Cradle to Grave: The Only American Both Born and Buried at Arlington National Cemetery Two days after his death, James Parks was laid to rest on Aug. 23, 1929, in what is now Section 15, Grave 2 at Arlington...
West Point Opens 200-Year-Old Time Capsule and Finds … Silt? West Point had been building anticipation for nearly two weeks over the planned opening of the time capsule.
Did the US Army Actually Invent McDonald’s McRib? Did you know that the McRib’s roots might actually trace back to the U.S. Army’s efforts to feed its troops in the field?
The WWII Polish Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz Is Getting a Movie from the Producer of ‘1917’ Pilecki’s story is on the road to becoming a feature film, a joint venture between American and Polish producers.
'One Life': Anthony Hopkins Stars as 'Britain's Schindler,' Who Rescued Hundreds of Jewish Children from the Nazis Winton’s story is retold through a new movie that will make its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2023.
How a German Homing Pigeon Who Served in 2 World Wars Became an American Hero Less than a month before the guns of World War I fell silent, American soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division overtook a...
A Veteran Combat Photographer Is on a Mission to Capture Portraits of Every Living Medal of Honor Recipient The U.S. military has doled out exactly 3,535 Medals of Honor since the award's introduction during the U.S. Civil War, and...
Arlington National Cemetery Wants to Know What You Think About Removing Its Confederate Memorial The cemetery is inviting the public to provide feedback on "alternatives that will avoid, minimize or mitigate adverse...
The Civil War Veteran Who Lied About His Age to Fight in World War I John W. Boucher was a Canadian veteran of the U.S. Civil War who finagled his way onto the battlefields of World War I.
How 2 Guys with No Medical Experience Changed Battlefield Medicine Forever Before QuickClot was introduced to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the methods medics used to stop bleeding in...
‘Nobody to Watch My Twins.’ Military Spouses Quit Jobs, Families Bust Budgets in Scramble for Child Care Military families and on-base child care providers have known for a long time that theirs is a system delicately balanced on...
New Report Details Airman's Humvee Death Amid Halt in Vehicle's Usage at Missile Bases A 19-year-old airman who was killed in a Humvee rollover during a 2023 convoy back to F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming...
Army ROTC Cadet Dies During Fort Knox Land Navigation Training A 22-year-old Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadet died Thursday during a land navigation exercise at Fort Knox...
How Navy SEAL and SWCC Training Is Alike and Different Navy SEAL and Navy SWCC training share a foundation rooted in rigorous training, water competency and high fitness standards.
Ulysses S. Grant Picked a Confederate Slave Owner to Take Down the KKK Amos T. Akerman was a curious case to become President Ulysses S. Grant's attorney general, as depicted in Guy Gugliotta’s...