This Week, Fort Pickett Will Replace Its Confederate Name, a First for an Army Base Following Renaming Commission Fort Pickett will be redesignated Fort Barfoot, honoring Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with...
These Southern National Guard Units to Toss Confederate Battle Streamers Contemporary National Guard units that were a part of the Confederacy and waged war against the United States during the...
A Black Union Spy in the Confederate White House Almost Burned It Down In Her Escape In recognition of her intelligence contributions, Mary Jane Richards was inducted into the U.S. Army Intelligence Hall of...
Navy Renaming USS Chancellorsville to Honor Union Army Hero, Statesman Who Was Born into Slavery Robert Smalls, a former slave who was conscripted into Confederate service, stole a Confederate steamer ship and escaped from...
Naval Academy Honors President Jimmy Carter, Drops Confederate Name from Building While Matthew Fontaine Maury is considered the father of modern oceanography, he resigned his commission in 1861 and joined...
Salisbury Steak Was Supposed to Be a Cure-All for Union Troops in the Civil War James H. Salisbury was both the doctor you want and the doctor you should definitely not listen to, but in his day, he was as...
156 Years Later, Ulysses S. Grant Could Get One Last Promotion The war hero, once ranked among the worst U.S. presidents but whose reputation is on the upswing, may be promoted to the rank...
Opposing Civil War Veterans Met in Peace 50 Years After the Battle of Gettysburg Some 53,000 veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg came together in 1913, 50 years after the battle ended.
How a Famous Photo Fueled Northern Support for the Civil War and Inspired the New Movie 'Emancipation'
6 Simple Reasons the Union Won the Civil War Cotton, slaves and arrogance just weren't going to be enough to overcome everything else the Confederates lacked during the...
F-35 Crashes Outside of Albuquerque Airport; Pilot in Serious Condition The jet was en route to Edwards Air Force Base in California from Fort Worth, Texas, when the incident occurred, according to...
New 911 Calls, Police Records Raise More Questions in Senior Airman Roger Fortson Shooting Death Fortson, 23, a senior special operations airman stationed at Hurlburt Field, was shot multiple times within seconds of...
Here Are the 73 Air Force Jobs Offering Big Reenlistment and Retention Bonuses The Air Force is now offering even more money for troops to reenlist and stay in 73 of its toughest and most critical jobs.
Unprotected: Troops Spent Decades Elbow-Deep in Dangerous Chemicals to Keep Nuclear Missiles Working The expectation that maintainers would simply accept being doused in known, deadly chemicals and continue to carry out their...
'The Whole Team Is Pretty Jacked': 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers Recognized Among Top Artillery Crews Earlier this month, the Army held its inaugural "Best Redleg" competition at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, a 200-soldier contest from...