vietnam

The Navy tried to cast Capt. Brett Crozier as a villain. New emails reveal how much support he really had

'You are a great leader and Naval Officer.'

Fighting to go home: Operation Desert Storm, 30 years later

The war that never really ended.

One of the first Black Special Forces officers may finally receive the Medal of Honor after years of delays

His commander said he "showed as much cold courage as any human I've ever heard of."

30 years after Desert Storm, an Air Force general says we’ve forgotten the lessons that made it so successful

"War is violence. Any politician that sends people into war is sending people into violence."

Acting SecDef Miller is rewriting the history of the Vietnam War as the US looks for the exit in Afghanistan

Miller’s take on Ford’s role in the war’s end bears no resemblance to reality.

How B-52s shot down enemy fighters over Vietnam

"I fired at the bandit until it ballooned to 3 times in intensity then suddenly disappeared from my radar."

Vietnam underwater mine removal

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

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

The true story of how ‘E-Tool’ Smith earned his famous nickname

"The truth is that I never killed anybody with an entrenching tool."

The true story of how ‘E-Tool’ Smith earned his famous nickname

There’s a famous Marine Corps story from the Vietnam War, where a Marine got a confirmed kill with a small...

Senator pushes Medal of Honor upgrade for Marine sergeant who threw back enemy grenade in Vietnam

Badass.

A prominent Vietnam veteran reflects on sacred places, protesters, and Confederate flags

The story of the memorial and its statues is one of raging controversy not unlike the current debate over racial...

Spike Lee takes on Vietnam and the turmoil of the Trump era in Netflix’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’

Last Friday morning, director Spike Lee woke up at his home in New York City and surveyed the day's fresh...

COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than the Vietnam War

More than 58,300 Americans have died from COVID-19, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. That compares with...

This ultra-realistic military game makes you the micromanaging commander with the radio, and it’s a lot harder than you think

In 'Radio Commander,' you play as the commanding officer of an Army infantry unit, who has to manage the heavy...

Special Forces legend and Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins hospitalized with COVID-19

Bennie Adkins, an 86-year-old Alabama medal of honor recipient, has been diagnosed with coronavirus, according to a post on his...

3 sailors at sea aboard Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier have COVID-19

They are the first known cases of the virus on board a U.S. military ship at sea, the Navy said.

Ultimate attack helicopter the AH-64 Apache owns the sky

Air superiority is the greatest tool of the American military and the AH-64 Attack Helicopter reigns supreme. The Army canceled...

A legendary Navy pilot recounts how he earned three Distinguished Flying Crosses in a single week

In one week of that career, naval aviator Chuck Sweeney earned three Distinguished Flying Crosses, awarded for "heroism or extraordinary...

This Marine was wounded when his truck hit a land mine. 50 years later, he finally received his Purple Heart

"I told him he's a hero."

‘We constantly have them on our minds’ — A little-known agency searches all over for the remains of MIA service members

"Many American's don't know we're still searching for missing Americans across the globe from past conflicts dating back to World...

This Vietnam vet once spent a cold Christmas without heat. Now he just paid off the utility bills of 36 families

"Sometimes I get discouraged with life hitting me from every angle and then there are people and companies like this...

Secret documents show US officials lied for decades about victory in Afghanistan as troops continued to die

The interviews show that U.S. military officials had no confidence in Afghan troops and police. One unnamed military official estimated...

James Dean to be reincarnated in full-body CGI for upcoming Vietnam War movie about 10,000 abandoned military dogs

The directors chose Dean after months of "search(ing) high and low" for the actor to play Rogan and his "extreme...

Vietnam veterans need photos of about 400 more fallen service members to complete their virtual memorial

"Knowing and seeing the face behind the name...really helps give you a better picture of the person."