Official 2025 White House Christmas Ornament Celebrates 150 Years of State Dinners The Official 2025 White House Christmas Ornament is built around a milestone that shaped American diplomacy: the 150th...
The Japanese Submariner Who Became America's First WWII Prisoner After Pearl Harbor Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle...
Death by Firing Squad: Eddie Slovik Became the Only U.S. Soldier Executed for Desertion in WWII Eddie Slovik made a series of decisions that turned him into the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil...
The Continental Army’s Medical Crisis: Benjamin Rush’s Whistleblowing in 1778 Benjamin Rush exposed severe mismanagement in Revolutionary War military hospitals, documenting supply abuses, high mortality...
German Officer Sacrificed His Life Trying to Save an American Soldier in the WWII Battle of Hurtgen Forest A 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield on Nov. 12, 1944. Lt...
The Alaska Air Route That Sent 8,000 American Warplanes to the Soviet Union in World War II Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a...
America's Game: How Army and Navy Built One of the Most Legendary College Football Rivalries For most players, the Army-Navy game marks their last time in pads. For the seniors, it's typically their final competitive...
The Walking Dead in Vietnam: How 1st Battalion, 9th Marines Earned the Marine Corps' Highest Casualty Rate When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight...
Italy Once Stole Secret American Intelligence Codes Which Nearly Made Britain Lose WWII Every morning over breakfast in early 1942, infamous German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel received a classified intelligence...
When Battles Go Quiet for Holidays Holidays carry enormous emotional weight. They mark time, culture, and memory, and they often shape how people interpret...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-10/decryption.jpg?itok=-Okhv_iU "An Enigma decryption machine, called a "bombe." Decryption machines like this were used by both the Axis and Allies to break enemy codes and access vital intelligence during WWII. (U.S. Air Force photo)")
