Past Conflicts(Page 4)

Stories that focus on America's wars, from Iraq and Afghanistan, to Vietnam, Korea, and World War I and II.

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The Pacific HBO
World War II

These are the real life Marines behind ‘The Pacific’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 1, 2023

Decades later, 'Band of Brothers' remains a beloved show. Here's the true story behind some of the soldiers in it.
World War II

These are the real-life soldiers behind the characters in ‘Band of Brothers’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 25, 2023

efp explosion
Afghanistan War

What are EFP bombs?

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Sep 21, 2023

How a Native Alaskan became a legendary Navy SEAL
Vietnam War

How a Native Alaskan became a legendary Navy SEAL

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

How can you ‘Never Forget’ 9/11 if you weren’t born to remember it?
Afghanistan War

How can you ‘Never Forget’ 9/11 if you weren’t born to remember it?

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

World War II OSS veteran, 100, earns Special Forces tab
World War II

World War II OSS veteran, 100, earns Special Forces tab

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 2, 2023

Presidential Unit Citation
Afghanistan War

Here are all the US military units receiving the Presidential Unit Citation for the Kabul evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 1, 2023

Afghan Resistance
Afghanistan War

What is happening inside the Afghan resistance?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 17, 2023

Afghanistan withdrawal
Afghanistan War

What’s happened since the Taliban took over Afghanistan?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 15, 2023

C-130J invasion stripes D-Day Normandy
World War II

C-130s are getting World War II-style makeovers for next year’s D-Day anniversary

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 13, 2023

Army World War 2 concentration camp survivors liberation
World War II

Rare footage shows US soldiers liberating Holocaust survivors in World War II

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Aug 4, 2023

Vincent Speranza 101st Airborne Division World War 2 Battle of the Bulge beer run
World War II

World War II paratrooper Vincent Speranza passes away

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Aug 3, 2023

Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee
Afghanistan War

The Pentagon didn’t refuse to pay $60,000 to fly fallen Marine Nicole Gee to Arlington [Updated]

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 26, 2023

Two of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen have died
World War II

Two of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen have died

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 2, 2023

‘Give them hell!’ The Black Medal of Honor recipient who called an artillery strike on his position
World War II

‘Give them hell!’ The Black Medal of Honor recipient who called an artillery strike on his position

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 19, 2023

ukraine dam collapse
World War II

Russia has sabotaged Ukrainian dams before

By Claire Bigg, Dmytro Moroz

Posted on Jun 6, 2023

Taliban convoy
Afghanistan War

Taliban moving captured US military vehicles and Soviet tanks to Iranian border

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 1, 2023

World War II veterans
World War II

‘It just tore my heart out:’ World War II veterans to revisit their battlefields

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 26, 2023

Come Out Fighting movie 761st Tank Battalion
World War II

The famous ‘Black Panthers’ World War II tank unit rolls onto the big screen in ‘Come Out Fighting’

By Max Hauptman

Posted on May 10, 2023

General Mark Milley chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Afghanistan War

Who was General Mark Milley before he was ‘The Chairman’?

By James Clark

Posted on May 9, 2023

blood & gold netflix movie sisu
World War II

Killing gold-stealing Nazis is one movie trend that never goes out of style

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 8, 2023

U.S. Army Cpl. Luther H. Story Medal of Honor Korean War
Korean War

Medal of Honor recipient’s remains identified 73 years after he was killed in the Korean War

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Apr 26, 2023

Abbey Gate
Afghanistan War

Taliban kill ISIS leader responsible for Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 US troops

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 26, 2023

ken potts uss arizona pearl harbor survivor obituary
World War II

Ken Potts, one of two living survivors of the USS Arizona, passes away

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Apr 25, 2023

Lone Survivor
Afghanistan War

Lone Survivor: The Afghan war movie America needs

By Brian Adam Jones

Posted on Apr 17, 2023

Ben Ferencz, the last Nuremberg prosecutor, has died at the age of 103
World War II

Ben Ferencz, the last Nuremberg prosecutor, has died at the age of 103

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 9, 2023

Biden administration still insists Afghanistan had 300,000 security forces before Kabul fell
Afghanistan War

Biden administration still insists Afghanistan had 300,000 security forces before Kabul fell

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 7, 2023

Disabled veterans
Afghanistan War

Washington Post blasted over editorial that suggested cutting veterans’ disability benefits

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 4, 2023

Iraq
Gulf War

Senate votes to repeal authorization for Iraq wars

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 29, 2023

How a team of scientists are exploring the remnants of a World War II battlefield at Guam
World War II

How a team of scientists are exploring the remnants of a World War II battlefield at Guam

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 28, 2023

Iraq Afghanistan movie interpreters
Afghanistan War

Afghanistan rescue missions are Hollywood’s latest military movie fad

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Mar 21, 2023

Nasiriyah
Iraq War

How the Battle of Nasiriyah foreshadowed the long slog of the Iraq War

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 20, 2023

‘Shock and awe’: The Iraq War started 20 years ago with a wave of airstrikes
Iraq War

