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Are Navy SEALs No Longer Allowed to Wear ‘Blackface’?

13 February 2019

Wearing blackface to imitate a black person is not the same as darkening your face...

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Did the Coast Guard Start Reselling Seized Cocaine Amid Government Shutdown?

3 January 2019

The government can raise funds in many different ways, but selling recreational drugs would be...

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Did a Trump Tower Open in Pyongyang?

14 June 2018

The claim that a Trump-branded hotel opened in North Korea's capital less than 24 hours...

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Is the Navy Naming a Ship ‘USS Tig Ol Bitties’ After an Online Vote?

24 May 2018

A article joked that an online naming contest resulted in the Navy naming a ship...

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Is the Military Drawing Up Plans for Nationwide Gun Confiscations? As usual. satire is mistaken for reality when it reflects something the reading audience fears...

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Did Marine Corps Leaders Warn Marines to Stop Eating Tide Pods?

19 January 2018

News of the nonexistent warning from the Marine Corps' top brass originated on a satirical...

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Are New Army ‘Holistic Medics’ Treating Gunshot Wounds with Crystals and Essential Oils?

18 January 2018

U.S. Army medics will not be treating battlefield injuries with homeopathic dilutions and prayer beads.

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Did Saudi Arabia Behead Its First Robot Citizen?

13 November 2017

A satirical web site fooled some readers with a fabrication based on a recent international...

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Navy Destroyer Collides with Building in Downtown Houston?

30 August 2017

A satirical article about a Navy Destroyer colliding with a building during Hurricane Harvey was...

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Pentagon Awards Contract to United Airlines to Forcibly Remove Assad?

11 April 2017

A bit of military satire involving involving United Airlines and Syria was mistaken for real...

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Trump to Repurpose USS Enterprise Into Floating Hotel and Casino

17 November 2016

A story that Donald Trump was planning to "repurpose" the USS Enterprise was just another...

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Military Absentee Ballots Delivered One Day Late Would Have Swung Election for Clinton

14 November 2016

Social media users were confused by a satirical site's claim that delayed military absentee ballots...

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