This article was originally published on Feb. 21, 2019, by the Department of Defense. Did you ever wonder why the Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy? Historically, marines serve as a navy’s ground troops. In fact, the word ...
The U.S. Marine Corps is rooted in tradition, discipline, and legacy — both on and off the battlefield. For their 244th birthday, we put together a short but noble list of badass Devil Dogs that you may not have heard of before! From Marine ...
This article was originally published on Sept. 12, 2019, by the Department of Defense. Born into a military family, Capt. Cole Holloway was destined to follow both parents' footsteps into the Air Force — more specifically, to follow his father's ...
Tuesday marks 11 days of protests in the streets of Baghdad, Iraq. Over 260 people have been killed thus far, and thousands injured. Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Units (PMUs) are inflicting many of these injuries with 40mm smoke and CS ...
This article was originally published on Oct. 7, 2019, by the Department of Defense. A year after his accident and the loss of his leg, Spc. Ezra Maes is still amazed at the circumstances that led to his survival. If you ask, he'll credit his ...
In 1984, General John Wickham officially charged the 75th Ranger Regiment with the responsibility to “lead the way in developing tactics, training techniques, and doctrine for the Army’s Light Infantry formations.” The Regiment has undeniably lived ...
This article was originally published on Oct. 21, 2019, by the Department of Defense. The battlefields of World War II featured some game-changing technologies. Strategic bombers debuted in the skies. Aircraft carriers reigned supreme on the seas. ...
This article was originally published on Oct. 22, 2019, by the Department of Defense. Strategic bombing — destroying enemy military and infrastructure targets and lowering their morale — became a significant part of America's war strategy during ...
This article was originally published on Oct. 23, 2019, by the Department of Defense. The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement of World War II. It raged in the Philippines from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, pitting Japan against the U.S., ...
This article was originally published on Oct. 25, 2019, by the 5th Special Force Public Affairs Office. FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Two organizations partnered on Friday, Oct. 25, when 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) hosted a fitness challenge for ...
U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician Griffin Trenbeath was north of Camp Taji, Iraq, when his team received a call from a unit on Highway 1 (MSR Tampa). Trenbeath had already dealt with multiple incidents on that winter day in 2005, ...
This article was originally published on Oct. 27, 2019, by the U.S. Air Force. WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Oct. 27, 2019, at ...
Over the weekend, members of the U.S. Army Delta Force and 75th Ranger Regiment tracked down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria’s Idlib province near the Turkish border during Operation Kayla Mueller. He apparently died after detonating a ...
This article was originally published on Oct. 28, 2019, by the Department of Defense. More than a decade ago, Army Master Sgt. Matthew Williams earned the Silver Star Medal for saving several of his Special Forces comrades during an hours-long ...
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker didn’t have just one title, although her name would suggest otherwise. She was a trailblazer for women’s rights, education equality, fashion, and medicine. She is recognized as the only female Medal of Honor recipient, but ...
As part of a large, strategic-level staff section, I currently work with junior enlisted soldiers, noncommissioned officers (NCOs), warrant officers, commissioned officers, Department of the Army (DA) civilians, and contractors. The manning in my ...
U.S. Army Major Lisa Jaster hadn’t necessarily been one to make waves during her military career when her sergeant major approached her with an unexpected suggestion in 2015. “I really feel like the military has given me a ton of amazing ...
Despite years of abuse and mistreatment by the United States government, many Native Americans have remained loyal to this land and the idea of patriotism. This is never more apparent than when discussing the “code talkers.” Code talking was ...
U.S. Navy SEALs have a long and extraordinary history of valor, heroism, and badassery. Their reputation has enjoyed the limelight on bookshelves and in movie theaters around the world — while other units and legendary exploits are tucked away into ...
“No friends but the mountains.” It's a Kurdish saying that dates back generations, stemming from a history peppered with empires, allies, and neighbors betraying them. Late Sunday night, apparently after a phone conversation with the Turkish ...
National Hispanic Heritage Month began on September 15 and lasts until October 15. Throughout history, Hispanic servicemen have faced discrimination in the form of racism, segregation, and language barriers. It was sometimes difficult for them to ...
Early October is a time filled with moments that are seared into the minds of many U.S. Army Rangers from 3rd Ranger Battalion. In an odd twist of fate, some of the battalion's most significant or harrowing events have fallen around this time ...
When there's an iconic picture floating around of a special operator with a hefty beard and a well-worn rifle standing in some unspecified distant country, there's a good chance that he hails from the U.S. Army's Special Forces (SF, sometimes known ...
To the casual listener, Ramstein Air Base might sound like a heavy metal compound. It’s not, although it is full of heavy metal. Located near Kaiserslautern (K-town, to Americans), Ramstein is an American Air Force base that began construction in ...
U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal never intended to be an activist. “I liked being a nobody in the quiet,” Stayskal said. But his career as a Green Beret has been interrupted as he balances battling stage 4 lung cancer and crusading on ...
Lieutenant Commander Michael G. Hoff was a pilot in the U.S. Navy. On Jan. 7, 1970, in the midst of the Vietnam War, he was on a reconnaissance mission over Laos. A fire warning light illuminated in the Sidewinder A7A Corsair aircraft he was ...
Today is the anniversary of when the U.S. Army Air Corps transitioned into the U.S. Air Force 72 years ago on Sept. 18, 1947. The recent video of Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman, a combat controller who risked his life to save his teammates on ...
gathering of soldiers waited for the bus on a cloudy and chilly late-August morning at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. As members of the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team — the Arctic Wolves — they are trained to fight in ...
Today the U.S. Air Force chief of staff presented the Air Force Cross to Technical Sergeant Daniel Keller, a combat controller in the Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, for his actions on the battlefield in Afghanistan during the ...
s the sun sank behind the hills just a few hours outside of Budapest, Hungary, a ragtag group of militiamen milled around a dilapidated building in a small clearing amid the Hungarian forest. With AK-47s slung on their shoulder, they played cards ...
