Why No One Could Capture the Experience of Junior Enlisted Marines Like 'Generation Kill' Author Evan Wright HBO's "Generation Kill" is probably the best show ever made about modern warfare told from the perspective of those who...
Navy SEAL Vet Jack Carr's First-Ever Nonfiction Book Traces the Roots of the Global War on Terror To this day, the barracks attack in Beirut remains the single greatest loss of life the Marine Corps has experienced since...
Former SEAL Remi Adeleke Wants the Military to Take More Chances on Inner City Kids Remi Adeleke has an amazing story to share, and the fact that he served as a Navy SEAL is almost incidental to his epic tale.
How a Vietnam Draftee Became an Award-Winning Sci-Fi Author Not only was Joe Haldeman's life changed forever by his time in Vietnam, so was his work.
'Codename Nemo': How a WWII Aircraft Carrier Became the First Ship to Capture an Enemy at Sea Since the War of 1812 By June 1944, Capt. Daniel Gallery and the escort carrier USS Guadalcanal were in the middle of their second hunter-killer...
How Shannon Kent Became a Trailblazer Among US Special Operations Forces This is an excerpt from "SEND ME: The True Story of a Mother at War" by Marty Skovlund Jr. & Joe Kent.
'I Will Tell No War Stories': A Writer Uncovers His Father's Hidden World War II History When Pincus Mansfield settled down after the war, got married and had children, he never talked about his experiences and his...
‘Are You Planning on Running Away and Joining the Army?’ "Sometimes I think about joining the military." That was what Andrew said to me one evening in the winter of 2007, when he...
17 Books Every Service Member Should Read, According to Troops and Veterans We surveyed U.S. troops and veterans for the best books that every active-duty service member should read.
'2054' Is a Novel of the New Atomic Bomb and the Next American Civil War The year is 2054. The United States is recovering from a destructive war with China. When the otherwise healthy president of...
Trump Says Space Command Is Moving to Alabama, Reversing a Biden-Era Decision While the move had been anticipated, it’s not clear why the expected announcement took so long to make. White House officials...
Pentagon to Begin Screening for 'Magic Mushroom' Use The Defense Department announced that service members suspected of using the hallucinogenic fungi will now be tested, while...
Trump Says US Military Destroyed Drug Boat from Venezuela: ‘A Lot of Drugs on That Boat’ Trump credited the military operation to the leadership of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whom he praised for...
What to Know About Russia's GPS Jamming Operation in Europe This year, Nordic and Baltic nations — including Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — have repeatedly warned about...
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...