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Profiles, explainers, and other stories that dig into military history.

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Army soldiers with 3rd Infantry Regiment dressed in Revolutionary War uniforms march as part of the Army Birthday Twilight Tattoo at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia on June 11, 2025.
History

The US Army turns 250

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted Yesterday

28th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge
History

The overlooked Army division that held off the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 13, 2025

A rocket launches from the top of a submarine, spewing a huge plume of smoke, in a black and white picture.
History

When the US Navy tried to send mail using a missile

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 8, 2025

Army plans to close more than 20 base museums in major reduction
News

Army plans to close more than 20 base museums in major reduction

By Matt White

Posted on Jun 6, 2025

Operation Titanic: How the SAS and hundreds of fake paratroopers tricked the Nazis on D-Day
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Operation Titanic: How the SAS and hundreds of fake paratroopers tricked the Nazis on D-Day

By Kyle Gunn

Posted on Jun 6, 2025

Vets hope thousands will rally against VA cuts in nationwide protests
Military Life

Vets hope thousands will rally against VA cuts in nationwide protests

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 5, 2025

In June 1969, 74 U.S. sailors died when the USS Frank E. Evans, a Navy destroyer, sunk off the coast of Vietnam. When the Vietnam Memorial Wall was dedicated in 1982, family members and surviving crew were stunned to find the names of the lost sailors were not included.
History

Why aren’t the names of these 74 sailors on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall?

By Matt White

Posted on May 26, 2025

A howitzer sits on the foreground while a mushroom cloud detonates in the background.
History

When the Army tried out nuclear artillery

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 25, 2025

A reconstructed image of a submarine against the dark of the ocean floor.
History

Expedition captures the first ever images of the wreck of a World War I submarine

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 24, 2025

Army Apache crews who fired ‘first shots of Desert Storm’ receive Distinguished Flying Crosses
History

Army Apache crews who fired ‘first shots of Desert Storm’ receive Distinguished Flying Crosses

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 16, 2025

A black and white photo showing U.S. soldiers crouched low while a Sherman tank advances up a country road.
History

When Americans, Germans and POWs fought the SS from the walls of a castle

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 5, 2025

A black and white photo showing several U.S. Army tanks moving through the rubble of a bombed out German city.
History

80 years ago, American soldiers captured the center of Nazi Germany

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Apr 20, 2025

A black and white headshot of a man in an Army uniform smiling.
History

Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 106

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 12, 2025

Teams with a wagon in a black and white photo try to inflate a hot air balloon.
Tech & Tactics

How the Union took to the skies in the Civil War

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 24, 2025

Soldiers in vintage uniforms sail on a World War II-era amphibious boat.
History

Soldiers sail across the Rhine to mark 80th anniversary of the invasion of Germany

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 23, 2025

Jack Treadwell single handedly defeated six German pillboxes and captured 18 germans during a battle to break through the Siegfried Line near Nieder-Wurzbach, Germany.
History

This WWII soldier knocked out 6 German pillboxes and took 18 prisoners by himself

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Mar 18, 2025