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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John Luckadoo, last B-17 pilot of the Bloody Hundredth, dies at 103
"Lucky" was just a wide-eyed 21-year-old lieutenant when he manned the B-17 controls and took to the sky for his first bombing mission over Nazi Germany.
Twin master sergeants deploy together for the 3rd time
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the twins have traversed a nearly identical career.
Vets with disability ratings can get lifetime access to over 400 national parks for free — here’s how
Active-duty military are also eligible for a year-long pass.
Popeyes chicken sandwich deals another crushing blow to the morale of overseas troops
Popeyes, why have you forsaken us?
This military base is getting its own exorcism horror movie, and it’s ‘based on a true story’
The film's release date has yet to be announced.
Peter Jackson’s ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ is coming back to the big screen
The film will feature an introduction and post-film look at the filmmaking process by director Peter Jackson.
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.
