DEFCON Levels DEFCON, short for Defense Readiness Condition or simply Defense Condition, is the U.S. military’s ranking system for defense...
Trump Wants to Undo Diversity Programs. Some Agencies React by Scrubbing US History and Culture Donald Trump’s efforts to undo diversity, equity and inclusion efforts throughout the federal government have had a trickle...
6 Video Games that Teach Real Military History Games have a long history of being used to teach military lessons, starting with ancient board games such as checkers and...
The Real Military History Behind All Your Favorite Feudal Japan Video Games With “Ghosts of Yotei” and “Assassin’s Creed: Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going...
'Kidnapped at Sea' Dispels the Old 'Sea Story' of a Black Sailor in the Confederate Navy “Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White” tells the tale of a free Black man captured during one of the...
The First Medal of Honor Recipient of WWII Was Basically a Modern-Day Berserker To look at Lt. Alexander R. "Sandy" Nininger when he began his plebe year at the U.S. Military Academy, one might never have...
Tuskegee Airmen, WASP History Will Stay in Air Force Boot Camp Curriculum Following Outcry The Air Force is resuming its boot camp lessons about trailblazing Black and female World War II pilots after the material...
Auschwitz Memorial Holds Observances on the 80th Anniversary of the Death Camp's Liberation The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked at the site of the former death camp, a...
Russian Troops Get the Worst Food Issued by Any Military Ever Russia’s mothers posed a question to the Russian government: “If the dog food was really purchased for the base’s dogs, why...
After 80 Years, Not Many Auschwitz Survivors Are Left. One Man Makes Telling the Stories His Mission Just 220,000 Holocaust survivors are still alive, according to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, and...
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...