This Taylor Swift Song Is a Tribute to Her Marine Grandfather's Service at Guadalcanal Written during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, "Epiphany" explores the similar emotions experienced by soldiers...
How British Army Vet Turned 'NCIS' Actor David McCallum Helped Birth a Hip-Hop Classic Actor David McCallum spent two years in the army, commissioned in the 3rd Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment, part of the Royal...
Captured ISIS Insurgents (and Their Wives) Say Why They Fought for the Caliphate in 'Rojek' For four months, filmmaker Zaynê Akyol traveled Syrian Kurdistan visiting prisons and interviewing 30 jihadist fighters and...
A World War II Classic Gets a Modern Update in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial' The latest version of the military courtroom drama will premiere on Showtime and Paramount+ starting in October with a cast...
Hedy Lamarr’s Invention Changed Communications. Here’s Why the Navy Rejected it During WWII Along with a composer named George Antheil, Lamarr developed the technological concept of frequency hopping to address a...
You Can Now Own Air Force Vet Bob Ross' First Original Work from 'The Joy of Painting' Between 1983 and 1994, almost everyone knew that the one place to go for free, top-tier painting lessons was PBS' "The Joy of...
How a Hallmark Movie's Take on Air Force Romance Got Cooperation from the Thunderbirds Nothing could be a more romantic setting than the United States Air Force, right?
Kate Winslet Stars as Model-Turned-WWII Military Photographer in 'Lee' Kate Winslet ("Titanic") stars as Lee Miller in "Lee," a new film that depicts Miller's shift from artistic fashion...
Who Is Ice Spice and Why Are Marines Suddenly Obsessed with Her? Ice Spice may not be in the chain of command, but she may just be one of the most powerful forces in the Marine Corps right...
That Time a 73-Year-Old World War II Vet Drove 240 Miles on a Riding Mower When Alvin Straight decided he was going to visit his brother in Wisconsin in the summer of 1994, he wasn’t looking to be...
Bedbugs, Brown Water, Squatters: Military Barracks Blasted over Horrid Living Conditions, Lack of Accountability The Government Accountability Office published the conditions in a scathing new report, confirming complaints made by many...
What We Know About the Marine Corps F-35 Crash, Backyard Ejection and What Went Wrong The crash of an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in South Carolina has raised numerous questions about what prompted the...
Air Force's 9th Bomb Squadron Commander Fired After Just a Couple of Months on the Job Lt. Col. Brian Milner, the commander of the 9th Bomb Squadron, was relieved of command due to "a loss of confidence in his...
Democrats Circumvent Tuberville as Senate Moves to Finally Confirm Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs While acting chiefs can keep the military running day-to-day, defense officials have argued they are not as effective as...
1 in 3 PACT Act Claims Have Received a 0% Disability Rating, Prompting a VA Review VA Under Secretary for Benefits Joshua Jacobs said the department plans to examine its ratings schedule after complaints from...
