The Embleholics Blog

The Embleholics blog is written for those who serve and have served — a dedicated space for the military, veteran, and first-responder community.

Task Force Frumentarii Front

Mar 30, 2026 | Newsletters

March at Embleholics: Crafting Purpose Into Every Coin

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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink 4-25 payload launches from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center

Feb 27, 2026 | Aerospace Business

SpaceX’s Merger with XAI: A Cut Above the Largest IPO in History

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Feb 20, 2026 | Uncategorized

Operation Absolute Resolve: How U.S. Forces Captured Nicolás Maduro — A Strategic and Tactical Analysis

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Feb 11, 2026 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products

A Century of Precision: The Rockettes 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coins

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Feb 2, 2026 | Uncategorized

January 2026 at Embleholics – Fire Dept Coins and the Genesis Mission

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Jan 23, 2026 | Military History & Legacy

AI, National Security, and the Genesis Mission: What Comes After the Breakthrough

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military veterans exchange challenge coins focused on promoting veteran mental health

Jan 9, 2026 | Uncategorized

Veteran Challenge Coins: Support Connection and Mental Health Conversations

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Jan 5, 2026 | Newsletters

December Spotlight – Stories & Craftsmanship

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Dec 11, 2025 | Challenge Coins

Custom Firefighter Coins – Carrying the Story of a Crew

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American Legion Post 339 Challenge Coin

Dec 10, 2025 | Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy

What Is A Challenge Coin? Meaning, History, and How People Use Them Today

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Dec 3, 2025 | Newsletters

Battle of the Bulge – Winter, Resistance, and the Turning Tide of WWII

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Dec 1, 2025 | Newsletters

Embleholics November Spotlight

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a write to heal

Nov 14, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

A Write to Heal – Turning Pain Into Purpose Through Art and Service

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Nov 6, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Legacy of Service

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Oct 29, 2025 | Newsletters

Your October Newsletter

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afghanistan campaign medal

Oct 24, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

Afghanistan Campaign Medal – A Symbol of Sacrifice and Service

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Artillery

Oct 17, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

American Artillery Dominance – Firepower Across Land, Sea, and Sky

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Oct 9, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Why Veterans Still Choose Custom Challenge Coins in a Digital Age

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no one fights alone

Oct 3, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Nonprofits Challenge Coins, Veterans' Organizations

No One Fights Alone. The 22Zero Challenge Coin Mission

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Oct 1, 2025 | Newsletters

Your September Newsletter

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hercules mulligan

Sep 26, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

Hercules Mulligan – Tailor, Patriot, and the Invisible Hand of Victory

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Sep 18, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

What Your Challenge Coin Says About Your Organization

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Hollywood

Sep 16, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Newsletters, Uncategorized

Hollywood Post 43: Legacy, Service, and the Power of a Coin

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Battle of Okinawa

Sep 11, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

The Battle of Okinawa: Blood, Strategy, and the Cost of Victory

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China’s Aircraft Carrier Fleet Growth

Sep 4, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

China’s Aircraft Carrier Fleet Growth, A Challenge to U.S. Military Readiness

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famous U.S. military units

Aug 19, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

The Most Iconic Military Units in U.S. History

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Smyrna Police Department Challenge Coin designed by Embleholics

Aug 4, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

2025 Challenge Coin Design Trends and Art Features

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Veteran challenge coin symbolizing service and identity.

Jul 25, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

The Story Doesn’t End at the Ceremony: What Your Coin Really Means

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Bass Reeves Challenge Coin

Jun 26, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Newsletters, Veterans' Organizations

Bass Reeves Challenge Coin Honoring the Legacy of the First Black Deputy U.S. Marshal

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Operation Gothic Serpent

Jun 12, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Operation Gothic Serpent – Legacy Forged in the Streets of Mogadishu

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battle of saipan

May 30, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Battle of Saipan – Fire, Resolve, and the Cost of the Pacific Push

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Marine Special Operations

May 22, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

Marine Special Operations Command – Inside the World of MARSOC

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Project Paperclip

May 8, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

Project Paperclip – The Silent Force Behind America’s Military and Technological Edge

