The M50 Ontos: The Ugly Marine Corps Tank-Hunter That Helped Win the Battle of Hue By late 1967, the M50 Ontos was just about phased out of military service. The Army had rejected it back in 1953, calling it...
Canadian Filmmaker Treks Cross Country to Preserve Veterans' Stories After finding an old box of his late grandfather's service medals, Canadian filmmaker Zach Dunn was inspired to interview...
Moments That Defined Military Leadership: Roy Benavidez Leadership is often discussed in theory. This series examines what leadership looks like when theory breaks down and...
From Da Nang to the DMZ: A Marine Commander's 13 Months of Combat in Vietnam Capt. Walter Fleming walked through the gap between two small Buddhist altars on a dirt road near Da Nang. His weapons...
Vietnam Veteran and Alleged Serial Killer’s Remains Will Be Removed from National Cemetery Fernando Cota has spent more than 40 years buried in a national veterans' cemetery. But after the passing of a new law, the...
Hellacious Firefight in Vietnam Changes Life for Medal of Honor Recipient Wounded several times, Harold Fritz bravely led his platoon through a dire ambush in Vietnam, leading to the most prestigious...
Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Coming to South Carolina Tourist Town Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is working on another attraction that will finally honor the sacrifices of Vietnam War veterans.
Military Wife Helps Homeless Veterans in Idaho Through RV Donations Veterans like Terry Glinnon, who struggled with homelessness, are finding home in Northern Idaho through a new nonprofit that...
How the Physician Assistant Field Arose from Military Medicine Every physician assistant practicing today owes the profession's existence to combat medics and Navy corpsmen who proved that...
Green Jacket Volunteers Help Veterans Succeed in Drug Treatment Courts The Green Jackets, a volunteer group of Vietnam veterans, are helping other veterans overcome problems with addiction and...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
