A Navy Veteran Revolutionized Dune Buggy Racing After Serving in World War II Bruce Meyers changed the racing game after beating the record for the Baja 1000 by five hours in a self-made car.
This ‘Golden Girls’ Actress Was Also a US Marine Fellow Marines surely were thankful Bernice Frankel, better known as Bea Arthur, was a friend, traveling down the road and...
Kursk Was the Site of a Massive World War II Tank Battle - Now It’s at the Heart of Ukraine’s Counterattack In 2024, with a major offensive being played out once again within the Kursk oblast in western Russia, commentators wonder...
How Elvis Presley Revitalized Efforts to Build a Pearl Harbor Memorial Support for a USS Arizona memorial received a huge boost on March 25, 1961, when Elvis Presley performed a benefit concert at...
What It Was Like to Be Fighting the Japanese on V-J Day It took almost a week to convince the six to seven thousand Japanese on Cebu that the war was really over. They had to be...
V-J Day: The Formal Surrender of Japan V-J Day commemorates the Allied victory over Japan in World War II on Sept. 2, 1945.
Kishida Vows to Push Rules-Based Order as Japan's Defense Chief Visits Yasukuni 79 Years After WWII “We will never again repeat the tragedy of war” and will stick to the country’s postwar pacifist resolve, Japanese Prime...
You Can Thank the US Army for Americans Brushing Their Teeth Daily It was only after World War II that returning U.S. troops, who were forced to brush their teeth as part of the U.S. Army's...
How a Medal of Honor Recipient Inspired a ‘Fighting Team Which Could Not Be Stopped’ James P. Connor received the Medal of Honor after leading his troops through an impenetrable wall of mortars.
9 Things Every American Should Know About the Navajo Code Talkers Navajo Code Talkers, who once faced restrictions on speaking about their crucial role in World War II, are now celebrated as...
The Email Chain Heard 'Round the Corps: Top Enlisted Leader Makes Surprise Visit to Corporal's Graduation Cpl. Andrew Hundley never expected fame, but after becoming a Marine Corps sensation overnight, he wields it with humility...
Retired Rear Admiral Who Served Under Trump Warns of Plans to Politicize Military Justice System Retired Rear Adm. Jim McPherson warned that the Trump administration and leaders in the Pentagon have politicized the...
Pentagon Proposes Ending 14 Advisory Panels, Including Historic Committee Focused on Women in the Services As part of a review to determine whether the boards provide value and contribute to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's vision...
Army Faces Backlash over Plan to Divert Barracks Funds to Border Mission The decision, reported last week by Military.com, would gut a key portion of the Army's Facilities Sustainment, Restoration...
US Soldier Gets 23 Years for Killing His Pregnant Wife with a Machete And Dumping Her in the Trash Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and providing...