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Are Navy SEALs No Longer Allowed to Wear 'Blackface'?

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Dan Evon
Feb 13, 2019 Wearing blackface to imitate a black person is not the same as darkening your face for a covert ...
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Did the Coast Guard Start Reselling Seized Cocaine Amid Government Shutdown?

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Dan Evon
Jan 3, 2019 The government can raise funds in many different ways, but selling recreational drugs would be a ...
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Did a Trump Tower Open in Pyongyang?

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David Emery
Jun 14, 2018 The claim that a Trump-branded hotel opened in North Korea's capital less than 24 hours after th ...
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Is the Navy Naming a Ship 'USS Tig Ol Bitties' After an Online Vote?

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Dan Evon
May 24, 2018 A article joked that an online naming contest resulted in the Navy naming a ship the "USS Tig Ol ...
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Is the Military Drawing Up Plans for Nationwide Gun Confiscations?

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David Mikkelson
Feb 26, 2018 As usual. satire is mistaken for reality when it reflects something the reading audience fears w ...
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Did Marine Corps Leaders Warn Marines to Stop Eating Tide Pods?

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David Emery
Jan 19, 2018 News of the nonexistent warning from the Marine Corps' top brass originated on a satirical blog.
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Are New Army ‘Holistic Medics’ Treating Gunshot Wounds with Crystals and Essential Oils?

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David Mikkelson
Jan 18, 2018 U.S. Army medics will not be treating battlefield injuries with homeopathic dilutions and prayer ...
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Did Saudi Arabia Behead Its First Robot Citizen?

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Dan MacGuill
Nov 13, 2017 A satirical web site fooled some readers with a fabrication based on a recent international news ...
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Navy Destroyer Collides with Building in Downtown Houston?

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Dan Evon
Aug 30, 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?

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Kim LaCapria
Apr 11, 2017 A bit of military satire involving involving United Airlines and Syria was mistaken for real new ...
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Trump to Repurpose USS Enterprise Into Floating Hotel and Casino

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 17, 2016 A story that Donald Trump was planning to "repurpose" the USS Enterprise was just another piece ...
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Military Absentee Ballots Delivered One Day Late Would Have Swung Election for Clinton

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 14, 2016 Social media users were confused by a satirical site's claim that delayed military absentee ball ...
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Kyle Carpenter's Medal of Honor Rescinded?

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Kim LaCapria
May 4, 2016 Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter was not stripped of his award for failing to complete a ...
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Pentagon Spends $10 Million on Powerball Tickets?

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Kim LaCapria
Jan 13, 2016 The humor in a satirical item about the Pentagon's purchase of five million Powerball tickets co ...
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'Til Deployment Do Us Part

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Kim LaCapria
Jul 31, 2015
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West Point(less) Diplomas

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Dan Evon
Jul 17, 2015
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FALSE: USS Gabrielle Giffords Christened As Navy’s First Gun-Free Warship

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David Mikkelson
Jun 14, 2015 The USS Gabrielle Giffords, named for the former Arizona representative, is a real U.S. Navy shi ...
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