This Is What It Felt Like to Be the 'FNG' in Vietnam Intense humidity, leeches, and snakes were just a few of the dangers our Vietnam Veterans faced while in the jungle.
Pardoning Vietnam War Draft Dodgers Was a No-Win Situation for Jimmy Carter On Jan. 21, 1977, the day after his inauguration, Carter issued Executive Order 11967, granting a pardon to all Vietnam War...
13 Vietnam-Era Holiday Stories to Remember, as Told by Veterans Christmas in the military is certainly different than celebrating the holidays as a civilian, and Christmas during war is an...
Highest Award Congress Can Bestow Going to Revered Vietnam POW Everett Alvarez A Vietnam prisoner of war who spent years in captivity in the prison camp they dubbed the Hanoi Hilton and whose story was...
The Little-Known War Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Songs Criscrossing decades, continents and conflict, we’ve collected some of the most intriguing stories behind a variety of...
12 Vietnam-Era Thanksgivings to Remember, as Told by Veterans Military.com readers share their Vietnam-era Thanksgiving stories.
Why a British Field Marshal and 74 Other Foreign Nationals Are Buried in Arlington National Cemetery When John Dill died on Nov. 4, 1944, it shook the upper echelons of the United States military, right up through Army Chief...
Congress Eyes Top Honor for Navy Pilot Who Was Second-Longest Ever US Military POW Lawmakers are working to award the Congressional Gold Medal to retired Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., who spent eight and a half...
The Best Vietnam War Movies, According to Service Members and Veterans It's no surprise that the Vietnam War and the veterans who served during it have been immortalized in some of the most iconic...
US Navy Battle Flags: A Visual Guide The Navy's tradition of flying battle flags is as old as America itself. Here's an (incomplete) guide to the service's best...
One Detainee Killed and 2 Others Critically Injured in Dallas ICE Facility, Homeland Security Says A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on...
Pentagon Adds Exemptions to Requirement for All Troops to Get the Flu Shot The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops to get the flu shot every year by introducing...
Travis Decker, Man Accused of Killing His Daughters, Is Dead, US Marshals Service Reportedly Says The hunt for Travis Decker, an Army veteran accused of killing his three young daughters near Leavenworth, Washington, could...
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Trying to Board Camp Pendleton Helicopter with Lit Flare A civilian holding a lit flare tried to board a Marine Corps helicopter while the aircraft was sitting on a Camp Pendleton...
Hegseth Abruptly Summons Top Military Commanders to a Meeting in Virginia Next Week The directive did not offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their...
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-07/apocalypse%20now%201200.jpg?itok=sptR2NuU "Full disclosure: there are way more than seven crazy facts about "Apocalypse Now." (United Artists)")
