America Celebrates 50 Years of Volunteer Force, But Faces Tough Recruiting Environment The anniversary of all-volunteer forces comes amid the toughest military recruiting environment in decades.
Morse Code Explained Morse code, the language of the telegraph, is a system of communication that's composed of combinations of short and long...
Why the Fourth Commandant Is the Only One the Marine Corps Forgot Historically, the Corps has been very proud of those who held its top post. Except for that one commandant.
Rebels at Vicksburg Vowed Revenge Against the Yankee Who Killed Their Camel In the late 1850s, the U.S. Army experimented with using camels as pack animals in the American Southwest.
The 101st Airborne's 'Screaming Eagle' Has a Name and a Civil War History The 101st Airborne Division has probably one of the most recognizable insignias in the U.S. military.
A New Book Introduces Children to History's Most Heroic Military Animals A new children's book, "We Also Served: True Stories of Brave Animals in the Military and Other Heroic Tales," recounts the...
Dick Van Dyke's Entertainment Career Started in a World War II Latrine Van Dyke has never been ashamed to admit that cowardice led to his entertainment career.
6 Things You May Not Know About the End of the Civil War To celebrate the end of a conflict that killed more than 600,000 troops, let's remember just how the war finally ended.
How Disobeyed Orders Led to the Largest Confederate Surrender of the Civil War The Confederate army under Joseph E. Johnston was the largest army to surrender to the Union during the Civil War.
'A Republic of Scoundrels' Shows Readers Not All Founding Fathers Were Worthy of Praise Most of the Founding Fathers risked their lives fighting the British, worked tirelessly to unite the colonies or made...
Fuel Tank Plummets from F-16 Jet and Lands in Neighborhood Near Eglin Air Force Base A fuel tank fell off an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet from Eglin Air Force Base, landing in a residential neighborhood...
The Army's Fitness Standards May Shift in 2025. But How Much Tougher Will They Be? The Army is poised to recalibrate its fitness standards, redefining the physical expectations for combat-arms roles in 2025...
Army Doctor Files Guilty Plea in 41 Cases of Sexual Contact, Indecent Behavior with Patients The physician, an anesthesiologist, was accused of fondling patients at a Washington state military hospital between 2019 and...
Lawsuit Alleges Racial and Gender Discrimination Led to an Air Force Contractor's Death The family of a Air Force contractor who was killed when she walked into a rotating drone propeller has filed a lawsuit...
Troubled Caisson Unit Makes Appearance at Carter Funeral as Horse-Drawn Services Remain Suspended The unit came under public scrutiny in 2022 when CNN reported that two horses had died within days of each other...