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Last weekend, I got to spend time with a hero named Walter Jorgensen. Mr. Jorgensen is one of the oldest living U.S. Marines to survive the bloody battles in the Pacific Theater during World War 2.

77yrs later, memories return as WW2 hero attends 2016 Marine graduation (Story)

By: Rick

In: Heroes, Inspirational, Military

Sep 21, 2016

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Police officer keeps a suicidal man from jumping by talking football (Video)

By: Ben

In: Feels, Heroes, Video

Sep 21, 2016

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Experience war with 101st Airborne on new doc. “Taking Fire” (Video)

By: Rick

In: Army, Military, Video

Sep 20, 2016

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All Chiver smiles on Military Monday (99 Photos)

By: Rick

In: Awesome, Chivers Who Serve, Military

Sep 19, 2016

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POV aircraft carrier test launch into the sea (Video)

By: Rick

In: Awesome, Military, Video

Sep 14, 2016

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Nothing like bullets and babes to start your humpday (Video)

In: Awesome, Military, Video

Sep 14, 2016

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“Ain’t got time to bleed”, Predator in 3 minutes (Video)

By: Rick

In: Funny, Military, Movies, Video

Sep 13, 2016

Chive Charities didn’t exist in 2009, when Kenny George emailed me asking theCHIVE community to to save his volunteer fire department in Fluvanna County, Virginia. I was a kid then and I thought I’d give it a shot…see if the Chive community had the right stuff. It took less than 24 hours for me to realize that you, theCHIVE community, were only beginning to flex your muscles. I knew it was the start of something big.

We raised $33,000, rescued the fire department and changed our entire history. I’ll never forget Kenny’s response, “You saved us, lives will be the same because of what your Chivers did. Please understand what you and your community has done, John. I know theCHIVE is this fun place, but you are more than that now. This is not what you asked for, but this is your patch. Kenny signed off, ‘This is for the fallen.’ And I knew what he meant, he didn’t have to say much more.

From there, Chive Charities took off and hit the ground running. We will always be partial to our first responders for so many reasons and are so proud of the foundation they’ve helped us build.

There’s a video I’ve never shared about the Hudson Volunteer Fire Dept. (because it makes me look like a better person than I am) but maybe it explains a lot.

A note on the evening of the anniversary of 9/11 (2 Photos)

By: John

Sep 11, 2016

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We will forever be indebted to the 9/11 first responders (Video)

In: Firefighters, Inspirational, Police, Video

Sep 11, 2016

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Low level racing in F-15 Eagles (Video)

By: Rick

In: Air Force, Awesome, Military, Video

Sep 5, 2016

Chiver Mitchell Daugherty served with the 1st Cav, 5th Regiment known as the "Black Knight Troops".

While deployed to COB (CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE) Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn…he and his buddies got together to pull a little prank.

Any good pranks from deployment? (35 Photos)

By: Rick

In: Chivers Who Serve, Funny, Military

Sep 1, 2016

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Hit ’em with a Military Monday (96 Photos)

By: Rick

In: Awesome, Chivers Who Serve, Military

Aug 29, 2016

This is the A-10 Thunderbolt II but everyone knows her by its original name, the "Warthog".

Warthog: a plane built around one gun (44 HQ Photos)

By: Rick

In: Awesome, High-Res, Military, Weapons

Aug 25, 2016

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Not all prototypes make it into our U.S. Navy. This one may or may not make it but for the value of WTF is that; meet the "Ghost".

Navy stealth concept’s riding on blades (23 Photos)

By: Rick

In: Military, Navy, WTF

Aug 23, 2016

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Tomahawk missiles launching right before your eyes (Video)

By: Rick

In: Awesome, Military, Video

Aug 19, 2016

Olympians and veterans have a lot in common, whether it's resilience, strength, or commitment. Veterans Call compiled a few veterans that have represented the USA in the Olympics and taken home the gold.

U.S. veterans who have also won Olympic gold (11 Photos)

In: Inspirational, Military, Sports

Aug 17, 2016

This week Louisiana has been hit by serious flooding. Already, 11 people have lost their lives along with thousands of people left with out their homes.

A veteran named Christian Dornhorst woke up early on Monday and decided to take action. Mr. Dornhorst lives across the Mississippi River from the city of Baton Rouge. That morning he went to his boss to ask for the day off to help the flood victims.

With the help of his amazing wife, here's what he did:

Everyday hero spends $850 to bring BBQ to flood victims (Story)

By: Rick

In: Awesome, Heroes, Inspirational

Aug 17, 2016

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Sexy to powerful: Military Monday (79 Photos)

By: Rick

In: Awesome, Chivers Who Serve, Military

Aug 15, 2016

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Our U.S. Coast Guard doesn't get enough luv. Whether they're saving individuals that went swimming in swirling water or rescuing groups of prople from sinking ships…they go out, do their job and save lives.

Think about this for a second. A human that you don't know goes swimming into a rip-tide. They know the power of the ocean yet they sprint in and keep the news-lines from reading, "kid drowns off the coast". Nope. They save 'em and receive the reward of no one knowing.

Here are 10 CG stories of these good-guys being un-sung heroes.

Coast Guard: 10 life saving stories (60 Photos)

By: Rick

In: Coast Guard, Heroes, Military

Aug 12, 2016

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Firing off a Military Monday (67 Photos)

By: Rick

In: Chivers Who Serve, Merica, Military

Aug 8, 2016

The following comes from a Chiver named John Craig-Lee.
He's part of the 4-27FA Battery team nicknamed "Iron Thunder". The 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery (FA) currently trains out of Fort Bliss, TX. They primarily train with both the M109A6 self-propelled Paladin and the M777A2 towed howitzer.

KCCO fun with a howitzer (19 HQ Photos)

By: Rick

In: Army, Chivers Who Serve, High-Res, Military

Aug 4, 2016

'Merica, we built ourselves a tank that has been around since entering service in 1980. With up-grades in electronics, armor and other modernizations, the Abrams tank will keep performing into the future.

Hello Abrams tank, good bye ear drums (35 HQ Photos)

By: Rick

In: Awesome, High-Res, Military, Weapons

Aug 2, 2016

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The following story comes from a Chiver named Tim Leonardi. He serves in the U.S. Navy…and he is sharing a story…a real powerful story. It is about a hero named Steve Zilberman a.k.a. “Abrek”.

These are Abrek's final actions in Tim's words.

From Tim's e-mail:

"Chive, this is just a brief synopsis of the actions and life of my buddy LT Steve “Abrek” Zilberman, USN."

Hero’s final actions may cause tears (Story)

By: Rick

In: Awesome, Chive Everywhere, Chivers Who Serve, Heroes, KCCO, Merica, Military, Navy, RAKs

Jul 28, 2016

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Lend a RAK to those who serve (47 Photos)

By: Rick

In: Heroes, Military, RAKs

Jul 28, 2016

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Magnets power future weapons (Video)

By: Rick

In: Military, Navy, Tech, Video, Weapons

Jul 26, 2016

Pride in our Military Monday (63 Photos)

By: Rick

In: Chive Everywhere, Chivers Who Serve, Military

Jul 25, 2016

These are two very different stories from U.S. Chiver Michael Erb and about a fallen Canadian Chiver named Patrick Pidgeon.

2 stories from our Military Chivers (10 Photos)

By: Rick

In: Chive Everywhere, Chivers Who Serve, Firefighters, Heroes, Military

Jul 22, 2016

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Cops are people too (47 Photos)

In: Awesome, Police

Jul 21, 2016