How Pigeons Helped U.S. Navy Blimps Hunt German U-Boats in World War II The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the...
Operation Ivory Soap: The WWII Experiment That Created Modern Helicopter Combat Missions Between June 15 and July 29, 1945, six Army Air Forces pilots flying experimental Sikorsky helicopters evacuated between 75...
WWII Nurse, Age 100, Still Fighting For Veteran Recognition Agnes Lowe may have turned 100 but she’s still got work to do. She’s advocating for long-overdue recognition. Lowe is...
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
The Last of the Greatest Generation: What America Loses as Its WWII Veterans Fade Away World War II will soon transition from living memory to documented history, with VA projections from earlier this year...
How World War II Brought Pizza from the Battlefields of Italy to America’s Dinner Tables When Allied troops stormed the beaches of Sicily on July 10, 1943, they expected brutal combat in what Winston Churchill...
When U.S. Troops Fought Nazis in the Arctic: The Forgotten Battle for Greenland When Nazi Germany overran Denmark in April 1940, the Danish colony of Greenland was suddenly cut off from its government...
5 Reasons Why Chesty Puller is a Marine Corps Legend Lt. Gen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller was a Marine’s Marine. A bonafide badass leatherneck, with the scars to prove it. Here are 5...
How the 10th Mountain Division Built America’s Cold-Weather Warfare Doctrine Eighty years after its creation, the 10th Mountain Division’s continues to train soldiers to operate in snow, high altitudes...
How Scottish Hunters and a Fallen General Shaped Modern Military Snipers Today’s military sniper is a fusion of all these traditions. Modern rifles can reach beyond a mile with precision. Optics now...
Which Americans Will Be Automatically Registered for Military Draft, and When? Last year's defense bill passed by Congress paved the way for the new automatic registration process.
A VA Clinic Gave Veterans GLP-1s for Weight Loss. A Year Later, Everything Improved Researchers tracked 201 veterans prescribed semaglutide, the drug sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy. After one...
WWII Veteran Who Lied About His Age to Serve Takes Honor Flight Joining the military at 16 to serve in World War II to service in Korea and Vietnam, humble Al Duran has lived quite a life.
Disabled Veterans Charged Up to $20K to File VA Benefits Claims: Lawsuit The company being sued told Military.com it doesn't charge for VA claims. Plaintiffs disagree, citing purported deceptive...
3 Big Military PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What to Know Before 2026 Peak Season In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
