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Stack Up

May 3, 2017
2 min

Orcs Must Die Unchained – Charity Event with Twitch Kittens & Team Khalico

This weekend, May 5th-7th, we are happy to announce an amazing Stack-Up.Org Charity Streaming event in conjunction with the developers at Robot Entertainment and the Twitch Teams: Khalico and Twitch Kittens! Starting on Friday, May 5th and continuing all weekend long until Sunday, May 7th, some amazing streamers will be raising donations for veterans through Stack-Up while playing the new Orcs Must Die Unchained 3v3 mode, Sabotage, all weekend long! Best of all donations will

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Orcs Must Die Unchained – Charity Event with Twitch Kittens & Team Khalico

Stack Up

May 2, 2017
1 min

Win – Logitech PC Gamer Pack! Round 3

Thank you to everyone who entered to win last week. The winner has been announced and it is Ray B! Congratulations and stand by as your Logitech goodies will soon be on their way! This week we are back again and doing everything just like before. Everyone gets a third chance to win the Logitech PC Gamer Pack! Help us Stack Up and celebrate our troops all the way leading to May 19th and the start of the Call To Arms streaming weekend! Remember, each week we will be picking one

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Stack Up

Apr 12, 2017
2 min

Air Assaults – PAX East 2017 Event Recap!

This past March we had the opportunity to take two amazing veterans to PAX East 2017 in Boston Massachusetts through our Air Assault program. Joseph Nieves and Louis Perez, both Army Veterans and passionate gamers, were excited about the prospect of three fun-filled days at one of the biggest events in the gaming industry. Our Media Team had the chance to catch up with the Air Assaults throughout the Convention weekend and record some of their exploits, which you can see for

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Air Assaults – PAX East 2017 Event Recap!

Stack Up

Feb 7, 2017
2 min

supply crate brooke army medical center

With PAX South a few hours away, the Stack-Up volunteer team from San Antonio decided to call an audible and descend on San Antonio’s Brooke Army Medical Center for a little supporting the troops. Brooke is one of the military’s largest medical installations; if you have anything medical to do in your job with the military, you spend some time in San Antonio getting trained up. Brooke also sports one of the world’s leading burn treatment facilities as well, which made it quit

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Stack Up

Jan 22, 2017
2 min

stacks mlk day service boston

This Monday, Natick’s Microsoft store held a Day of Service to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event was designed to help promote nonprofits in the community, so Tanner Hastings and Ben Irr donned their red shirts and represented The Stacks and the Boston Stack. With pamphlets, candy, and swag galore, Ben and Tanner showed participants and passersby what Stack Up’s all about! There were steady waves of interest throughout the event, both for Stack-Up

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Stack Up

Jan 17, 2017
3 min

live fire event wounded warrior project chicago

“This event went better than I could have ever imagined.” The quote of the night came from Wounded Warrior Project’s Regional Alumni manager, Kerry Bassett. Kerry, not a gamer himself, was skeptical about the power of virtual reality and the Oculus Rift demo stations that Stack-Up brought to the North Central regional office in Chicago. But, much like trying to explain to someone what it’s like to jump out of an airplane, virtual reality is something that you have to experien

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live fire event wounded warrior project chicago

Stack Up

Jan 14, 2017
2 min

the stacks a film night in queens

Today we check in with The Stacks and the Queens Stack as they enjoy a movie night with friends along with a holiday inspired walk to spread the word of Stack-Up! Read on to check out the details of this festive evening. To celebrate Boxing Day (or at least avoid the post-holiday letdown), the Queens Stack held a movie night featuring the 1963 Hammer classic film, “These Are The Damned.” Several stack members and a few other invited guests gathered around to enjoy snacks and

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Stack Up

Dec 9, 2016
2 min

the stacks san fran at the rohnert park veteran center

We once again check in with The Stacks. This time the San Francisco Stack keeps finding new ways to keep the action exciting with their ongoing relationship with the Rohnert Park Veteran Center. Read below to check out the fantastic time they had this past Veterans Day. The San Francisco Bay Area Stack and the Rohnert Park Veteran Center did something a little different for this particular day. We started at 1600 hours and gathered at the Rohnert Park Veteran Center. We piled

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the stacks san fran at the rohnert park veteran center

Stack Up

Nov 22, 2016
2 min

the stacks a thank you for the san francisco stack

You may know our San Francisco Stack from the event write ups that you see here on Stack-Up.Org. As part of The Stacks, they do such an amazing job volunteering in their community and doing fantastic work helping veterans. We recently received some word of thanks from one of the SanFranStack’s partners at the North Bay Vet Center. Check out the letter below. Stephen, I wanted to touch base with you and let you know how appreciative the North Bay Vet Center is to be involved w

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the stacks a thank you for the san francisco stack

Stack Up

Nov 17, 2016
2 min

the stacks boston stacks up with veterans inc

Some more great news from The Stacks! You may have read the announcement from the Boston Stack and their event with Veterans Inc. Now after the event has happened Boston Stack lead Tanner Hastings takes a moment to tell us all about it. Read below to hear more on this neat video gaming tournament. This past Veterans Day weekend, Veterans Inc. hosted a Call of Duty tournament as part of their first-ever Freedom Song Festival. The Boston Stack teamed up with Troy Brin, the Mana

