The First Medal of Honor Recipient of WWII Was Basically a Modern-Day Berserker To look at Lt. Alexander R. "Sandy" Nininger when he began his plebe year at the U.S. Military Academy, one might never have...
Tuskegee Airmen, WASP History Will Stay in Air Force Boot Camp Curriculum Following Outcry The Air Force is resuming its boot camp lessons about trailblazing Black and female World War II pilots after the material...
'Kidnapped at Sea' Dispels the Old 'Sea Story' of a Black Sailor in the Confederate Navy “Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White” tells the tale of a free Black man captured during one of the...
The Army's Secret Program to Interrogate German POWs During World War II From 1943 through 1946, more than 3,400 prisoners (including 15 Nazi generals) were processed at Fort Hunt, according to...
Did Wernher von Braun Predict on 1953 Elon Musk Would Rule Mars? ‘How Can This Be Real?’ Fans of billionaire Elon Musk are now saying that a book written more than 70 years ago by the rocket scientist who helped...
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...
Auschwitz Memorial Holds Observances on the 80th Anniversary of the Death Camp's Liberation The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked at the site of the former death camp, a...
Russian Troops Get the Worst Food Issued by Any Military Ever Russia’s mothers posed a question to the Russian government: “If the dog food was really purchased for the base’s dogs, why...
Nuclear Bombs Fell on North Carolina 64 Years Ago. How Disaster Was Narrowly Averted A military plane was carrying the weapons when it exploded over a rural area, killing three people and sending the bombs...
After 80 Years, Not Many Auschwitz Survivors Are Left. One Man Makes Telling the Stories His Mission Just 220,000 Holocaust survivors are still alive, according to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, and...
As Hegseth Takes Charge at the Pentagon, Here's What Changes Could Be in Store Dozens of issues will compete for his attention, including developing the Pentagon's massive budget, decisions about aid to...
Military Effort to Scrub Diversity Programs Leads to Dead Websites and Confusion The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force -- as well as the Department of Veterans Affairs -- were all working...
Inside the Military's Scramble to Move Troops to the Mexico Border After the Department of Defense announced Wednesday that 1,500 troops would be initially assigned to the border mission, what...
Air Force Officer Who Advocated for Women in Leadership Roles Removed from Command Col. Julie Sposito-Salceies was relieved from the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam unit by Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of...
VA Declares 300,000 Health Care Jobs Exempt from Ordered Freeze on Federal Hiring VA officials said the exemptions to a Jan. 20 executive order are necessary to provide health care and services to veterans.