The Forgotten Army Soldiers That Fought Alongside the Marines at Belleau Wood Belleau Wood is where the Marine Corps became the legend we know of today. It's the battle that gave birth to the term "Devil...
NY Man Honors Grandfather’s Legacy by Preserving World War II Memorabilia His grandfather passed away in 2018. Brendan Gibbons still works to preserve his legacy through collecting and restoring...
From Da Nang to the DMZ: A Marine Commander's 13 Months of Combat in Vietnam Capt. Walter Fleming walked through the gap between two small Buddhist altars on a dirt road near Da Nang. His weapons...
Stoicism and Military Leadership: Why Calm Command Still Matters Stoic leadership has shaped commanders from Marcus Aurelius to Eisenhower and Nimitz, showing why calm judgment...
The Last US Cavalry Charge in History: 27 Troopers Routed Japanese Forces in the Philippines During WWII Twenty-seven cavalrymen charged Japanese infantry at Morong, Philippines, on January 16, 1942. They scattered hundreds of...
How a B-52 Crash in Greenland Became One of the Cold War's Worst Nuclear Accidents At 3:39 p.m. on January 21, 1968, the aircraft slammed into the ice seven miles west of the base. The impact carved a 160...
Operation Teardrop: The Secret Navy Mission to Stop German Submarines From Launching Rockets on New York City In the final weeks of the war, the Navy hunted down and sank five German submarines in the North Atlantic. They stopped what...
Black Sunday Over Ploesti: WWII Mission Became the Costliest Air Raid in US History One hundred seventy-seven B-24 Liberators took off from Libya on August 1, 1943, bound for the Romanian oil refineries at...
The Battle of Carrizal: America's Worst Defeat in the Hunt for Pancho Villa Captain Charles T. Boyd knew his orders. General John J. Pershing had told him to avoid a fight. But on June 21, 1916...
Insurrection Act: How It's Been Used and What Trump Wants To Do With It Donald Trump would not be the first president to invoke the Insurrection Act, as he has threatened, so that he can send U.S...
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/2026-01/110124-d-7991k-007.jpg?itok=CqZoa-sL "Artwork "Fire Over Ploesti" by Roy Grinnell, Air Force Art. (Air Force Historical Support Division)")
