The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went...
US Military Parade Has Global Counterparts in Democracies, Monarchies and Totalitarian Regimes Variations on the theme have surfaced among longtime NATO allies in Europe, one-party and authoritarian states and history's...
The Reverence for Old Glory that Inspired Flag Day Arose Decades After Betsy Ross Sewed Her First The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her...
That Time the Army Gassed Veterans Protesting for Benefits In May 1932, a group of World War veterans and their families -- numbering in the tens of thousands -- set up camps along the...
Trump Says All Army Bases Stripped of Confederate Namesakes Will Have Names Restored Nine Army posts including Fort Benning, Fort Hood and Fort Gordon shed their Confederate names in 2023 following an...
6 Times the Military Was Used for Riot Control in the US When local law enforcement can't restore law and order, the US military gets the call.
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...
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...
That Time Army Rangers Got in a Gunfight with the Crips Street Gang Army Sgt. Bill Foulk bought a house in a rough neighborhood as an investment. He wanted to protect it.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...
