Cobra Pilot Who Lifted Troops to Safety in Vietnam Is Awarded Medal of Honor at White House Ceremony Capt. Larry Taylor flew his attack helicopter into heavy enemy gunfire until he ran out of ammunition, then led a daring...
Vietnam Veteran to Be Awarded Medal of Honor for Heroic Helicopter Rescue After 55 Years Army Capt. Larry Taylor, who was an AH-1 Cobra pilot between August 1967 and August 1968, is set to be awarded the Medal of...
Why the US Used Agent Orange in Vietnam and What Makes It So Deadly The United States military sprayed nearly 12,000 square miles of Vietnamese jungles with the chemical defoliant over a 10...
The Navy's Newest Destroyer Is Named for a Marine Who Saved His Company from Annihilation The U.S. Navy just christened its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in honor of Lt. Harvey C. Barnum, the...
56 Vietnam-Era MPs Receive Bronze Stars Amid Army Review of Past Honors Maj. Gen. Thomas Drew said that the Army is conducting a major review and records search to determine whether other troops...
Inconvenient Truths for the Next War You would think that Congress, national security policymakers, and generals and admirals would have learned by now.
A New Book Details the Life of the Deadliest Sniper in Marine Corps History Chuck Mawhinney's closest friends had no idea the Marine Corps veteran was a Vietnam War legend who holds the record for the...
Robert Downey Jr. to Star in an Adaptation of the Acclaimed Vietnam War Spy Satire 'The Sympathizer' "The Sympathizer" is equal parts spy game, mystery novel, immigrant story, war memorial and, most importantly, dark comedy.
50 Years Later, Vietnam Veterans Finally Get Official Tribute to Their Service and Sacrifice For three days last week, the government sought to make up for decades of neglect with a series of events on the National...
From Korea to Afghanistan: Special Forces Legend Billy Waugh's Amazing Career Spanned Five Decades The unparalleled godfather of the Green Berets, and CIA septuagenarian at the spearhead of early operations in Afghanistan...
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...