Leonard Lauder, Navy Vet and Philanthropist Who Globalized Family Cosmetic Business, Dies at Age 92 Lauder studied at Columbia University’s graduate school of business. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and as a Navy...
Famous Veteran: James Earl Jones Despite achieving great fame, James Earl Jones often spoke fondly of his time in the U.S. Army, particularly his involvement...
Army Veteran and 'Walking Tall' Actor Joe Don Baker Dies at 89 Baker, a former Texas football player who served two years in the U.S. Army before making his television debut, died on May 7...
Why the Statue of George Washington in London’s Trafalgar Square Was Taken Down Military history buffs in London were probably perplexed to see the statue of George Washington, a gift presented by the...
'I'd Have Never Done It Without the Marine Corps': Life and Business Lessons from GoDaddy Founder Bob Parsons Most people wouldn't need to fight a war before starting a business, let alone one of the most iconic dot-com brands ever...
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...
Richard Chamberlain, TV Actor and Korean War Veteran, Dies at 90 Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series “Dr. Kildare” who found a second career as “king of the...
The Navy's New Destroyer Is Named for the First SEAL to Receive the Medal of Honor The USS Robert Kerrey will be an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the third named for a Navy SEAL after the USS Michael P...
The Last WWII Veteran on Active Duty Served for Nearly 55 Years After the War Dr. Earl Russell Fox joined the Navy during World War II, stayed in the Naval Reserve after the war and then joined the Coast...
One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen Remembers Struggle for Recognition Amid Trump's DEI Purge Col. James H. Harvey III, 101, was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who won the first U.S. Air Force Gunnery Meet in 1949.
Army Dramatically Expands Combat Patch Eligibility The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon...
Plans for Mass VA Firings Scuttled, But Department Still Expects 30,000 Employees to Leave on Their Own The announcement walked back previous plans, first revealed in a leaked memo in March, to fire as many as 83,000 employees as...
Colonel Retaliated Against Major for Talking to Congress About Red Hill Contamination, Report Says The report said that investigators substantiated an allegation that an Air Force colonel had retaliated against Army Maj...
Air Force Academy Cutting 140 Positions; Majors Affected? As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs.
Mystery on Pacific Seafloor Proves to Be Part of Daring WWII Saga, US Navy Says A mysterious object spotted on the South Pacific seafloor has been identified as the bow of a torpedoed World War II ship...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-05/1time%20joe%20don%20baker%20dies%201200.jpg?itok=9zJGYqiG "Joe Don Baker as Chief of Detectives Earl Eischied on the 1979 series "Eischied." (Columbia Pictures Television)")
