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How the most successful submarine in Navy history ended up sinking itself

It was a tragic and unfitting end for the most successful submarine in U.S. Navy history

Trump approves Congressional Gold Medal for legendary WWII jungle fighters known as ‘Merrill’s Marauders’

President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill authorizing the Congressional Gold Medal for the legendary all-volunteer jungle fighters...

We salute the USS Paul Hamilton for flying a Revolutionary War battle flag on its way back to port

The USS Paul Hamilton recently returned to its homeport of San Diego sporting what's known as the 'Moultrie Flag,' a...

‘I can’t imagine doing this in boots’ — Soldiers revisit Currahee Mountain of ‘Band of Brothers’ fame

“It shows just how tough they were and why they were able to endure so much during the war.

‘I met a hero:’ Air Force doctor who treated Alwyn Cashe says he’s never forgotten him

It has been 15 years to the day since Alwyn Cashe risked everything to save his teammates as their Bradley...

Inside America’s secret nuke tunnels beneath the ice of Greenland

Camp Century had a “Main Street,” a chapel, a movie theater, a gym, and 600 nuclear missiles.

The Navy named its newest sub after a WWII legend that sank 17 ships and blew up a train

Once again, the Navy will have USS Barb in the fleet

The Marine Corps legend who tried to stop the Vietnam War

He was criticized for speaking out against the Vietnam War. It didn't matter that David M. Shoup was a Medal...

2 D-Day vets, one of whom served with ‘Band of Brothers’ Easy Company, pass away

"I've stood up behind a machine gun and burned through six barrels in two hours, and there was nothing left...

David Bellavia and the Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sergeant David G. Bellavia speaks about his service and the relationship to Army Values

One of the first Black Marines finally gets his Congressional Gold Medal

Nearly 20,000 Black Marines went through boot camp at segregated Montford Point

20 years after the attack on the USS Cole, memories of heroism and loss

“I carried some of my best friends' bodies out of the ship. That was the hardest thing I ever had...

USS Cole bombing testimony

The explosion was sudden, violent, deafening, so intense that 8,500 tons of steel lifted out of the water and crashed...

Retired WWII Marine Visits Pacific Battle Site

In November 1968, Medal of Honor recipient and retired Marine Gen. David Monroe Shoup returned to the island of Tarawa...

Navy SEAL History: Part One

How Navy aircraft carriers have projected US military might all over the world for nearly a century

Few weapons have made an impact on warfare like the aircraft carrier

How a Civil War soldier who disobeyed orders earned the Medal of Honor at Gettysburg

Miller charged into the rebel flank, a move that ultimately helped the Union Army win the battle.

This WWII soldier survived 5 days behind enemy lines on nothing but chocolate bars

For their bravery, Knuth and his fellow soldiers would come to be known as the Iron Men of Metz.

New book recreates harrowing siege of Green Beret camp in 1965 Vietnam

“It was a 20th-century version of the Wild West frontier fortress."

That time an Israeli F-15 landed without a wing

The recommended airspeed for landing an F-15 was around 150 mph. He brought it down around 300 mph.

160th SOAR 35th Anniversary Video

160th SOAR 35th Anniversary Video

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped end the military’s policy of forced abortion

Before 1970, women serving in the military were discharged for becoming mothers. This meant that pregnant women in uniform were...

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped end the military’s policy of forced abortion

Before 1970, women serving in the military were discharged for becoming mothers. This meant that pregnant women in uniform were...

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and an Air Force officer opened doors for women everywhere

Sharron Cohen in 1973 was known as Sharron Frontiero, a young U.S. Air Force lieutenant whose sex discrimination lawsuit became...