US Navy Battle Flags: A Visual Guide The Navy's tradition of flying battle flags is as old as America itself. Here's an (incomplete) guide to the service's best...
Why the USS Cole's Commander Pushed to Keep His Crew Together After Deadly Bombing On Oct. 12, 2000, two suicide bombers in a small boat laden with explosives targeted the guided-missile destroyer Cole.
'Space Marine 2' Is the Fun Version of Futuristic Fascism While the gameplay is fun but derivative and the characters often feel clone-stamped, “Space Marine 2” is actually a...
The Infamous Golden Guns of the Most Notorious Deposed Dictators Money. Weapons. The power to make enemies disappear. Dictators seem to have it all. Some of them even take all three of those...
'No Hesitation': Vietnam's Lifesaving 'Dustoff' Medevac Crews to Get Congressional Gold Medal To honor those who flew more than 496,000 Army medevac missions from May 1962 through March 1973, the House last week passed...
The World War II Fighter Ace Behind the Navy's Blue Angels For the rest of his life, the Blue Angel pilots who came after him viewed Voris with reverence -- and with good reason.
Pennsylvania State Senator Sues Critics of His Book About WWI Hero Sgt. York A Pennsylvania state senator and former Republican gubernatorial candidate whose support for Donald Trump drew him to the U.S...
5 Films and TV Shows About Operation Market Garden, Recommended by a War Historian Here are five films and TV shows that explore the origins, impact and aftermath of the allies’ September 1944 strategic...
The Time an Army Bomber Crashed into the Empire State Building During WWII The crash, which caused about $1 million in damage (roughly $17.5 million in 2024), represented the first time that an...
Seven Famous Female Veterans From a computer genius to a popular sitcom star, talented women have made their mark in the U.S. military.
Hegseth Has Ordered a Combat Standards Review. It's Unclear How It Might Apply to All the Services. It's a move that underscores Hegseth's broader push for higher standards in the military, but also one that reflects the long...
'In No Way Incompatible': Service Academy Alums Sign Letter Supporting Transgender Cadets, Midshipmen Alumni representing every academy and a broad spectrum of generations have signed onto an open letter aimed at providing...
Military Retirees Say They Were Denied Extended GI Bill Benefits Despite Supreme Court Ruling The officers had extensive service under the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills yet were not given an extra 12 months of...
Why You Should Buy a Tank You can buy surplus military vehicles, and yes, that includes tanks. Here's how to get the hottest set of wheels (sorry...
No Deal: White House Says DC's F-16 Transfer to Maryland Is Off the Table A deal last year to transfer an F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron from the District of Columbia Air National Guard to Maryland...