One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen Remembers Struggle for Recognition Amid Trump's DEI Purge Col. James H. Harvey III, 101, was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who won the first U.S. Air Force Gunnery Meet in 1949.
More Than 80 Years Later, Audie Murphy's Medal of Honor Action Is Still Like Something Out of a Movie Audie Murphy's one-man fight against the Nazis in Europe might seem like something straight out of a modern action movie, but...
Clarence 'Bud' Anderson, Last World War II Triple Ace, Didn't Stop Flying Till Age 90 Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson died in his sleep at his home in Auburn, California, on May 17, 2024, just a little over a year...
Chuck Mawhinney Was the Deadliest Sniper in Marine Corps History Chuck Mawhinney's record was an incredible achievement given the fact that he nearly didn't join the Marine Corps in the...
The Hilarious Reason Gene Hackman Gave for Joining the Marine Corps When acclaimed actor Gene Hackman ran away from his home in Danville, Illinois, to join the Marine Corps, his everyman...
Famous Veteran: Gene Hackman Two-time Academy Award winner Gene Hackman, a Marine Corps veteran, was one of Hollywood's busiest and most respected actors...
Legendary Actor and Marine Corps Veteran Gene Hackman Dead at 95 Gene Hackman, the beloved star of stage, movies and television who served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the turbulent years...
Famous Veteran: Mel Brooks Before Mel Brooks could complete his degree in psychology from Brooklyn College, he was drafted into the Army to fight during...
Bob Uecker, Army Veteran and Longtime Baseball Announcer, Dies at 90 Before becoming a Baseball Hall of Famer, Uecker played the sport in high school and in the Army before landing a gig in the...
The Navy's New Destroyer Is Named for the First SEAL to Receive the Medal of Honor The USS Robert Kerrey will be an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the third named for a Navy SEAL after the USS Michael P...
Banned Books, School Walkouts, Child Care Shortages: Military Families Confront Pentagon's Shifting Rules At a public school, the protest might have led to a detention and maybe some revoked after-school privileges. But on a...
Air Force, Navy Warn Troops About Political Speech Amid Trump Administration Changes New memos from the Air Force and the Navy warn troops to watch their political speech online and in person, and even...
Jury Acquits Navy Command Master Chief of Sexually Assaulting Teen Girl A six-member jury has acquitted a career Navy man of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old relative during a sleepover at his...
The 5 Most Realistic Army Movies, According to an Army Historian It might surprise some war movie fans to know that at least one Army historian doesn't think there's anything special about...
The Still-Living Janitor Who Received a 'Posthumous' Medal of Honor Army Pvt. William Crawford was declared killed in action and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor, which was presented to...
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-01/1tim%20audie%20murphy%20movie%201200.jpg?itok=1Dc6BLwj "Audie Murphy recreates his Medal of Honor action for the 1955 film "To Hell and Back," adapted from his autobiography. (Universal Pictures)")
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-05/1time%20bud%20anderson%20WWII%201200.jpg?itok=5bygsxtO "Captain Clarence E. Jr. "Bud" Anderson, ace of the 357th Fighter Group, sits on the wing of his P-51 Mustang, nicknamed "Old Crow." (Imperial War Museum)")
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/1time%20gene%20hackman%20bat%2021%201200.jpg?itok=2OPNiIYV "Gene Hackman portrayed the real-life Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton in "Bat*21." (Tri-Star/Sony Pictures)")
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/1time%20thin%20red%20line%201200.jpg?itok=6Vcdpnj3 "The 1998 film "The Thin Red Line" was an adaptation of a World War II veteran's book. (20th Century Studios)")
