'His Best Day During the Civil War': How Abner Doubleday Helped the Union Win at Gettysburg Doubleday's name resonates today widely as the supposed inventor of baseball. While that contention has been largely debunked...
Rebels at Vicksburg Vowed Revenge Against the Yankee Who Killed Their Camel In the late 1850s, the U.S. Army experimented with using camels as pack animals in the American Southwest.
The 101st Airborne's 'Screaming Eagle' Has a Name and a Civil War History The 101st Airborne Division has probably one of the most recognizable insignias in the U.S. military.
6 Things You May Not Know About the End of the Civil War To celebrate the end of a conflict that killed more than 600,000 troops, let's remember just how the war finally ended.
How Disobeyed Orders Led to the Largest Confederate Surrender of the Civil War The Confederate army under Joseph E. Johnston was the largest army to surrender to the Union during the Civil War.
Famous Veterans: George Westinghouse Famed inventor and businessman George Westinghouse served in both the Union Army and Navy during the Civil War.
How Civil War Moms Inspired the Creation of Mother's Day Ann Reeves Jarvis and Julia Ward Howe, sick of sons and fathers dying, wanted to remind people of the true cost of war.
How a Civil War Veteran Became One of the Greatest Criminals of All Time Sure, there's nothing technically "great" about living a life of crime, but if that life became the inspiration for one of...
Here's When Army Bases Honoring the Confederacy Will Shed Their Old Names The congressionally mandated Naming Commission, a committee formed to examine all Confederate references across the military...
This Week, Fort Pickett Will Replace Its Confederate Name, a First for an Army Base Following Renaming Commission Fort Pickett will be redesignated Fort Barfoot, honoring Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with...
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...