Cobra Pilot Who Lifted Troops to Safety in Vietnam Is Awarded Medal of Honor at White House Ceremony Capt. Larry Taylor flew his attack helicopter into heavy enemy gunfire until he ran out of ammunition, then led a daring...
Vietnam Veteran to Be Awarded Medal of Honor for Heroic Helicopter Rescue After 55 Years Army Capt. Larry Taylor, who was an AH-1 Cobra pilot between August 1967 and August 1968, is set to be awarded the Medal of...
Why the US Used Agent Orange in Vietnam and What Makes It So Deadly The United States military sprayed nearly 12,000 square miles of Vietnamese jungles with the chemical defoliant over a 10...
The Navy's Newest Destroyer Is Named for a Marine Who Saved His Company from Annihilation The U.S. Navy just christened its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in honor of Lt. Harvey C. Barnum, the...
56 Vietnam-Era MPs Receive Bronze Stars Amid Army Review of Past Honors Maj. Gen. Thomas Drew said that the Army is conducting a major review and records search to determine whether other troops...
Inconvenient Truths for the Next War You would think that Congress, national security policymakers, and generals and admirals would have learned by now.
A New Book Details the Life of the Deadliest Sniper in Marine Corps History Chuck Mawhinney's closest friends had no idea the Marine Corps veteran was a Vietnam War legend who holds the record for the...
Robert Downey Jr. to Star in an Adaptation of the Acclaimed Vietnam War Spy Satire 'The Sympathizer' "The Sympathizer" is equal parts spy game, mystery novel, immigrant story, war memorial and, most importantly, dark comedy.
50 Years Later, Vietnam Veterans Finally Get Official Tribute to Their Service and Sacrifice For three days last week, the government sought to make up for decades of neglect with a series of events on the National...
From Korea to Afghanistan: Special Forces Legend Billy Waugh's Amazing Career Spanned Five Decades The unparalleled godfather of the Green Berets, and CIA septuagenarian at the spearhead of early operations in Afghanistan...
Naval Academy Staff Removed Display on Female Jewish Graduates for Hegseth Visit The U.S. Naval Academy has confirmed that officials there removed items commemorating female Jewish graduates from a historic...
'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France...
My Black Roommate Opened My Eyes to an Air Force I Didn’t Know Existed I realized I had been sheltered from much of the world's ugliness and was more than a little naive. I thought the problems I...
4 US Soldiers Who Died in Lithuania Swamp When Their Vehicle Sank Are Identified The recovery operation for the bodies and the M88 was an intricate and arduous weeklong process, enlisting the expertise of...
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...