Marine Corps Vet and Boxer Turned ‘Rocky’ Actor Burt Young Dies at 83 Young served in the Corps between 1957 and 1959. He learned boxing and maintained a record of 32-2 in the service.
How an Air Force Technician Hacking the Phone System Led to the Creation of Apple Computer John Draper would eventually go to work for Apple, creating phone technology that would lead to voice-activated telephone...
Katy Perry Is Fighting a Dying, Elderly Veteran to Force Him to Sell His Home Singer Katy Perry and fiancé Orlando Bloom are in the middle of a trial that could result in an 84-year-old Army veteran and...
How British Army Vet Turned 'NCIS' Actor David McCallum Helped Birth a Hip-Hop Classic Actor David McCallum spent two years in the army, commissioned in the 3rd Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment, part of the Royal...
You Can Now Own Air Force Vet Bob Ross' First Original Work from 'The Joy of Painting' Between 1983 and 1994, almost everyone knew that the one place to go for free, top-tier painting lessons was PBS' "The Joy of...
What Job Would Captain Marvel Have if She Were a Vet in Real Life? Captain Marvel, an Air Force pilot turned NASA intelligence officer, is a trailblazing woman even before she gained...
A Medical Mystery Almost as Old as America: What Actually Killed George Washington? Anecdotal evidence and empirical data show that Americans are infatuated with true crime, from cold-case television shows to...
That Time a 73-Year-Old World War II Vet Drove 240 Miles on a Riding Mower When Alvin Straight decided he was going to visit his brother in Wisconsin in the summer of 1994, he wasn’t looking to be...
Profiles in Courage: 5 Medal of Honor Recipients The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military honor for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
Michael Caine's New Thriller Novel 'Deadly Game' Sounds Like Everything We Always Wanted At age 90, Caine, star of "Zulu," "A Bridge Too Far" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," is about to live the life of a character...
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.