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.
National Hockey League takes over Air Force Academy in front of sellout crowd
Saturday’s game marked the second time in three years the NHL has played outdoors at a service academy.
This adult site will let you send deployed loved one customized messages from porn stars
The service is available for any occasion, year round.
Canadian military wants to attract women recruits by shortening, tightening its uniform skirts
This is what three years of work yielded.
Montford Point Marine, part of the Corps’ first integrated unit, dies at 92
Fair winds and following seas, Marine.
VA doctors are using artificial intelligence to diagnose cancer
“The potential of these technologies to improve health care delivery to veteran patients seems to be limited only by the imagination of the user.”
Marine recovers father’s ashes, community pitches in to help after moving truck stolen
“San Antonio has helped me appreciate people more than I have before.”
Woman previously charged with trespassing at CIA, asking for ‘Agent Penis’ arrested once again
One does not simply get a meeting with Agent Penis.
Urban Outfitters is selling Navy coveralls for $120
For $120, consumers can be forged by a sea of terrible fashion decisions.
This incredible SpongeBob spoof of the ‘1917’ trailer is everything we never knew we needed
The Bikini Bottom pineapple dweller was just given a suicide mission.
