6 Events in Military History That Happened on Leap Day Leap Day has a long history -- it's not something we all just arbitrarily decided to do one day.
How the Creator of Pop-Tarts Gave the US a Delicious Treat and a Sweet Foreign Policy Tool Pop-Tart creator William "Bill" Post was also an Army Air Forces veteran who served in occupied Japan after World War II. And...
Support for Afghan Allies Sidelined Yet Again Despite Push from Veterans The whirlwind couple of weeks has essentially put veterans' efforts back at square one and left Afghans still waiting for the...
Veteran Supporters Finally Get Vote on Bill to Help Afghan Allies, But Its Future Remains Bleak Veterans have been pushing to get a vote on the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would create a process for those evacuated to...
Hundreds of Airmen Will Receive New Medals for 2021 Afghanistan Evacuation The latest awards include a total of 229 Air Medals, 98 Meritorious Service Medals, eight Distinguished Flying Crosses and...
Was the War in Afghanistan Worth It? You May Not Like This Veteran's Honest Answer In "What The Taliban Told Me," a veteran Air Force cryptologic linguist responds to the question he gets asked the most about...
Why Military Education Isn't to Blame for Afghanistan and Iraq Purported failures in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan -- even the microcosm of Kabul -- are arguably symptoms of greater...
Air Force General Fighting to Get Airmen Presidential Unit Citation for Afghanistan Evacuation Gen. Mike Minihan, the head of Air Mobility Command, told reporters during a media roundtable that it's a top priority to get...
Army and Marine Corps Units Awarded Presidential Unit Citation on 2nd Anniversary of Afghanistan Withdrawal Two years after the chaos of the Afghanistan evacuation, the Pentagon has announced that many of the Marine Corps and Army...
Accountability and Change Can Help Afghanistan Veterans Make Peace with the War Two years ago, America watched as Afghanistan crumbled before our eyes.
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-02/1time%20bill%20post%20poptarts%201200.jpg?itok=OUYEU-le "William "Bill" Post, Pop-Tarts inventor, seen here visiting a Kellanova plant in Michigan. (Kellanova)")
