Georgia WWII Veteran, 100 Years Old, to Receive French Legion of Honor Alan Kinder will travel to Europe to commemorate the Battle of the Bulge, the major German counteroffensive that ended in...
Marines Bring Fallen Comrades Home from Guadalcanal 80 Years Later On the island of Guadalcanal alone, the U.S. military lists about 374 service members still unaccounted for since the end of...
Vienna Archaeologists Reveal Mass Grave of Fighters In Roman Empire-Era Battle After archaeological analysis, experts at the Vienna Museum gave a first public presentation of the grave — linked to “a...
Taps: How a Medal of Honor Recipient Gave America its Most Famous Military Bugle Call Ever The central role that Daniel Butterfield played in taps was largely unknown until the late 19th century, only coming to light...
This NFL Player Lost Both Legs at Iwo Jima – and Rallied His Platoon to Keep Fighting Jack Lummus' heroism dwarfed anything he did for the Giants in his short time with the franchise, but they never forgot his...
Battle of Manila 80th Anniversary: Reclusive Son of Gen. Douglas MacArthur Makes Rare Statement The reclusive only child of five-star Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur made a rare public statement to honor the Americans and...
New Netflix Documentary 'Surviving Black Hawk Down' Interviews Both Sides of the Battle of Mogadishu 32 Years Later Though both U.S. Army leaders and journalists have meticulously documented how the Battle of Mogadishu unfolded decades ago...
5 Films and TV Shows About Operation Market Garden, Recommended by a War Historian Here are five films and TV shows that explore the origins, impact and aftermath of the allies’ September 1944 strategic...
Kursk Was the Site of a Massive World War II Tank Battle - Now It’s at the Heart of Ukraine’s Counterattack In 2024, with a major offensive being played out once again within the Kursk oblast in western Russia, commentators wonder...
A Military Family's Push to Get a War Hero the Recognition He Deserved Despite recommendations from a number of officers, it would take Fred McGee until after his death in 2020 for McGee's actions...
Army Enlisted Academy Bars Students from Writing About Women and Minorities The 10-month Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, includes multiple major projects in its curriculum, including two...
Pentagon Turns Focus to Potentially Privatizing Commissaries, Military Exchanges The Pentagon’s newest push to trim its workforce and spending could mean that on-base grocery stores and shops designed to...
Commander of Greenland Base Who Broke with Vance Fired Shortly After Military.com Report Defense officials moved quickly to fire a Space Force commander in charge of a Greenland military base after a Military.com...
A US Navy Captain Ordered a Military Funeral for a Kamikaze Pilot During WWII. Here's Why Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot...
Trump's Unusual Pick for Joint Chiefs Chairman Approved by Senate in Overnight Vote Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, who President Donald Trump plucked out of retirement to replace the Black general he fired as chairman of...