Ulysses S. Grant Picked a Confederate Slave Owner to Take Down the KKK Amos T. Akerman was a curious case to become President Ulysses S. Grant's attorney general, as depicted in Guy Gugliotta’s...
Naval Academy Settles on Shorter List of Banned Books as Pentagon Panel Weighs Ultimate Decision As the legal court battle over the administration's efforts to ban certain books in DoD schools for military children makes...
Book Review: 'The Mission' Reveals Troubling Political Meddling in CIA After 9/11 The meeting place of facts, ego, ignorance and politics typically is a messy arena as Tim Weiner illustrates over and over in...
New Graphic Novel Spotlights Robert Smalls, Who Escaped Slavery on a Stolen Confederate Ship Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress...
Be Financially Smarter by Fall with This Summer Reading List Whether you're a seasoned investor or just getting started on your financial journey, these books provide valuable insights...
The Best Military Books We Read in 2024 Just like last year, 2024 was a banner year for military books. They captured our attention, and who knows? They may just do...
What the Life of a Navy Fighter Pilot Really Looks Like It never occurred to Vincent Aiello that he could join the military and become a pilot until an eye-opening conversation with...
Most Books Pulled from Naval Academy Library Are Back on the Shelves in Latest DEI Turn All but a few of the nearly 400 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from its library because they dealt with anti...
James Cameron's First Non-'Avatar' Film Since 'Titanic' Is About the Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombs Tsutomu Yamaguchi's story is the subject of author Charles Pellegrino's new book "Ghosts of Hiroshima," which is due to hit...
New Book Follows the Dutch Civilians Who Came to Adopt and Care for American Graves from WWII Robert Edsel's new book, "Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II"...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![This book cover image released by Mariner shows "The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century" by Tim Weiner.](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-07/ApNewsroom_Book_Review_-_The_Mission_-_3x2_for_APNews_17718.jpg?itok=eC6eO07m "This book cover image released by Mariner shows "The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century" by Tim Weiner. (Mariner Books via AP)")
