This Week, Fort Pickett Will Replace Its Confederate Name, a First for an Army Base Following Renaming Commission Fort Pickett will be redesignated Fort Barfoot, honoring Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with...
Everything You Need to Know About Martial Law What is martial law? Here's everything you need to know about what happens during martial law in the U.S.
'The Hunt for Red October' Is Based on This Real Soviet Mutiny In the 1990 film "The Hunt for Red October," a Soviet Navy captain who is disenchanted with the Soviet system defects to the...
A Woman with Leprosy Was the Most Important Spy in the Fight for the Philippines For here exploits, Josefina Guerrero received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm, a decoration created by President Harry...
'Paramarines': The Marine Corps Paratroopers of World War II The U.S. Army might have perfected the use of airborne troopers, but it wasn't the first branch to try out the tactic.
A Black Union Spy in the Confederate White House Almost Burned It Down In Her Escape In recognition of her intelligence contributions, Mary Jane Richards was inducted into the U.S. Army Intelligence Hall of...
This Popular Korean Dish Came from the Aftermath of the Korean War In the aftermath of the Korean War, necessity created an enduringly popular fusion of Korean vegetables and spices with shelf...
5 Bizarre Superstitions US Troops Believe About Their Rations U.S. military personnel deal with matters of life and death, so it's hard to judge them for being more superstitious than a...
Top 10 Most Damaging Spy Missions in History These are the most notorious spies with the most successful espionage missions in history.
Why DARPA Banned the First-Ever First Person Shooter Video Game "Maze" was the result of an attempt at creating 3D images by high school seniors in a work-study program at NASA's Ames...
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...