National Guard

Videos of armored military vehicles being transported by train through Southern California concerned people after the governor called on the National Guard in response to the coronavirus. Officials claimed it was only routine movement and that the National Guard has not been officially mobilized.

MegaForce has to be one of the dumbest movies the Pentagon has ever supported but hidden until now is the...

MegaForce has to be one of the dumbest movies the Pentagon has ever supported but hidden until now is the...
The post The Pentagon Changed the Entire Premise of MegaForce to Shape Our View of the Future first appeared on Spy Culture.

The 1997 sci-fi epic Contact is a fine movie, an unusually profound and intelligent story about contact with alien life....

The 1997 sci-fi epic Contact is a fine movie, an unusually profound and intelligent story about contact with alien life....
The post How the Pentagon Rewrote Contact first appeared on Spy Culture.

Amid rumors of a national lock-down, and the National Guard already activated in states across the country, rumors are rife that the land of the free will soon be cordoned off behind an iron curtain of martial law.
Although there have been just 258 reported deaths from coronavirus in the United States, Pentagon officials announced Friday it is drafting plans to take over hotels, college campuses, sports facilities and other buildings “if necessary” to help hospitals accommodate patients.

The National Guard has been deployed in 32 states to assist states with coronavirus issues. The soldiers also can be used to enforce quarantines and, if necessary, martial law.

In early 1977 the producers of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes approached the Pentagon about filming a couple of brief...

In the era of forever wars, recruits who are lured by substantial rewards can sign up for more than they realize, writes Rebecca Gordon. By Rebecca Gordon TomDispatch.com A young friend is seriously considering joining her state’s National Guard. She’s a…Read more →

Hollywood doesn’t make war films any more. This isn’t entirely true, but compared to the post-WW2 period there are a lot less war films being made today. In this in-depth episode I offer a brief history of war movies and anti-war movies, and how the Pentagon’s policy on supporting films depicting war seems to have changed over time. I highlight some of my favourite anti-war movies, along with the most anti-war films the DOD has supported.