How a World War II Private Accidentally Joined the French Resistance Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II, often gets lost in the shadow of the Normandy...
Veterans Are More Likely to Own a Home. Here's Why. The idea of buying a house with no down payment and more buyer protections and inspections than traditional mortgage loans...
Remembering the Battle of the Bulge The German army in late 1944 launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces. The battle that...
Why 'Veterans Day' Doesn't Use an Apostrophe The right way to spell out "Veterans Day" -- because it doesn't belong to anyone.
Trump Made Vietnam Veterans Day Official Holiday Americans celebrate Vietnam Veterans Day annually on March 29 thanks to a measure signed into law by President Donald Trump...
Everything You Need to Know About the A-10 'Warthog' Thunderbolt II The Warthog, Hawgs, Thunderbolt II -- whatever you call it, it's the Air Force's flying tank. It's both beloved by ground...
Why World War II-Era Soldiers Didn't Use Their Helmet's Chin Strap Word got around that in certain situations, the M1 helmet might pull heads back and snap some necks.
Here’s the Only American Soldier to Defect to the Nazis in World War II Lt. Martin James Monti was an Army Air Forces pilot, but he wasn't on a recon mission. He had stolen the plane and was headed...
This Is How the Poppy Became a Symbol for Fallen Troops Poppies became a symbol of sacrifice because of the war poem “In Flanders Fields,” written by the Canadian physician, Lt. Col...
Legendary General Patton Hated Peace So Much, He Wrote a Poem About It George S. Patton described the celebration at the end of World War I as the "cruel glee of the weak."
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-08/1time%20martin%20monti%20wwii%20capture%201200.jpg?itok=p26WqttY "A bubble gum card from "G-Men Detective Magazine" depicts the FBI capture of Nazi defector Martin J. Monti as he's discharged from the Army.")
