How Martha Gellhorn Became the Only Female Journalist at D-Day As a female war correspondent, Martha Gellhorn was not allowed to accompany the Allied invasion force that stormed the...
France's Macron Urges a Green Light for Ukraine to Strike Targets Inside Russia with Western Weapons The question of whether to allow Ukraine to hit targets on Russian soil with Western-supplied weaponry has been a delicate...
Rangers Led the Way in the D-Day Landings 80 Years Ago Among the 150,000 soldiers who landed on and fought across the hostile beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, were 1,000...
Paris Will Become a No-Fly Zone to Safeguard Its Wildly Ambitious Olympic Opening Ceremony The unprecedented waterborne ceremony on the River Seine running through the French capital is the stiffest single security...
Aboard France's Aging Nuclear Submarines — Old Boats But New Missions Once again, the oceans beckon for France’s veteran nuclear-powered attack submarines.
5 Epic Battles Featured in the New 'Napoleon' Trailer The trailer begins with the execution of Marie Antoinette amid the French Revolution.
Gen. Mark Milley Awarded France's Highest Medal of Honor French President Emmanuel Macron awarded U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley France’s highest medal of honor for his...
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."
The Military Origins of the Phrase ‘Die Hard’ The phrase "Die Hard" is much, much older than Bruce Willis, but just as beloved.
Josephine Baker Was the First Black Superstar — and World War II’s Most Unlikely Spy Josephine Baker was a worldwide sensation at a time when Black performers were playing to segregated audiences in the United...
Hegseth Has Ordered a Combat Standards Review. It's Unclear How It Might Apply to All the Services. It's a move that underscores Hegseth's broader push for higher standards in the military, but also one that reflects the long...
'In No Way Incompatible': Service Academy Alums Sign Letter Supporting Transgender Cadets, Midshipmen Alumni representing every academy and a broad spectrum of generations have signed onto an open letter aimed at providing...
Military Retirees Say They Were Denied Extended GI Bill Benefits Despite Supreme Court Ruling The officers had extensive service under the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills yet were not given an extra 12 months of...
Why You Should Buy a Tank You can buy surplus military vehicles, and yes, that includes tanks. Here's how to get the hottest set of wheels (sorry...
No Deal: White House Says DC's F-16 Transfer to Maryland Is Off the Table A deal last year to transfer an F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron from the District of Columbia Air National Guard to Maryland...
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-07/1time%20joaquin%20phoenix%20napoleon%201200.jpg?itok=HWGo_ri5 "Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott's "Napoleon." (Apple)")
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-05/1time%20die%20hard%201200.jpg?itok=iYjBQm3v "Bet this is what you think of when you hear the phrase "Die Hard." (20th Century Fox)")
