How a Military Veteran's Experience in Vietnam Inspired Him to Write 'Cast Away' Academy Award-nominated screenwriter William Broyles Jr. is a decorated Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and shares how "Cast...
Why the US Used Agent Orange in Vietnam and What Makes It So Deadly The United States military sprayed nearly 12,000 square miles of Vietnamese jungles with the chemical defoliant over a 10...
Lessons Not Learned As this is being written on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the final end of the Vietnam War, that history is...
The Best Military Movies and Shows Streaming Right Now on Netflix If you're looking for the best war movies on Netflix, we're here to help you stop the scrolling, move past the algorithm and...
The Best Military Movies and Shows Streaming Right Now on Amazon Prime Video If you're looking for the best war movies on Amazon's Prime Video service, our list can help you cut through the chaff and...
Netflix's Latest 'Turning Point' Documentary Is a No-Holds-Barred Look at the Vietnam War April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the end of South Vietnam and the conclusion of the Vietnam...
Frantic Refugees, Helicopters Pushed Overboard: Memories of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Later Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard...
The Vietnam War Produced Classic Hollywood Films — and Hardly Any Classic Female Roles The Vietnam War produced some of the most classic films of the late 1970s and 1980s.
New Graphic Novel from 'Beavis and Butt-Head' Comic Artist Perfectly Captures What it Was Like to Be Drafted for the Vietnam War The graphic novel "Drafted" follows Rick Parker's Army journey, beginning with his high school graduation, getting drafted...
12 Television Shows Influenced by the Vietnam War The evening news brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms, but once the news was over, so was the war.
The Recruiting Surge Was Engineered. Can It Last in a War with Iran? The military’s recruiting surge didn’t happen by accident. New programs drove gains, but as the war with Iran grows...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
Army Speeds AI Warfighting Push as US Troops are in Active Combat An Army test used AI tools to hit 15 targets in one hour, signaling a rapid shift in how battlefield decisions are made and...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
![Jane Fonda poses with her Oscar at the 1978 Academy Awards on April 9, 1979, in Los Angeles. Fonda won the best actress award for her role in "Coming Home."](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-04/ApNewsroom_Vietnam_War_Anniversary-Women_in_Film_84885.jpg?itok=xqU9Pf2y "Jane Fonda poses with her Oscar at the 1978 Academy Awards on April 9, 1979, in Los Angeles. Fonda won the best actress award for her role in "Coming Home." (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)")
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-09/1time%20drafted%20cover%201200.jpg?itok=pfYEkNFx "From the cover of "Drafted" by Army veteran and comic artist Rick Parker. (Abrams Comic Arts)")
