The Army ‘Viking Battalion’ Raised to Liberate Nazi-Occupied Norway in WWII The Army created the 99th Infantry Battalion from Norwegian-speaking GIs. Trained to invade Norway, the Vikings instead held...
For 30 Years, Volunteers Have Shown Up for America's Battlefields. This Saturday, the Tradition Continues On Saturday, April 25, 2026, volunteers will fan out across more than 110 battlefields and military historic sites to take...
The Bomb on Hitler’s Plane That Didn’t Go Off A German Army officer activated a bomb disguised as two bottles of Cointreau orange liqueur, handed the package to an...
Lew Harned, Brigadier General Who Served From WWII to Desert Storm, Dies at 101 Rejected by the Army in 1942, Harned instead volunteered to drive ambulances in Italy. He later served as a surgeon in the...
This Mortally Wounded WWII Navigator Refused Morphine to Guide His B-17 Home Mortally wounded and lying in a pool of his own blood, 2nd Lt. Robert Femoyer navigated his B-17 home for two and a half...
Racing Time: Oral Historian Travels America to Capture WWII Voices Chandler Stark is venturing throughout the nation to talk to World War II veterans and record their stories for The National...
International Service Fraternity Holds Military Veterans Affairs Breakfast Veterans in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity were honored at a Midwest conference in Indianapolis, recognizing members from 12...
Army Names New Helicopter the MV-75 Cheyenne II, Honoring the Plains Tribes The Army unveiled the Cheyenne II name at its annual aviation conference, reviving a designation from a scrapped 1960s attack...
Stories of Black and Indigenous Patriots Come into Focus as US Remembers the American Revolution The National Park Service estimates that by the end of the Revolution more than 5,500 patriots of color — including Black and...
Project Hula: The US Secretly Armed the Soviet Union to Invade Japan in WWII In the spring of 1945, the U.S. Navy quietly handed over 149 warships to the Soviet Union at a remote Alaskan outpost...
Which Americans Will Be Automatically Registered for Military Draft, and When? Last year's defense bill passed by Congress paved the way for the new automatic registration process.
A VA Clinic Gave Veterans GLP-1s for Weight Loss. A Year Later, Everything Improved Researchers tracked 201 veterans prescribed semaglutide, the drug sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy. After one...
WWII Veteran Who Lied About His Age to Serve Takes Honor Flight Joining the military at 16 to serve in World War II to service in Korea and Vietnam, humble Al Duran has lived quite a life.
Disabled Veterans Charged Up to $20K to File VA Benefits Claims: Lawsuit The company being sued told Military.com it doesn't charge for VA claims. Plaintiffs disagree, citing purported deceptive...
3 Big Military PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What to Know Before 2026 Peak Season In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-04/534448742_1171596908327377_3754096367696420264_n.jpg?itok=rodTFXBk "Retired Brig. Gen. Lew Harned with Miss Madison Teen Natalie Popp, who wrote "Lew for the Red, White and Blue.” (Facebook)")
