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...
POW Gets a Pair of Jump Boots, the Best Gift a WWII Vet Could Want Albert "Ken" Axelson, a World War II combat medic, turned 21 on April 2, 1945 -- the same day he was liberated from a Nazi...
What Are the Branches of the US Military? In simple terms, the U.S. Armed Forces are made up of the six military branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps...
This Is the Truth Behind WWII’s Creepy Philadelphia Experiment The Philadelphia Experiment is one of the most grotesque military urban legends ever.
Lou Conter, Last Survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor Attack, Dies at 102 Lou Conter was one of 335 sailors and Marines to survive the attack, and was the last living survivor. Some 2,341 service...
Why the US Navy Operated a Fleet of Ice Cream Ships During World War II If an army marches on its stomach, as Napoleon Bonaparte once purportedly said, then a fighting force as large and powerful...
Newly Renovated Vietnam Veterans Memorial Replica Dedicated in Georgia Like the original memorial wall in Washington D.C., the replica -- eight feet high and stretching more than 200 feet --...
Michael Douglas' Benjamin Franklin Brings France Into the American Revolution in a New Apple TV+ Series This new dramatization of Franklin's most important diplomatic magnum opus is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer...
'Fracture Jaw': The Army's Plan to Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons During the Vietnam War On Jan. 24, 1968, Westmoreland asked Sharp to move tactical nuclear weapons into northern Quang Tri province as a last-ditch...
Army Cancels Planned Public Visits to Trinity Bomb Site in April. You Can Blame 'Oppenheimer.' The Army has canceled the April 6 open house for the public to visit the New Mexico site of the Trinity atomic bomb blast for...
Troubled USS Boxer Returns Home 10 Days into Deployment Due to Maintenance Issue The maintenance-embattled USS Boxer is heading back to San Diego just 10 days after deploying due to an engineering issue, as...
On Newly Quiet Stretch of US-Mexico Border, Louisiana Soldiers Sit Around, Watch and Wait The Louisiana soldiers are spaced in groups of two or three over the 1.5 mile, 400-yard-wide strip of land.
How the Army Made a Deal with UFL Football and The Rock Despite Doubts over the Sponsorship's Worth The roughly $11 million deal set the service up to be the premier partner for the league's inaugural season, which started...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...