Why 'Veterans Day' Doesn't Use an Apostrophe The right way to spell out "Veterans Day" -- because it doesn't belong to anyone.
Why the USS Cole's Commander Pushed to Keep His Crew Together After Deadly Bombing Seventeen crew members were killed and dozens more hurt in the late-morning blast after explosives ripped a 40-by-40-foot...
A Small Canadian Mistake on the USS Missouri Nearly Halted Japan’s Surrender Eighty years ago, U.S. President Harry Truman authorized the U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan. Just days earlier...
Muhammad Ali's Unsigned Military Draft Card, a Piece of Vietnam-Era History, Will Be Auctioned Muhammad Ali’s refusal to sign his military draft card upended his life and added a powerful voice to the anti-war movement.
8 Legendary US Military Snipers The most notable snipers in U.S. military history aren’t just legends – they include real soldiers, sailors and Marines who...
POW Hero: Coast Guard’s Jimmy Crotty Came Home After 77 Years Jimmy Crotty’s courage under fire and in captivity became legendary — a story of sacrifice, endurance and homecoming.
Fear and Uncertainty Followed the Sept. 11 Attacks. What Was Real and What Was a Good Headline? The switch from peacetime flipped overnight. Tension was abuzz as war ramped up, even on a training base without deploying...
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
This Female Naval Officer Became a Computer-Age Pioneer Known alternately as "Amazing Grace," "the Mother of Computing" and "Grandma COBOL," Grace Murray Hopper revolutionized the...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
This Navy Dentist Engraved 'Remember Pearl Harbor' on Hideki Tojo's Dentures For roughly three months in 1946 and 1947, the man who approved the attack on Pearl Harbor walked around Sugamo Prison with...
Black History Month Turns 100 Black History Month highlights Black servicemembers whose courage shaped the military despite segregation and discrimination.
DoW Christian Service Draws Dozens of Complaints from Members, Contractors One contractor told Military.com that the email invite was "stark, depressing, almost threatening."
The Youngest American Killed in Vietnam Enlisted in the Marines at 14 PFC Dan Bullock became the youngest American service member killed in the Vietnam War after forging his birth certificate to...
Why You Didn’t Get the Job: Understanding How Companies Hire In today’s turbulent, unpredictable and frustrating hiring market, job-seekers are seemingly doing everything right and...
