5 Reasons Why Geography Is America's Greatest Weapon Against an Invasion Even considering American military technology, geography is still the United States' first line of defense.
A Jewish Woman Drew First Blood In Revenge for the Holocaust With other partisans from the Vilnius Ghetto, Vitka Kempner fought back against Nazi occupation.
There Is a Real-Life 'Viper,' and He Made a Cameo in 'Top Gun' The only former TOPGUN instructor with a MiG kill was portrayed by Tom Skerritt in the biggest Navy movie ever.
How Trouble in Vietnam Sparked the Creation of TOPGUN Would things be different today if, back in 1986, Tom Cruise had starred in a movie called "Navy Strike Fighter Tactics...
Marine Who Witnessed Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Dies Before Battle's 76th Anniversary Elwood Hughes was also known in his community as a longtime high school basketball coach and physical education teacher.
The Pearl Harbor Memorial Is Littered with Errors. This Navy Vet Is Trying to Get Them Fixed. Mistakes in captions and photos at the national park's visitor center mar the experience for visitors, historians and history...
At Arlington, a Wreaths Across America Change Aims to Give Families More Peace It'll be a little quieter than usual at Arlington National Cemetery this year as the first holiday wreaths are laid.
National Parks Offer Free Admission to Everyone on Veterans Day Many locations are holding special free Veterans Day events.
Colin Powell RIP, and Forever Hold the Sauerkraut "Powell mixed an innate sense of fierce pride with a sometimes self-deprecating attitude that communicated an air of...
4 Soldiers Charged in Alleged Sexual Assault in Barracks at Washington State Base Four soldiers have been charged in an alleged sexual assault that took place in the barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in...
Fire Extinguished After 12-Hour Fight on USS New Orleans Off Okinawa Two sailors received minor injuries in the response, U.S. 7th Fleet officials said.
A Look at Those Trump Has Targeted in Tactic of Revoking Security Clearances The Trump administration's announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former...
Major Russian Attack on Western Ukraine Hits an American Factory During US-Led Push for Peace The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that has largely avoided such focused attacks was one of Russia's biggest this year...
14 with Ties to Washington Deported to ‘Third Countries’ and Guantánamo Bay As the Trump administration lines up ever more countries to accept deported immigrants, a report to be released Thursday...