Remembering Soldiers Who Lost Their Lives on the First Veterans Day The first Veterans Day was called “Armistice Day,” and on this first day of observance in 1918, several Americans lost their...
How the Red Poppy Became a Symbol of Remembrance for Troops Everywhere In Britain and the Commonwealth of Countries, former territories of the British Empire, a red poppy worn on one's lapel is a...
Netflix Just Remade One of the Great War Movies of All Time "All Quiet on the Western Front" portrayed the brutality and waste of the Great War in a compelling presentation that few...
Leaky Battleship That Saw Combat in Both World Wars Heads to The Yard It's the only surviving battleship that served in both world wars, having fought Nazis and the Japanese Army during World War...
This Is How the Poppy Became a Symbol for Fallen Troops Poppies became a symbol of sacrifice because of the war poem “In Flanders Fields,” written by the Canadian physician, Lt. Col...
Legendary General Patton Hated Peace So Much, He Wrote a Poem About It George S. Patton described the celebration at the end of World War I as the "cruel glee of the weak."
How the 'First Real New York Gangster' Turned Guardsman Helped End World War I Born Edward Osterman, Edward "Monk" Eastman led a collection of criminals that, at one point, numbered nearly 1,200.
How National Guard Soldiers Survived Subs and Crowded Ships in WWI Quarters on the ships were tight, but the men were well-fed and many of them spent time catching up on sleep.
Two WWI Medals of Honor, Two Names, One New York Marine This Marine received two Medals of Honor for his actions – and he also happened to have two names.
Navy SEAL Wins Appeal of Sentence in Soldier’s Hazing Death Tony DeDolph was one of four American service members — two SEALs and two Marines — who were charged in the death of Army...
Army Veteran Who Pistol-Whipped Club Q Shooter with His Own Gun Says He 'Tried to Finish Him' The U.S. Army veteran who stopped the active shooter at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Saturday night said he wasn't thinking...
After Pushing Conspiracies, Tulsi Gabbard Lectures Special Ops Students on Avoiding Disinformation Former Democratic congresswoman and conservative-media pundit Tulsi Gabbard gave a guest lecture to students at the Army's...
T-38 Training Jet's Landing Gear Fails in Mississippi, Marking Second Incident This Month An Air Force pilot's landing gear failed at Columbus Air Force Base forcing the airman to skid the belly of the T-38C Talon...
Marines Get Last Delivery of Iconic H-1 Helicopter. But Don't Call It the 'End of an Era' Yet A Marine unit at Camp Pendleton took delivery this month of its last new H-1 helicopter, 60 years after the service ordered...
