He’s been deployed for almost a year, but he showed up in time for Grandma’s 76th birthday picture
The 31st Canadian Brigade Group was visiting Camp Atterbury in Indiana when they saw the way the soldiers there played tug of war. They liked it so much, one of them decided to give it a go.
This is what happens when you’re stuck in a warehouse in Iraq with nothing but a ball and a hoop.
Iraqi war veterans poured in to the Babylon Restaurant in Lowell, MA to show their support after a string of hate-crimes left their front window shattered. The restaurant is owned by an Iraqi family that recently immigrated to the U.S.
They’ve been deployed for 8 months and now they’re finally going home, so they made this video to show the world how they feel.
Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov is an amateur photographer and vintage postcard collector who married his two passions into a very cool series of then-and-now photos with the help of our friend Photoshop. It really puts history into perspective and shows we’ve come a long way in a short amount of time.
Soldiers returning from war surprise kids, loved ones. NSFW b/c you will bawl your eyes out (video)
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There is a 100% chance you will cry within 30 seconds of this video.
If anyone knows who is responsible for putting this video together, please notify us at thechiverules[at]gmail[dot]com. So we can give dredit where credit is definitely due! Thanks.
PS The song overlaying the video is “Praan,” by Garry Schyman.
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