Military Discounts for Major League Baseball Games Major League Baseball teams are showing their appreciation for service members with military discounts on game tickets.
Defense Department Webpage on Jackie Robinson Goes Down, Then Returns amid Diversity Purge The page on Robinson includes biographical information about his Army service during World War II, which occurred prior to...
The WWII Fighter Ace and Medal of Honor Recipient Who Helped Give America the Super Bowl When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December...
Military and Police Presence Ramps Up in French Quarter; Super Bowl Security Out in Full Force From helicopters churning in the skies above the French Quarter to Louisiana National Guard members toting M4 rifles...
This NFL Player Lost Both Legs at Iwo Jima – and Rallied His Platoon to Keep Fighting Jack Lummus' heroism dwarfed anything he did for the Giants in his short time with the franchise, but they never forgot his...
Bob Uecker, Army Veteran and Longtime Baseball Announcer, Dies at 90 Before becoming a Baseball Hall of Famer, Uecker played the sport in high school and in the Army before landing a gig in the...
Service Members Are No Longer Banned from Displaying the American Flag Horizontally at Major Events It might come as a surprise, but U.S. service members weren't technically allowed to unfurl giant U.S. flags at major events...
Why President Gerald Ford Decided Not to Play Football for the Lions or the Packers When future President Gerald Ford graduated from the University of Michigan, he faced a choice that might have been decided...
Navy Gets 95-Yard TD Run from Horvath and Stops 2-Point Try to Beat Oklahoma in Armed Forces Bowl Just two weeks after a dominating win over Army for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, the Midshipmen reached 10 wins for the...
The Greatest Service Academy Football Lineup in Army-Navy Game History At least eight of the young men on the 1912 Army football team became highly ranked military officers who led troops in as...
Ranger School Is Getting a New Fitness Assessment The Army's elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out...
How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over...
Not Just for US Veterans: 7 Medical Breakthroughs the VA Gave to the World With the VA facing job cuts, it's important to remind not only veterans, but also lawmakers, health officials and the...
Hegseth, Top Officials Violated 'Basic Operational Security' with Signal Chat on Yemen War Plans Experts who spoke with Military.com said it's highly unlikely that operational details at the level Goldberg described would...
Veterans Fear Trump Administration Plans to Privatize VA Health Care Veterans are increasingly getting care from private medical providers, who are then paid by the VA. It's an effort to create...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/va%20debakey%20legend%201200.jpg?itok=FugzVuVV ""The father of modern cardiovascular surgery," Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was a World War II veteran and helped create the modern VA medical system. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)")