‘Shock and awe’: The Iraq War started 20 years ago with a wave of airstrikes

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 19, 2023

Sgt Maj. of the Marine Corps Troy Black.
Afghanistan War

The Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps reflects on his biggest leadership regret and ‘living with guilt’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 17, 2023

Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews
Afghanistan War

Wounded Abbey Gate Marine delivers powerful testimony to Congress

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

iraq Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve Task Force Centaur Patrols the Amber Zone
Iraq War

20 years after invading Iraq, US troops are still holding things together there

By Jared Keller

Posted on Mar 3, 2023

Afghan commandos
Afghanistan War

Why Afghanistan’s security forces collapsed, according to a scathing new US government watchdog report

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 28, 2023

paris davis
Vietnam War

How Green Beret Paris Davis’ teammates fought the Pentagon for his Medal of Honor

By David Roza

Posted on Feb 21, 2023

UFO
World War II

A brief history of the Pentagon’s efforts to track and identify UFOs

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 14, 2023

a-10 warthog cow kill victory marking
Iraq War

The real story behind how an A-10 Warthog ended up with a cow kill marking

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 10, 2023

That time a US Navy submarine got a confirmed kill on a train during WWII
World War II

That time a US Navy submarine got a confirmed kill on a train during WWII

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Feb 9, 2023

Frank Luke World War I balloon buster
World War I

The F-22s that downed China’s spy balloon had call signs named for this WWI fighter ace

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Feb 6, 2023

afghanistan, HKIA, airlift, kabul, withdrawal, hamid karzai international airport
Afghanistan War

What it was like for US troops at Kabul airport when the chaotic withdrawal began: ‘I thought I was going to die’

By David Roza

Posted on Jan 25, 2023

M1 Abrams tank
Past Conflicts

US, Germany reportedly closer to providing tanks to Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 24, 2023

afghan airlift
Afghanistan War

How airmen used a single Google Doc to save thousands of lives during Afghan airlift

By David Roza

Posted on Jan 16, 2023

sabotage
World War II

This WWII OSS manual shows that being annoying at work is the best form of sabotage

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jan 13, 2023

Robert Certain
Vietnam War

Former POW recalls captivity in Vietnam on New Year’s Eve 1972, months before his release

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 31, 2022

Syria
Past Conflicts

US troops conducted 313 missions and killed 686 ISIS fighters in 2022

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 29, 2022

World War II, WWII
World War II

Inside ‘The Hangover Raid’ — The WWII air battle of New Year’s Day, 1945

By David Roza

Posted on Dec 29, 2022

silent night christmas in ramadi iraq
Iraq War

Silent night: Christmas in Ramadi amid violent insurgency

By Joseph Bennett

Posted on Dec 28, 2022

Christmas Truce 1914 world war I history
World War I

The complicated truth about the famous ‘Christmas Truce’ of World War I

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 27, 2022

christmas military deployment
Afghanistan War

Christmas in, Christmas out: A holiday deployment story

By Brett Allen

Posted on Dec 24, 2022

operation linebacker II christmas bombings
Vietnam War

Remembering the ‘Christmas bombings’ of the Vietnam War’s twilight, 50 years later

By David Nelson

Posted on Dec 20, 2022

Fallujah
Iraq War

Navy warship USS Fallujah honors 2 of the hardest-fought battles of the Iraq War

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 14, 2022

Five hospitalized at US Army base in Germany after World War II-era bomb leaks
World War II

Five hospitalized at US Army base in Germany after World War II-era bomb leaks

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 10, 2022

Army-Navy game 1944 composite
World War II

That time Gen. Douglas MacArthur ‘stopped’ WWII to celebrate the Army-Navy game

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Dec 9, 2022

Afghanistan US military interpreters
Afghanistan War

Afghan interpreter rescued by Marine officer denied visa to stay in US

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 8, 2022

82nd Combat Aviation Birgade
Afghanistan War

‘Land, load ’em, go’ — How Army helicopter crews risked their lives to save 10,000 during Afghanistan evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 7, 2022

How a single ship made Thanksgiving happen in Europe at the height of WWII
World War II

How a single ship made Thanksgiving happen in Europe at the height of WWII

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 24, 2022

A matter of life and death: How this crew chief kept the planes flying during the Kabul evacuation
Afghanistan War

A matter of life and death: How this crew chief kept the planes flying during the Kabul evacuation

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 23, 2022

How the documentary ‘Retrograde’ captured the last months of the war in Afghanistan
Afghanistan War

How the documentary ‘Retrograde’ captured the last months of the war in Afghanistan

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 22, 2022

Korean War soldier’s remains identified after more than seven decades
Korean War

Korean War soldier’s remains identified after more than seven decades

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 13, 2022

This is what the US military’s first ‘DD-214’ looked like
Past Conflicts

This is what the US military’s first ‘DD-214’ looked like

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 11, 2022

military veterans misconceptions
Afghanistan War

What Americans are getting wrong about veterans

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Nov 11, 2022