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the stacks boston stacks up with veterans inc

Stack Up

Nov 5, 2016
2 min

the stacks boston and the freedom song festival

This November, Veterans Inc. will be holding its annual Freedom Song Festival with a new feature: a video game tournament. The non-profit’s Post 9/11 branch wants to reach out to younger veterans, and with backing from the Call of Duty Endowment (CODE), the team will be hosting a competition on the long-awaited Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. The Freedom Song Festival will begin with a 5K walk to support US veterans, followed by a concert featuring local artists like Smith &

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the stacks boston and the freedom song festival

Stack Up

Nov 1, 2016
2 min

game night 2

This past Friday, October 28th saw the second Game Night with the folks of Wounded Warrior Project and the Pittsburgh Stack. We once again gathered in the Pittsburgh offices of WWP at One Oxford Center for an evening of comradery, good food, and of course games! We arrived a bit early of the 5 pm start time to get everything set up. We hooked up 12 GAEMS cases with Xbox Ones’ and of course, loaded with some good gaming fun. We also had the main “couch” hooked up and streaming

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Stack Up

Oct 26, 2016
2 min

supply crate hasty ambush 8

We are checking in with our latest Supply Crate shipment. This request was sent to us from Sergio who comes from a communications unit that is lacking morale and team boosting activities. Read on to check out the request from Sergio below… We’re a communication unit combine from different states. Some soldiers are from Puerto Rico, Arkansas, and California that support air control. Although we are from different states, we try to maintain a sense of cohesion and family orient

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Stack Up

Oct 25, 2016
2 min

san antonio stacks up with soldiers angels

Last weekend our Red Shirts in San Antonio gathered up for a day of helping. Partnering with the Soldiers’ Angels the San Antonio Stack helped organize and deliver groceries to veteran families in need throughout their community. Benjamin Cloutier Co-Stack Lead took the time to write up a report on the day’s action… San Antonio Stack became Community Partners with Soldiers’ Angels back in September, and the first event as Partners was this past Friday. Every month, Soldiers’

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san antonio stacks up with soldiers angels

Stack Up

Oct 6, 2016
1 min

pax west 2016 air assault recap video with bungie

PAX West is always a good time, but this year was a special occasion as not only were we able to bring our Air Assaults to the Seattle Convention Center, we were also able to take them for a special outing to Bungie Studios. With that in mind, we sought out some of the Military’s most hardcore Destiny Fans. Of course, the folks from Bungie along with some fantastic streamers and their communities helped us in our search during the Destiny Call to Arms. You can read all about

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pax west 2016 air assault recap video with bungie

Stack Up

Sep 27, 2016
2 min

stacking up in san francisco lan night with the vets

The Stacks love to get out and game and the folks of the San Francisco Stack have been making some waves with their monthly game night at the Rohnert Park Veteran Center. Looking to share some of the excitement the San Fran Stack took the time to write up some highlights from the last LAN event meet-up. Read on to learn more about how we Stack Up in the Bay… The San Francisco Stack and The Rohnert Park Veteran Center teamed up for their monthly LAN Zone event. It was another

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stacking up in san francisco lan night with the vets

Stack Up

Sep 14, 2016
1 min

stacking up in cincinnati

At the end of August, the Cincinnati Stack had the opportunity to gather at the University of Cincinnati for the annual Veterans Programs & Services “Fall-In” luncheon. Read on as the folks from the Cincinnati Stack share the story of this interesting afternoon. We were honored to be able to participate in this meeting of local services that came together to network and keep the support for our country’s vets alive. Ohio Department of Veteran Services, Col. Chip Tansill (ret

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Stack Up

Aug 30, 2016
3 min

stacking up with the wounded warrior project in pittsburgh

This past Saturday, August 27th saw what the Pittsburgh Stack hopes is the first of many amazing events with the folks from Wounded Warrior Project and their Alumni. It was a fantastic night of gaming, storytelling, and comradery shared among the glow of our shared hobby, Video Games. Though most of the technical set-up for the evening had been done prior, we took a quick moment to go over the XBox Ones supplied by Dirtfish Rally School, the Gaems cases, and the Plantronics h

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stacking up with the wounded warrior project in pittsburgh

Stack Up

Jul 6, 2016
1 min

the stacks on the 4th

Read on as one of our newest Stacks out of Fort Benning, GA gets out and Stacks Up to celebrate the Fourth of July! We gathered up around 5 after I had been grilling most of the day. We ate first of course and had beer, and other beverages. We then headed outside to have a corn hole contest and we also shot some shotguns some. We shot a ton of fireworks that we all pitched in for including a roman candle fight. We also socialized and i talked to my friends about stack up. We

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Stack Up

Jun 23, 2016
1 min

lootcrate unboxing e32016

Sit back and kick up your feet as you watch our first LootCrate LootGaming Unboxing video. Joining us for this inaugural episode are our E3-2016 Air Assaults Omar Milan (USMC/SSgt) and Matt Schaefer (USMC/ Sgt). The E3 Air Assaults certainly enjoyed unboxing all the goodies as well as taking home their own crates. Thanks so much to all of our friends at LootCrate for making this happen and stacking up to support our veterans! You can read more about our E3-2016 Air Assaults b

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