Bluegrass Pioneer and 'Rocky Top' Singer Bobby Osborne Was Shot in the Head in Korean War Bobby Osborne remained a player at the Grand Ole Opry with his band, the Rocky Top X-Press, right up until his death. He was...
'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...
Dick Van Dyke's Entertainment Career Started in a World War II Latrine Van Dyke has never been ashamed to admit that cowardice led to his entertainment career.
‘No Country for Old Men’ Author and Air Force Veteran Cormac McCarthy Dies Before becoming a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Cormac McCarthy joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953 after dropping out of...
Pat Sajak Announces He's Retiring After His 41st Season of 'Wheel of Fortune' "Well, the time has come," Vietnam veteran and "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak wrote on Twitter.
From Military to UFC: 10 Fighters Who Served It should come as no surprise that many service members and veterans have gone on to success in martial arts, particularly...
From Marine to Comedian: How Tim Wilkins Made It in Hollywood You might say that Tim Wilkins was born for comedy. Even while he was earning the title of U.S. Marine, he “had the cockiness...
Famous Veteran: Yogi Berra Hall of Fame baseball player Yogi Berra is a Navy veteran who worked on a rocket-launching boat and served on D-Day during...
Famous Veteran: Willie Nelson After Willie Nelson left high school in 1950, he enrolled in the Air Force and was medically discharged after about nine...
Famous Veteran: Tom Selleck Actor Tom Selleck has volunteered for numerous public-service announcements that document the National Guard's contributions...
Another Fighter Jet Tumbles from Truman Carrier Deck into Red Sea The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier lost another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet on Tuesday -- the third since it...
Tweaks to Army's Physical Fitness Test Are Relatively Modest The Army has approved a series of revisions to its physical fitness test, recalibrating performance benchmarks in a modest...
White House Says Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day Has Been Scrapped The White House has backed off President Donald Trump’s stunning social media proposal to change the name of Veterans Day to...
Weather and Night Vision Goggles Were Likely Factors in Marine Corps Helicopter Crash, Report Finds The CH-53 Super Stallion crashed Feb. 6, 2024, during a late night flight when it hit a mountain near Pine Valley, California...
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the...