Presidents Sometimes Use 4th of July Celebrations to Unveil Major Policies. Most Times, They Don't. The past offered little guidance for President Trump on whether to make a major policy announcement on the Fourth of July...
This Soldier Was Born into a Life of Crime. Somehow, He Became a Medal of Honor Recipient. Charles Barger and his assistant automatic rifle gunner, Jesse Funk, received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the...
Thousands of America’s First Veterans Are Buried in Ohio, and Historians Need Your Help to Find Them An estimated 7,000 Revolutionary War veterans are believed to be buried in Ohio. The Ohio History Connection is leading an...
The Navy Test Pilot Who Shot Down His Own Fighter Jet Not every military test pilot can set records like Chuck Yeager, but what happened to Tom Attridge on Sept. 21, 1956, was...
Trump Suggests Bringing Back Secretary of War. Why Did the Title Get Dropped? Trump brought up the idea of a name change while introducing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at a June 25 press conference...
New Graphic Novel Spotlights Robert Smalls, Who Escaped Slavery on a Stolen Confederate Ship Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress...
London's Secret Wartime Tunnels Are Set to Draw Tourists with a Spy Museum and Underground Bar A long-secret network of tunnels 100 feet below the streets of London could be the city’s next big tourist destination.
Okinawa Marks 80 Years Since End of One of Harshest WWII Battles with Pledge to Share Tragic History The Battle of Okinawa killed a quarter of the island's population, leading to a 27-year U.S. occupation and a heavy American...
The US Commemorates 250th Anniversary of the 'Great American Battle,' the Battle of Bunker Hill Bunker Hill was an early showcase for two long-running themes in American history — improvisation and how an inspired band of...
Key Battles That Secured America’s Victory in the Revolutionary War Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-01/American%20Revolution%20Ken%20Burns%20Bunker%20Hill%201200.jpg?itok=-m2Nbhxo ""The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill" by John Trumbull.")
