Force Protection Condition Levels (FPCON) Force Protection Condition (FPCON) is a system used by the Department of Defense to help assess and respond to terrorist...
DEFCON Levels DEFCON, short for Defense Readiness Condition or simply Defense Condition, is the U.S. military’s ranking system for defense...
Trump Wants to Undo Diversity Programs. Some Agencies React by Scrubbing US History and Culture Donald Trump’s efforts to undo diversity, equity and inclusion efforts throughout the federal government have had a trickle...
6 Video Games that Teach Real Military History Games have a long history of being used to teach military lessons, starting with ancient board games such as checkers and...
The Real Military History Behind All Your Favorite Feudal Japan Video Games With “Ghosts of Yotei” and “Assassin’s Creed: Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going...
'Kidnapped at Sea' Dispels the Old 'Sea Story' of a Black Sailor in the Confederate Navy “Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White” tells the tale of a free Black man captured during one of the...
The First Medal of Honor Recipient of WWII Was Basically a Modern-Day Berserker To look at Lt. Alexander R. "Sandy" Nininger when he began his plebe year at the U.S. Military Academy, one might never have...
Tuskegee Airmen, WASP History Will Stay in Air Force Boot Camp Curriculum Following Outcry The Air Force is resuming its boot camp lessons about trailblazing Black and female World War II pilots after the material...
Did Wernher von Braun Predict in 1953 Elon Musk Would Rule Mars? ‘How Can This Be Real?’ Fans of billionaire Elon Musk are now saying that a book written more than 70 years ago by the rocket scientist who helped...
Auschwitz Memorial Holds Observances on the 80th Anniversary of the Death Camp's Liberation The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked at the site of the former death camp, a...
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...