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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Marine Corps launches six drone training programs open to any MOS
Six pilot training programs and eight certifications are being established to provide fundamental skills in using both armed and unarmed systems.
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.
‘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.
