How You Can Help the 'Band of Brothers' Cast Recreate Easy Company's Drop into Normandy 80 Years Later Donations to the nonprofit event will cover the cost of the "Placid Lassie" C-47 Skytrain, equipment for the jump and...
The First Parachute Jump from a Fixed-Wing Aircraft Was a Terrifying Risk for Everyone Involved U.S. troops have been jumping out of perfectly good airplanes for more than 80 years, but a significant amount of training...
A Nashville Singer and a World War II D-Day Veteran Co-Wrote a Song About Normandy Singer Karen Waldrup teamed up with 101st Airborne veteran Jim "Pee Wee" Martin to sing about his experiences on D-Day.
A Paratrooper Started D-Day by Hanging from His Chute on a Church Pvt. John Steele's unit parachuted in the wrong place, while Steele himself was unlucky enough to get his chute caught on a...
Army Creating Second Paratrooper Division as Service Forges New Identity for Arctic Troops Soldiers stationed in Alaska will soon ditch the 25th Infantry Division's "Tropic Lightning" patch and be redesignated the...
Meet the ‘Laughing Paratrooper’ of World War II Most people would be concerned for their own safety with a gun pointed at them. Leonard Funk laughed it off.
'My Mom Does Not Like It': Inside A Nighttime 82nd Airborne Jump as Troops Wait to Deploy There's pride within the 82nd's ranks, serving in the division tasked with being America's shock troops.
Fort Bragg IDs Paratrooper Who Died During Static-Line Jump A Fort Bragg soldier who died during airborne training Monday has been identified as 21-year-old Spc. Abigail Jenks.
Fort Bragg Paratrooper Killed in Training Accident An Army paratrooper died Monday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, while conducting airborne training operations, officials say.
Fort Bragg Paratrooper Dies During Airborne Training An Army paratrooper has died while conducting training operations at Fort Stewart, Georgia, the Army announced.
Nomination of Air Force Officer at Center of GOP's Fight Against 'Woke' Military Extended to 2025 Col. Ben Jonsson's nomination to become a one-star general was set to expire May 1 under a law that says military officer...
Camp Lejeune Sergeant Identified as Marine Killed During Training in North Carolina Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, a Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or MEU, died Thursday evening during a training...
‘Indefinite’ Defense Department IDs Inconvenience Air Travelers, May Be Dropped as Acceptable Identification The Transportation Security Administration's Credential Authentication Technology reads the cards' INDEF date field as...
Fort Liberty Soldier Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Romance Scams, Bilked Over $350,000 from Victims Specialist Sanda G. Frimpong, who was serving on active duty until his arrest in 2023, was ordered to pay back over $350,000...
Navy Chief Petty Officer Convicted of Attempted Espionage at San Diego Court-Martial The Navy has convicted a chief petty officer of attempted espionage, among other charges, at a court-martial in San Diego...