DEFCON Levels DEFCON, short for Defense Readiness Condition or simply Defense Condition, is the U.S. military’s ranking system for defense...
Trump Wants to Undo Diversity Programs. Some Agencies React by Scrubbing US History and Culture Donald Trump’s efforts to undo diversity, equity and inclusion efforts throughout the federal government have had a trickle...
6 Video Games that Teach Real Military History Games have a long history of being used to teach military lessons, starting with ancient board games such as checkers and...
The Real Military History Behind All Your Favorite Feudal Japan Video Games With “Ghosts of Yotei” and “Assassin’s Creed: Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going...
'Kidnapped at Sea' Dispels the Old 'Sea Story' of a Black Sailor in the Confederate Navy “Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White” tells the tale of a free Black man captured during one of the...
The First Medal of Honor Recipient of WWII Was Basically a Modern-Day Berserker To look at Lt. Alexander R. "Sandy" Nininger when he began his plebe year at the U.S. Military Academy, one might never have...
Tuskegee Airmen, WASP History Will Stay in Air Force Boot Camp Curriculum Following Outcry The Air Force is resuming its boot camp lessons about trailblazing Black and female World War II pilots after the material...
Auschwitz Memorial Holds Observances on the 80th Anniversary of the Death Camp's Liberation The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked at the site of the former death camp, a...
Russian Troops Get the Worst Food Issued by Any Military Ever Russia’s mothers posed a question to the Russian government: “If the dog food was really purchased for the base’s dogs, why...
After 80 Years, Not Many Auschwitz Survivors Are Left. One Man Makes Telling the Stories His Mission Just 220,000 Holocaust survivors are still alive, according to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, and...
Naval Academy Superintendent, First Woman in Post, Replaced Early by Marine General Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte, who currently oversees the Marine Corps' personnel directorate, has been nominated to replace...
National Guard Officer's Promotion Stalled by California Senator Protesting LA Military Deployment A hold cannot prevent a nominee from being confirmed, but it means the Senate cannot use the expedited procedures it normally...
As Corps Gets Stretched Thin by Mounting Missions, Top Enlisted Leader Focused on Basics for Marines Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz has been vocal about a multibillion-dollar barracks effort meant to fix disintegrating housing, as well...
Additional Military Bases in New Jersey, Indiana Set to Host Migrant Detention Camps Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, colloquially referred to as "Fort Dix," in New Jersey and Camp Atterbury in Indiana, both...
Fort Carson Soldier Accused of Kidnapping, Sexual Assault in Colorado Springs Records given to The Gazette by Fort Carson officials show Meade is a mechanic in the 4th Infantry Division for their...