Jimmy Carter Turns 99 at Home with Rosalynn and Other Family as Tributes Come From Around the World In Atlanta, the Carter Library & Museum and adjacent The Carter Center was holding a weekend of events, including a...
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...
Historians Race to Find Great Lakes Shipwrecks Before Quagga Mussels Destroy the Sites Michigan's state maritime archaeologist is pushing to raise more pieces of a World War II plane flown by a Tuskegee airman.
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...
What Job Would Captain Marvel Have if She Were a Vet in Real Life? Captain Marvel, an Air Force pilot turned NASA intelligence officer, is a trailblazing woman even before she gained...
A Medical Mystery Almost as Old as America: What Actually Killed George Washington? Anecdotal evidence and empirical data show that Americans are infatuated with true crime, from cold-case television shows to...
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...
Top 10 Celebrity Veterans With the training and experience gained in military service, it should be no surprise there are celebrity veterans.
Profiles in Courage: 5 Medal of Honor Recipients The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military honor for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
Michael Caine's New Thriller Novel 'Deadly Game' Sounds Like Everything We Always Wanted At age 90, Caine, star of "Zulu," "A Bridge Too Far" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," is about to live the life of a character...
Marine Corps Says Half of Barracks Had Issues, Though Only 118 Marines Moved, After Worldwide Inspection The inspection took place between February and March, a quick time frame for a herculean task that involved looking at...
Temporary Promotions for Army Noncommissioned Officers to End in June The Army will suspend the temporary promotions starting in June in one of the most significant changes to its promotion...
Marine Corps Aims for a New Way of Teaching, Ditching Old Models of PowerPoint Lectures The service will focus on the individual Marine's ability to learn rather than cramming instruction into their heads, whether...
Ukrainian Drone Attack Sets Major Russian Oil Refinery on Fire Oil-processing, one of Russia’s most important industries, has been a target of Ukrainian drone attacks since late January.
Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel...