US Coast Guard Ship Named for World War II Hero Commissioned in New London The U.S. Coast Guard inaugurated a new multi-mission ship, the Melvin Bell, named for a World War II veteran who radioed the...
'Band of Brothers' Actors Are Training to Parachute into Normandy for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day With the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy approaching in June, some of the actors decided they would...
Museum, Historical Group Launch Search for Wreckage of Ace Pilot Richard Bong's Crashed Plane Gen. Douglas MacArthur awarded him the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest decoration, in 1944.
Famed Battleship USS New Jersey Floating Down Delaware River to Philadelphia for Maintenance The celebration in Camden kicked off with speeches from Gov. Phil Murphy and Navy veterans, accompanied by music from a local...
1 of the Few Remaining Survivors of the Attack on Pearl Harbor Has Died at 102 Richard C. “Dick” Higgins, one of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died, a family...
AI-Aided Virtual Conversations with WWII Vets Are Latest Feature at New Orleans Museum An interactive exhibit at the National WWII Museum will use artificial intelligence to let visitors hold virtual...
South Carolina to Remove Toxic Waste from Historic World War II Aircraft Carrier More toxic waste will be extracted from a World War II aircraft carrier in Charleston Harbor to prevent leakage that would...
How Female Service Members Paved the Way for the Modern Women’s Rights Movement The contributions that servicewomen have made to the broader fight for women’s equality in the workplace has largely been...
22 Artifacts Looted After the Battle of Okinawa Returned to Japan The artifacts include six portraits, a hand drawn map of Okinawa from the 19th century, and various pieces of pottery and...
Vincent Astor, Gentleman Spy William Vincent Astor's life was one of unenviable isolation and singularly strange circumstances.
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits Rolled out with great fanfare in November 2022, toxic exposure screenings for all VA patients were mandated by the PACT Act...
Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...