The First Recipient of the Air Force Cross Was the Only Casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis For nearly two weeks in October 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear annihilation.
How Jesse Owens' Olympic Teammate Kept the Tuskegee Airmen Safe During World War II Because of their groundbreaking service in World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen were awarded eight Purple Hearts, 14 Bronze...
Brendan Fraser to Star as Dwight D. Eisenhower in New D-Day Movie 'Pressure' "Pressure" is about what happened at the top of the chain of command leading to the largest amphibious assault in the history...
Navy SEAL Vet Jack Carr's First-Ever Nonfiction Book Traces the Roots of the Global War on Terror To this day, the barracks attack in Beirut remains the single greatest loss of life the Marine Corps has experienced since...
Why the Only American Killed on Hitler’s Direct Order ‘Couldn’t Turn Her Back on Germany’ When Mildred Fish-Harnack was guillotined on Feb. 16, 1943, she became the only American killed on a direct order from the...
Omar Bradley's Path to Becoming the Army's Fourth Five-Star General Omar Bradley went from graduating 44th in his class at the U.S. Military Academy to becoming one of the Army's most...
The Invasion of Grenada Was Planned Using a Tourist Map Army planners thought they would be invading Lebanon. They didn't even know where Grenada was.
How a National Football Champion Became 'The Father of Naval Special Warfare' In 1942, Phil Bucklew and nine other naval warfare pioneers trained to perform amphibious assaults before the U.S. had any...
Cadet Who Was Shunned at West Point Led the Legendary Tuskegee Airmen Air Force Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. is the founder and commander of the Tuskegee Airmen, a veteran of three wars and the son...
Getting to Know the First Black Navy SEALs Fred "Tiz" Morrison and William Goines were Black pioneers in naval special warfare and generally acknowledged to be the...
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...