J.D. Simkins
Executive Editor
J.D. Simkins is the executive editor of Military Times and Defense News, and a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War.
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‘Warfare’ directors talk filmmaking process, capturing combat realism
Directors Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland discuss everything that went into creating one of the most realistic depictions of combat ever made.
Army partners with former Blink-182 founder’s UFO research company to study alien technology
The Army hopes certain “exotic” metals will lead to vehicle enhancements.
Meal, Refusing-to-Exit — scientific study backs long-held belief that MREs make it harder to defecate
Defacation reportedly returned to normal once participants resumed their regular diet.
‘I’m in the marines, I could f---ing take all of you out’ — drunk Brit curses out airline staff, families, children
Not even cowering children were safe from Hoyle’s salvos.
'Bad case of bullying’ — British soldier jailed for excessive nipple twisting
The courts reportedly refused to invoke the ancient Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi and the right to nipple-for-a-nipple retaliation.
‘It feels normal’ — nearly 2 years after penis transplant, veteran maimed by IED feels whole
“It was one of the best decisions I ever made.”
Medal of Honor comic series highlights actions of Audie Murphy and Sal Giunta
Both downloadable issues are available to read online.
Another WWII series from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks is on the way
The series is projected to run about eight episodes long, with production costs exceeding $200 million.
‘The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine and his’ umbrella — the case for dryness
The most dangerous weapon in the world could be a Marine and an umbrella.
Trump on pulling US troops out of Syria: ‘We’re not a police force’
The president told the press that writing letters to the parents of fallen service members has been the hardest part of his job.
