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’ brings realistic carnage of Iraq War to theaters
Alex Garland and SEAL veteran Ray Mendoza's "Warfare" is as realistic and detailed a portrayal of Iraq War combat as anything that’s ever been created.
Soldier with white nationalist ties pleads guilty to gun charges
Authorities found a 3D-printed rifle, magazines for various firearms, a lower receiver, a trove of white supremacist paraphernalia in the soldier's room.
Two at Fort Hood suspected of racist graffiti, starting barracks fire
Two soldiers are suspected of spray painting racial slurs and genitalia on barracks walls before starting a fire in a barracks laundry room.
Lawyer pleads guilty to defrauding veterans, retirees out of millions
A woman used her law firm to prey on retiree investors and “military veterans in desperate financial straits.”
Two Black Hawks crash near Fort Campbell, 9 soldiers killed
Two helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division crashed Wednesday night in Kentucky.
The ‘Puerto Rican Rambo’ who went on 200 combat missions in Vietnam
He would deploy five times to Vietnam between 1961 and 1970.
Military Times’ 10 best Vietnam War movies
In honor of Vietnam War Veterans Day, we put together a top-10 list of films — excluding documentaries — we consider the best about the Vietnam War.
Ex-soldier, a neo-Nazi, gets 45 years for plot to ambush his own unit
The former soldier pleaded guilty last year to plotting to murder members of his own unit with help from satanic neo-Nazis.
US Army veteran killed fighting in Ukraine
Andrew Peters, 28, was serving as a member of the International Legion of the Defense of Ukraine when he was killed at an unspecified location.
Four US troops wounded in helicopter raid that killed ISIS leader
Injuries to the four service members, as well as one working dog, were sustained when there was “an explosion on target.”
