Pearl Harbor's Forgotten 1944 Disaster Killed at Least 163 Men and Reformed Navy Safety Measures The blast consumed everyone near the bow. No witnesses survived to explain what triggered the detonation. A fireball erupted...
The Battle of Chipyong-ni: When American and French Troops Halted the Chinese Advance in Korea The Eighth Army commander reversed the order after meeting General Douglas MacArthur. The ever-aggressive Ridgway saw an...
The US Army Once Deployed Bombers and 2,500 Troops to Crush 10,000 Armed Coal Miners in West Virginia The Battle of Blair Mountain wasn't just a labor dispute gone wrong. It was the moment the federal government deployed troops...
America's Forgotten Doughboys: The 332nd Infantry Destroyed an Empire While millions of Americans can name Western Front battles like Belleau Wood or the Meuse-Argonne, almost no one remembers...
The Finnish Sniper Who Killed Over 500 Soviet Soldiers, the Most Confirmed Kills in Military History The Soviet soldier never saw him. Neither did the one after that, or the next, or the hundreds who followed. Simo Häyhä...
The Battle of Kasserine Pass: The Humiliating WWII Defeat That Transformed the US Army The Battle of Kasserine Pass was America's first major fight against the European Axis in World War II. It turned into one of...
Supporters Press for a DC Memorial to Thomas Paine, Whose Writings Helped Fuel the Revolutionary War Jan. 10, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Paine's “Common Sense.”
Denmark Bled Alongside American Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now Trump Won't Rule Out Taking Greenland From Them Denmark deployed soldiers to both Iraq and Afghanistan when America launched the Global War on Terrorism. Fifty of their...
The Biscari Massacre: Patton’s Soldiers Executed 73 Axis POWs, Then the Army Covered it Up The 45th was the only "green" division in the invasion with no combat experience. Its 180th Infantry Regiment struggled badly...
The Battle of Hamel: Australian Soldiers Taught American Doughboys to Fight Germans in WWI For the first time in American history, U.S. soldiers would fight under a foreign command. In 93 minutes, they would help win...
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...
