Lessons Not Learned As this is being written on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the final end of the Vietnam War, that history is...
Frantic Refugees, Helicopters Pushed Overboard: Memories of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Later Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard...
Veterans Reunite with 'Precious Cargo' 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon One woman's quest to say ‘thank you’ led to the colonel who ran her refugee camp and the aircraft maintainer who may have...
Easter in Vietnam: Eggs, Orphans, and Too Much Warm Beer In April 1968, I was a 21-year-old Air Force sergeant in Vietnam, assigned to an Army base camp surrounding the village of...
50 Years Later, Vietnam's Battlefields Draw Retrospective Veterans and Other Tourists Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and...
9 Memorable Bob Hope Stories, as Told by Veterans We asked Military.com readers to share their most memorable Bob Hope stories, and they did not disappoint.
Agent Orange Cleanup and Other Efforts Critical to Ties with Vietnam Jeopardized by USAID Cuts At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil...
The Largest White House Party Ever Was in Honor of Returning Vietnam POWs The event had a total guest list of more than 1,300 that included movie stars Bob Hope, John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart, along...
John Wayne's Transformative Visit to US Troops in Vietnam While Wayne traveled to Southeast Asia, anti-war protests, draft-card burnings and marches decrying American troops’...
13 Vietnam-Era Holiday Stories to Remember, as Told by Veterans Christmas in the military is certainly different than celebrating the holidays as a civilian, and Christmas during war is an...
Military Moves, School Enrollment and Spouse Employment Were Upended by Tuberville Promotions Blockade For the bulk of 2023, Tuberville placed the hold on all nominations for general and flag officers, which must be approved by...
Navy Officer Charged with Murdering Wife Last Year in Japan Hotel The family of Jesse Olsen said the Navy has provided little support since notifying Olsen's parents of the news.
Pentagon Will Use Health Screenings, Commanders to Ferret Out Trans Troops for Separations Despite the unresolved legal challenge, defense officials now say that they plan to utilize the military's regular health...
'They Don't Care About My Kids': Marine Families Take Military to Court After Child Abuse at Yuma Day Care In November, the families filed a federal tort claim, which allows individuals to litigate against the government. The filing...
One Trillion Dollars?! Nine Charts to Help Demystify the Pentagon's Budget Golden Dome, shipbuilding, warrior ethos: Here’s your primer to start following the Defense Department’s billions.