On this day in 1945, six U.S. Marines raised the American flag over the island of Iwo Jima on the fourth day of what would ...

Navy photo of the USS Ward’s Number Three Gun and its crew. They were Minnesota reservists credited with firing the first ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American ...

Halverson was awarded the Bronze Star, the Distinguished Unit Badge, and the Combat Infantry man's Badge for his service in ...

The defense secretary has repeatedly derided the military lawyers for war crime prosecutions and battlefield rules of ...

Race relations and the fight for ethnic equality have been an ongoing pursuit since the birth of the nation. Every facet of society has an integration story, including the military. The Fighting ...

World War II Navy seaman Walter Marasco of Riggles Gap was never “a gung-ho military type,” according to Marasco’s son, Brian ...

The ouster of Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, only the second Black general to serve as Joint Chiefs chairman, is sure to send shock ...

From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...

Eugene Pfeifer (center) receives a special World War II veteran recognition medal from Gov. Jim Pillen with Pfeifer’s granddaughter, Laura Pulscher, who is in the Air Force in the Space Force branch.

Eighty years ago, 700 soldiers started an uphill battle — literally — as they scaled the walls of Riva Ridge in Italy to ...