Some Army Paratroopers Receive Pay Raise -- Funded by Cuts to Training Jumps The Pentagon announced that it will increase hazardous duty incentive pay for paratroopers, commonly known as jump pay. The...
How Normandy Remembers the Only US Military Chaplain Killed in Action on D-Day Catholic chaplain Capt. Ignatius Maternowski was immortalized in 2021 with a stained-glass window depicting his image, his...
Silence Was My Father’s Fortress. I Shared It for a Time Until Poetry Set Me Free. When I came back from Iraq, I carried with me the images of landscapes littered with ruined bodies. To deal with the stew of...
Fort Liberty Soldier Gets Booted After Indictment for Weapons Trafficking, Lying About White Nationalist Ties A paratrooper at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, who was indicted last week on charges of weapons trafficking and lying about...
The All-Airborne 'Remembrance Bowl' in Normandy Should Be a Bigger Deal Than the Army-Navy Game In May 2018, the newly renamed "Remembrance Bowl," sponsored by Patton Legacy Sports, was added to the list of D-Day...
WWII Legend Vince Speranza's Extended Lyrics to the Paratrooper Anthem 'Blood on the Risers' For some, the lyrics to "Blood on the Risers" might be a little disconcerting.
Vigil at 'Iron Mike': Paratroopers Pay Tribute to Fallen Comrades at Iconic Normandy Memorial John Brown was 20 years old when he joined the Army Air Forces in 1947. World War II was over, but he still wanted to serve...
A Paratrooper Started D-Day by Hanging from His Chute on a Church Pvt. John Steele's unit parachuted in the wrong place, while Steele himself was unlucky enough to get his chute caught on a...
How You Can Help the 'Band of Brothers' Cast Recreate Easy Company's Drop into Normandy 80 Years Later Donations to the nonprofit event will cover the cost of the "Placid Lassie" C-47 Skytrain, equipment for the jump and...
The First Parachute Jump from a Fixed-Wing Aircraft Was a Terrifying Risk for Everyone Involved U.S. troops have been jumping out of perfectly good airplanes for more than 80 years, but a significant amount of training...
Overhauled Army Caisson Unit Conducts First Funeral Service at Arlington Following Suspension The dark shapes of seven horses came into view across Section 62 at Arlington National Cemetery, returning to the hallowed...
Ukraine's Drone Attack on Russian Warplanes Was a Serious Blow to the Kremlin's Strategic Arsenal Ukraine said over 40 bombers, or about a third of Russia's strategic bomber fleet, were damaged or destroyed Sunday, although...
What 'D-Day' Actually Stands For What the "D" in D-Day actually stands for has been a source of debate almost from the time that the Allies first landed on...
Space Force Budget Faces Uncertainty as White House Bets on Supplemental Money from Congress An appendix for budget documents released last week shows a total of around $26.3 billion requested for the Space Force in...
Are You Made for the Military? Traits That Predict Basic Training Success While your natural tendencies may set the stage, your development during training plays a crucial role in your overall...
