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The Veterans Who Shaped Call Of Duty, Medal Of Honor, And Other Military Video Games

Close-up in-game render of a stern-faced soldier in tactical gear and dog tags inside an aircraft, portraying antagonist Cole D. Walker from Ghost Recon: Breakpoint.

If you’ve ever cleared a room in Call of Duty or rappelled into a hot LZ in Ghost Recon and thought, “This feels… weirdly real,” there’s a reason. In this guide, we look at the real veterans and military advisers behind games like Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, and America’s Army — and […]

From Benjamin Franklin to Pony Express to Anthrax: How the US Postal Service Shaped a Nation

Barry Stevens portraying Benjamin Franklin.

The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of night — turned 250 on Saturday. Established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as postmaster general, the postal service predates the United States itself. It was launched nearly a year […]