D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy to Mark 81st Anniversary of Landings Along the coastline and near the D-Day landing beaches, tens of thousands of onlookers attended the commemorations, which...
We Fought for This Country. Don't Cut the One Department That Fights for Us. On June 6 -- D-Day -- thousands of veterans will rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., united by a shared message...
Remember and Protect Their Fragile Gift of Freedom. Thank You to The Greatest Generation As part of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing in 2024, my wife and I joined colleagues from the American Battle...
Coasties Braved Withering German Fire to Put Troops Ashore on D-Day The role played by Coast Guard personnel who crewed the Higgins boats was critical to the success of the D-Day landings in...
What 'D-Day' Actually Stands For What the "D" in D-Day actually stands for has been a source of debate almost from the time that the Allies first landed on...
How Normandy Remembers the Only US Military Chaplain Killed in Action on D-Day Catholic chaplain Capt. Ignatius Maternowski was immortalized in 2021 with a stained-glass window depicting his image, his...
The Critical Role the Coast Guard Played in the D-Day Invasion Operation Overlord was one of the most complex military operations in the history of modern warfare.
Veterans Organizing 'Call to Action' Rally on D-Day Anniversary in Nation's Capital The march, touted as a nonpartisan, pro-veterans employment and benefits protection rally, is expected to draw veterans...
What Ike Remembered When Returning to the Beaches of Normandy 20 Years After D-Day In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division tried to ease the concerns of...
The Real-Life D-Day Commandos Who Inspired Hollywood's 'Dirty Dozen' "The Dirty Dozen" had everything anyone could hope for in a war movie.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-05/mil%20coast%20guard%20at%20d-day%201200.jpg?itok=53wtzln1 ""The Jaws of Death" - A Coast Guard-manned LCVP from the U.S.S. Samuel Chase disembarks U.S. troops on the morning of June 6, 1944 at Omaha Beach. (U.S. Coast Guard/Chief Photographer's Mate Robert F. Sargent)")
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-05/mil%20filthy%20thirteen%20paratroopers%201200.jpg?itok=kdZ4HQcY ""Filthy Thirteen" member Clarence Ware applies war paint to Charles Plauda, June 5, 1944. The idea was McNiece's, to honor his Native American heritage and to energize the men for the danger ahead. (National Archives)")
