The 5 Longest-Distance Sniper Kills in Military History The top five longest-distance confirmed sniper kills all came from shots fired at more than a mile away, with the top two...
Kursk Was the Site of a Massive World War II Tank Battle - Now It’s at the Heart of Ukraine’s Counterattack In 2024, with a major offensive being played out once again within the Kursk oblast in western Russia, commentators wonder...
How Elvis Presley Revitalized Efforts to Build a Pearl Harbor Memorial Support for a USS Arizona memorial received a huge boost on March 25, 1961, when Elvis Presley performed a benefit concert at...
You Can Thank the US Army for Americans Brushing Their Teeth Daily It was only after World War II that returning U.S. troops, who were forced to brush their teeth as part of the U.S. Army's...
War Criminal or Scapegoat: William Calley and the Enduring Memory of the My Lai Massacre Former Army Lt. William Calley Jr., who died in April, was the only U.S. service member convicted for participating in what...
9 Things Every American Should Know About the Navajo Code Talkers Navajo Code Talkers, who once faced restrictions on speaking about their crucial role in World War II, are now celebrated as...
‘Purple Heart Day’ Honors America’s Wounded Service Members On August 7, take a moment to hear a wounded veteran's story and learn what the Purple Heart means.
5 Military Veterans Who Became Serial Killers Millions of men and women have served in the United States military and gone on to lead productive lives as civilians. A very...
How Julia Child Helped the Navy Develop a Shark Repellent During World War II While Child was not one of the driving forces behind the U.S. Navy's quest to develop a shark repellent during World War II...
How Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz Grew into a Naval Legend Chester Nimitz graduated seventh out of 114 midshipmen in his Naval Academy Class of 1905, and his World War II strategy is...
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...