'Red Summer 1919': A Vietnam Veteran Composed a Powerful Opera to Honor Black Veterans of World War I "Red Summer 1919: An Instrumental Opera," pays homage to the Black men who returned home from war, only to find a new war on...
The Incredible Life of the American Airman Who Created 'King Kong' Director Merian C. Cooper was an Army pilot who loved flying as much as he loved making movies.
'Someone Else Will Raise Your Children': During Beirut Bombing Anniversary, Marine Commandant Warns Against Attacks on US Forces Top military officials who gathered in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to mark the anniversary of the 1983 bombing noted the...
5 Harrowing Facts About the 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing A massive suicide bomber attack on the Marine Corps Barracks in October 1983 led to the eventual withdrawal of American...
Watchmaker Praesidus' Newest Replica Honors Vietnam War Special Operators Watchmaker Praesidus specializes in recreating historical timepieces from exact military specifications.
National Geographic's Acclaimed Series 'One Day in America' Dives Deep into the Kennedy Assassination With the 60th anniversary of Kennedy's death approaching, the time is right for a straightforward retelling that conveys the...
That Time a Navy Sub Took Out a Locomotive During WWII On the USS Barb's penultimate patrol during World War II, the Navy submarine executed a daring nighttime surface attack...
Award-Winning World War II Drama 'All the Light We Cannot See' Coming to Netflix While the Battle of Saint-Malo was very real, the story and characters of “All the Light We Cannot See” are a work of fiction...
The Real Spy from John Le Carré Books Gets 'The Fog of War' Treatment Filmmaker Errol Morris' latest work, "The Pigeon Tunnel," gives "The Fog of War" treatment to a different kind of Cold...
The Navy's Newest Destroyer Is Named for the Marine Corps' Youngest Medal of Honor Recipient The newest Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas is named after the Marine Corps' youngest Medal of...
Class-Action Suit over Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Goes Before Supreme Court The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Soto v. United States, a case that challenges a six-year limit on back pay for...
Veterans Reunite with 'Precious Cargo' 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon One woman's quest to say ‘thank you’ led to the colonel who ran her refugee camp and the aircraft maintainer who may have...
48 Hours with Marines and Soldiers on the US Southern Border Amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, military assets and personnel are increasingly being relied upon for a...
'Everything Is on the Table': Army Eyeing Expansion of Privatized Barracks As part of a pilot program, construction is expected to begin this summer on a new privately managed facility at Fort Irwin...
Army Suspends Fort McCoy's First Female Commander Amid Trump Portrait Display Controversy The incident, which sparked a wave of right-wing criticism, centered on the base's chain of command wall display -- a common...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-10/1time%20king%20kong%20biplanes%201200.jpg?itok=DtKKSiod "The infamous air battle over New York from the 1933 movie "King Kong." (RKO Radio Pictures)")
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-10/1time%20operator%20with%20watch%201200.jpg?itok=TjfEV3cM "With the help of MACV-SOG veteran John “Tilt” Stryker Meyer, Praesidus' "Rec-Spec" honors his fellow special operators.")
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-10/1time%20all%20the%20light%20we%20cannot%20see%201200.jpg?itok=eyGFhsta "Aria Mia Loberti stars as Marie-Laure LeBlanc in Netflix's new limited series "All the Light We Cannot See." (Netflix)")
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-10/1time%20john%20le%20carre%20the%20pigeon%20tunnel%201200.jpg?itok=uZvpFczw "David Cornwell, also known as John Le Carré, in "The Pigeon Tunnel." (Apple TV+)")
![Marines at the border wall](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-04/staff-border-wall-marines-wire-1800.jpg?itok=a3dIOHTu "Marines were deployed here to reinforce barriers during President Donald Trump's first term, but they were not armed with the long guns their Guardian Angels carry now, NPR reported. An old policy from the very unit these Marines come from said Guardian Angels must watch over their units' security with an "ambush mentality." (Drew F. Lawrence/Military.com)")
