America Celebrates 50 Years of Volunteer Force, But Faces Tough Recruiting Environment The anniversary of all-volunteer forces comes amid the toughest military recruiting environment in decades.
Morse Code Explained Morse code, the language of the telegraph, is a system of communication that's composed of combinations of short and long...
Why the Fourth Commandant Is the Only One the Marine Corps Forgot Historically, the Corps has been very proud of those who held its top post. Except for that one commandant.
Rebels at Vicksburg Vowed Revenge Against the Yankee Who Killed Their Camel In the late 1850s, the U.S. Army experimented with using camels as pack animals in the American Southwest.
The 101st Airborne's 'Screaming Eagle' Has a Name and a Civil War History The 101st Airborne Division has probably one of the most recognizable insignias in the U.S. military.
A New Book Introduces Children to History's Most Heroic Military Animals A new children's book, "We Also Served: True Stories of Brave Animals in the Military and Other Heroic Tales," recounts the...
Dick Van Dyke's Entertainment Career Started in a World War II Latrine Van Dyke has never been ashamed to admit that cowardice led to his entertainment career.
Like Daniel Ellsberg, Others Who Leaked US Government Secrets Have Been Seen as Traitors and Heroes Here are some examples of people who exposed government secrets.
Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked Pentagon Papers Exposing Vietnam War Secrets, Dies at 92 Daniel Ellsberg, the government analyst and whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has died at 92
6 Things You May Not Know About the End of the Civil War To celebrate the end of a conflict that killed more than 600,000 troops, let's remember just how the war finally ended.
An Army Couple Had Their Daughter at a Military Hospital. Then the Collections Calls Started for $600,000. Missteps by Womack Army Medical Center and Tricare landed a Fort Liberty couple in collections.
Human Remains Have Likely Been Recovered from the Titan Submersible Wreckage, US Coast Guard Says The news came hours after the announcement that debris from the Titan, collected from the seafloor more than 12,000 feet...
Navy Recruiters Will Work 6-Day Weeks, Face Changes to Orders Amid Recruiting Struggle The move comes as the Navy, like most of the other military branches, struggles to meet its recruiting goals for the year.
Soldier Crashed Helicopter Before Running to and Crashing a Second in 2022 Suicide, Investigators Find The documents obtained by Military.com said Bellew had no history of diagnosed mental illness or suicidal ideation.
The Man Who Started to Transform the Marine Corps Leaves with 'No Regrets at All' The Marine Corps' top officer -- the man who has overseen a sweeping and much-debated transformation of the branch -- is...
