Famous Veteran: Robert Duvall Army veteran Robert Duvall, whose 70-plus year career as an actor included an Oscar for "Tender Mercies," comes from a long...
Famous Veteran: Robert A. Heinlein Navy veteran Robert Heinlein's career as a science fiction writer began when he entered a writing contest for a magazine.
Famous Veteran: R. Buckminster Fuller Inventor and engineer R. Buckminster Fuller served as a commander of crash boats at the Navy Flying School at Newport News...
Famous Veteran: Jamie Farr Mentored by comic legend Red Skelton, Jamie Farr was drafted into the Army during the 1950s before gaining fame on the TV...
Famous Veteran: Oliver Stone Rabble-rousing film director Oliver Stone joined the Army during Vietnam as a "rite of passage," and it ended up shaping the...
Famous Veteran: Montel Williams Talk-show host Montel Williams was the first Black enlisted Marine to complete and graduate both the Academy Prep School and...
Famous Veteran: Morgan Freeman One of the most memorable actors ever almost gave it up to be an Air Force pilot.
Famous Veteran: Malcolm Forbes The man behind Forbes magazine was an Army staff sergeant in World War II, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple...
Famous Veteran: Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimoy, who died on Feb. 27, 2015, may be widely known for playing Spock, but he also served in the Army Reserve.
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Covering Up Midnight Visit to Michigan Military Site U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
1,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Called Up to Assist with Hurricane Helene Response The 1,000 troops, an Infantry Battalion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, are from the 82nd Airborne Division...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.