Taps: How a Medal of Honor Recipient Gave America its Most Famous Military Bugle Call Ever The central role that Daniel Butterfield played in taps was largely unknown until the late 19th century, only coming to light...
'The Angel of Gettysburg' Buried Union Soldiers While 6 Months' Pregnant The stench of decomposing bodies was overpowering, the terrible smell made all the more repugnant by the stifling July heat...
The Forgotten Victims of the First Atomic Blast That ‘Oppenheimer’ Left Out May Finally Get Their Due Robert Oppenheimer and the scientists he recruited to develop the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos were well aware of the...
Army Ranger Legend and Last Living Korean War Medal of Honor Recipient Ralph Puckett Dies at 97 When Ralph Puckett was chosen to lead a new Ranger company in 1950, he said a prayer: "Dear God, don't let me get a bunch of...
'Band of Brothers,' 'The Pacific' and 'Masters of the Air,' Ranked Ranking Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking World War II series.
New York's Famous Katz's Deli Will Still 'Send a Salami to Your Boy in the Army' Though Katz's helped ease hunger pangs and homesickness during World War II with their salamis, the tradition didn't stop...
What Are the Branches of the US Military? In simple terms, the U.S. Armed Forces are made up of the six military branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps...
This Is the Truth Behind WWII’s Creepy Philadelphia Experiment The Philadelphia Experiment is one of the most grotesque military urban legends ever.
Lou Conter, Last Survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor Attack, Dies at 102 Lou Conter was one of 335 sailors and Marines to survive the attack, and was the last living survivor. Some 2,341 service...
Why the US Navy Operated a Fleet of Ice Cream Ships During World War II If an army marches on its stomach, as Napoleon Bonaparte once purportedly said, then a fighting force as large and powerful...
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.