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Operation Eagle Claw

May 1, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized

Operation Eagle Claw – The Mission That Failed but Forged Future Warriors

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Second Battle of Fallujah

Apr 24, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy

Second Battle of Fallujah – The Fiercest Urban Combat Since Vietnam in Marine Corps History

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Tongo Tongo Ambush

Apr 17, 2025 | Newsletters

What the Tongo Tongo Ambush Teaches Us About Leadership Under Fire

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Why Was the Battle of Yorktown Important

Apr 11, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy

Why Was the Battle of Yorktown Important? 4 Leadership Lessons from a Defining Victory

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Mar 16, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

How FPV Drones Are Reshaping Modern Warfare—The Marine Infantry Squad Optimistic Perspective, Part 2

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New Presidential Challenge Coin

Mar 10, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Uncategorized, Veterans' Organizations

A Marine Just Received the New Presidential Challenge Coin

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custom military challenge coin for army airborne by embleholics

Mar 5, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy

How to Create a Custom Coin for Your Work Team

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Feb 28, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy

Gamechangers: FPV Drones in Modern Warfare

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Feb 25, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Did Edgar Allan Poe Go to West Point? Let’s Unravel the Mystery

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Feb 19, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

A Brief History of the US Secret Service – Not Only Protecting Presidents

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Jan 30, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Behind the Badge: The Evolution and Significance of Police Challenge Coins

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Jan 27, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy

Why the F-22 Raptor Is the Fighter Jet Other Jets Have Nightmares About

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Jan 14, 2025 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield: How Military Traditions Shape Resilient Officers

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Dec 31, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy

The Rise of Hypersonic Missiles: Redefining Modern Warfare

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cold-weather

Dec 20, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy

Frozen Frontlines: How the US Military Masters Cold Weather Operations

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Dec 12, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Military History & Legacy

The Norse Boeing 787 Antarctic Flight: Turning a Milestone into Metal

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Nov 27, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Military Martial Arts

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Nov 19, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy

George Washington’s Ridiculous Bar Tab

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Nov 14, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Who Are the U.S. Marshals?

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Nov 1, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Top 5 Largest Air Forces in the World

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Corporate challenge coins by embleholics

Oct 29, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

10 Funny Military Slang Acronyms and Their Meanings

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Oct 24, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Airborne Aircraft Carriers

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Sep 30, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

The Chamberlain-Kahn Act & American Women During WW1

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Sep 26, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

USS Nimitz Decommissioning

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Sep 19, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Strange Military Traditions From Around the World

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battle of bunker hill painting by Pyle

Aug 6, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Battle for Bunker Hill: When, Where, and Why It Took Place

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Battle of Derna art by Colonel Charles Waterhouse ins[iring "to the shores of tripoli"

Jul 19, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

To the Shores of Tripoli – First Barbary War

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custom military challenge coin for army airborne by embleholics

Jun 20, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy

Army Challenge Coin History

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Jun 20, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy

Challenge Coin Rules

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challenge coins behind former President Bill Clinton

Jun 13, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Challenge Coin History

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President Obama gives Fort Bliss Commanding General Twitty a challenge coin in El Paso, Texas

May 30, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Presidential Challenge Coins

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May 16, 2024 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy

Rare Challenge Coins

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Police Challenge Coins

Nov 21, 2022 | Challenge Coins, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Police Coins: Meaning, Value, and Symbolism

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Nov 21, 2022 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy, Veterans' Organizations

Challenge Coins Made in The USA

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Sep 19, 2022 | Challenge Coins, Commemorative Products, Historical Challenge Coins, Military History & Legacy

Personalized Custom Keychain Examples and Ideas

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What Is A Florian Cross and Its' Symbolism

Aug 4, 2022 | Challenge Coins

What Is A Florian Cross and It’s Symbolism

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Masonic Coins

Jun 4, 2022 | Challenge Coins

Masonic Coins: Meaning, Value, and Symbolism

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Jun 21, 2017 | Challenge Coins

Delta Air Lines Challenge Coins

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Apr 1, 2016 | Challenge Coins

World Motor Sports Breast Cancer Foundation

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Feb 28, 2016 | Challenge Coins

USO Challenge Coin

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