between Navy SEALs and Iraqi insurgents. https://www.military.com/off-duty/books/2025/03/27/id-have-never-done-it-without-marine-corps-life-and-business-lessons-godaddy-founder-bob-parsons.html Entertainment urn:uuid:7f66fb02-814d-3a0a-2206-86102f929192 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:09:48 +0000 Most people wouldn't need to fight a war before starting a business, let alone one of the most iconic dot-com brands ever created. But Bob Parsons is not most people.