5 Reasons Why Geography Is America's Greatest Weapon Against an Invasion Even considering American military technology, geography is still the United States' first line of defense.
A Jewish Woman Drew First Blood In Revenge for the Holocaust With other partisans from the Vilnius Ghetto, Vitka Kempner fought back against Nazi occupation.
Renée Zellweger to Star in TV Drama About World War II’s WASPs Avenger Field" aims to shine a light on the role that female pilots played in the battle against Axis powers.
'Oppenheimer' Movie Will Tell Epic Tale of the Atom Bomb Oppenheimer was the lead scientist for the secret Manhattan Project that developed nuclear weapons during WWII.
‘Fury’ Drama Revisited: Is It Disrespectful to Spit on a Tank? Does an American tank deserve the same respect as the U.S. flag?
This World War II Veteran Is Now a Children's Book Author Ninety-nine-year-old World War II veteran Sam Baker decided to reinvent himself at age 95 with a brand-new career: as a...
Michael Bay Insists 'Pearl Harbor' Had the Biggest Movie Explosion Ever The latest edition of "Guinness World Records" has declared that the James Bond movie "Spectre" has the biggest explosion in...
Marine Who Witnessed Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Dies Before Battle's 76th Anniversary Elwood Hughes was also known in his community as a longtime high school basketball coach and physical education teacher.
'Flamethrowers Got It Done' in Close-Quarters Iwo Jima Fight, Survivors of the Battle Say Raymond Hart, 98, joined Hershel Williams, 96, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
Iwo Jima Veteran Turns 100; Thought He Wouldn't Survive War He slept in foxholes, using his duffel bag as protection from the Japanese soldiers.
Beards, Body Fat in the Crosshairs as Hegseth Orders Military-Wide Standards Review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a sweeping, military-wide review of physical fitness and grooming standards with...
The Worst War Movies Ever Made, According to Service Members and Veterans These are the worst war movies ever made, according to Military.com readers.
There's a New War Game for 'Nerds with a Drive for Violence.' It's Spreading Across the Marine Corps. In the war game "Down Range," Marine units can check out "kits" with dice, rules sheets and 3D-printed pieces that resemble...
Pentagon to Unveil Cuts Alongside Fiscal 2026 Budget Request The letter, addressed to House Armed Services Chair Mike D. Rogers, R- Ala., and dated March 5, states that Congress will be...
Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Decision Not to Review 'Benefit-of-the-Doubt' Evidence in Veterans' Claims In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that, while the Department of Veterans Affairs should favor veterans...
![Women Airforce Service pilots Frances Green, Margaret "Peg" Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn, leave their B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, "Pistol Packin' Mama," during ferry training at Lockbourne Army Airfield, Ohio, 1944. (U.S. Air Force)](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2017-12/WWII-Wasps.jpg?itok=Z3ugHHdP "Women Airforce Service pilots Frances Green, Margaret "Peg" Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leave their B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, "Pistol Packin' Mama," during ferry training at Lockbourne Army Airfield, Ohio, 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo)")
![World War II veteran Sam Baker holds his book.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-02/sam-baker-1800.jpg?itok=IXRhyiKj "World War II veteran Sam Baker holds his book "Oscar the Mouse." (Courtesy of Sam Baker)")
![Ben Affleck Josh Hartnett run from Japanese bombs during the attack scene in Pearl Harbor](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-02/pearlharbormovie2100.jpeg.jpg?itok=N6xGXYRZ "Ben Affleck Josh Hartnett run from Japanese bombs during the attack scene in Michael Bay's 2001 movie "Pearl Harbor." (Touchstone Pictures)")
![Elwood "Woody" Hughes.](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2021-02/mil-elwood-woody-hughes-1200.jpg?itok=x21AyxEe "Elwood "Woody" Hughes, who died Feb. 2, 2021 at age 95, landed on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on Feb. 22, 1945, the day before the flag-raising. (Elk Grove High School)")
![Woody Williams and Raymond Hart](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2020-02/woody-williams-and-raymond-hart-1200.jpg?itok=RIXKHYvu "Hershel "Woody" Williams (left) during a hangar dedication ceremony at the Capital Jet Center in Charleston, West Virginia, July 26, 2019. Iwo Jima vet Raymond Hart (right) signs autographs at National Museum of Marine Corps, Feb 22, 2020. (Photos: U.S. Marine Corps/William Holdaway and Military.com/Richard Sisk)")
