In War and Baseball, Navy Seaman and Gold Medal Honoree Larry Doby Defeated Hate The Congressional Gold Medal has been approved for baseball Hall of Famer Larry Doby.
Legendary TV Producer and World War II Veteran Norman Lear Dies at 101 Lear would fly 52 missions over Nazi-occupied territory before the war's end, at a time when surviving to fly 25 missions was...
What Army Service Taught Football Legend Lou Holtz About Leadership In a career that spanned 44 years, Lou Holtz held a variety of football coaching jobs in the college and the NFL.
How JD Salinger's World War II Service Shaped His Writing J.D. Salinger was so devoted to his goal of becoming a published writer that not even the deadliest war in world history...
Remembering Bob Knight: Champion Coach, Army Vet and Famed Anger Management Example Over six seasons at Army, he led the Black Knights to a 102-50 record, with just one losing season, his last as Army head...
The World's Most Astonishing Rescue Missions Get a 20-Part Podcast In a new podcast, "Rescue," Marine Corps veteran and survival expert Donny Dust brings us the incredible stories behind...
The Incredible Life of the American Airman Who Created 'King Kong' Director Merian C. Cooper was an Army pilot who loved flying as much as he loved making movies.
Marine Corps Vet and Boxer Turned ‘Rocky’ Actor Burt Young Dies at 83 Young served in the Corps between 1957 and 1959. He learned boxing and maintained a record of 32-2 in the service.
How an Air Force Technician Hacking the Phone System Led to the Creation of Apple Computer John Draper would eventually go to work for Apple, creating phone technology that would lead to voice-activated telephone...
Katy Perry Is Fighting a Dying, Elderly Veteran to Force Him to Sell His Home Singer Katy Perry and fiancé Orlando Bloom are in the middle of a trial that could result in an 84-year-old Army veteran and...
Trump Wants a Department of War. A House GOP Amendment Would Give Him One. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has filed an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would formally change the name of the...
F-35 Pilot Was on Phone for Nearly an Hour with Engineers Before Ejection and Fiery Crash The 39-page crash report, released this week, detailed the circumstances of the fiery crash, which completely destroyed the F...
All Services Now Issue Form DD214-1 to Departing Reservists The military's reserve components now issue departing reservists a new record that summarizes their periods of active and...
Veteran Stole $244K in Disability, Then Faked Drowning Death in Maine, Feds Say Gregory P. Heimann Jr. will be returned to Maine, where he will face a charge of making false statements to the government.
US Deportation Flights Hit Record Highs as Carriers Try to Hide the Planes, Advocates Say Immigration advocates gather like clockwork outside Seattle's King County International Airport to witness deportation...