Congress Eyes Top Honor for Navy Pilot Who Was Second-Longest Ever US Military POW Lawmakers are working to award the Congressional Gold Medal to retired Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., who spent eight and a half...
The Best Vietnam War Movies, According to Service Members and Veterans It's no surprise that the Vietnam War and the veterans who served during it have been immortalized in some of the most iconic...
US Navy Battle Flags: A Visual Guide The Navy's tradition of flying battle flags is as old as America itself. Here's an (incomplete) guide to the service's best...
New Graphic Novel from 'Beavis and Butt-Head' Comic Artist Perfectly Captures What it Was Like to Be Drafted for the Vietnam War The graphic novel "Drafted" follows Rick Parker's Army journey, beginning with his high school graduation, getting drafted...
'No Hesitation': Vietnam's Lifesaving 'Dustoff' Medevac Crews to Get Congressional Gold Medal To honor those who flew more than 496,000 Army medevac missions from May 1962 through March 1973, the House last week passed...
'Primitive War' Pits American GIs Against Dinosaurs During the Vietnam War As if booby traps, underground tunnels and Viet Cong ambushes weren't dangerous enough for U.S. troops fighting in Vietnam...
87,000 Vietnam Veterans May Qualify for $844 Million in Benefits. How Come Nobody Told Them? In an unsparing report this summer, the watchdog estimated that VA has failed to inform up to 87,000 Vietnam war veterans and...
War Criminal or Scapegoat: William Calley and the Enduring Memory of the My Lai Massacre Former Army Lt. William Calley Jr., who died in April, was the only U.S. service member convicted for participating in what...
This Marine Was the 'American Sniper' of the Vietnam War Carlos Hathcock, who had dreamed of being a U.S. Marine his whole life, became the Vietnam War's deadliest sniper in missions...
Irish Sisters Christen US Warship Bearing Name of Their Brother, Who Was Lauded for Heroism The future USS Patrick Gallagher bears the name of the Irish citizen and U.S. Marine who fell on a grenade to save his...
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Police Say Marine Charged with Escort's Murder Googled Whether It's Possible to Scream While Being Strangled In what a local official called a "chilling" case, an active-duty Marine stationed in Florida was arrested and charged with...
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-07/apocalypse%20now%201200.jpg?itok=sptR2NuU "Full disclosure: there are way more than seven crazy facts about "Apocalypse Now." (United Artists)")
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-09/1time%20drafted%20cover%201200.jpg?itok=pfYEkNFx "From the cover of "Drafted" by Army veteran and comic artist Rick Parker. (Abrams Comic Arts)")
