These Southern National Guard Units to Toss Confederate Battle Streamers Contemporary National Guard units that were a part of the Confederacy and waged war against the United States during the...
A Black Union Spy in the Confederate White House Almost Burned It Down In Her Escape In recognition of her intelligence contributions, Mary Jane Richards was inducted into the U.S. Army Intelligence Hall of...
Navy Renaming USS Chancellorsville to Honor Union Army Hero, Statesman Who Was Born into Slavery Robert Smalls, a former slave who was conscripted into Confederate service, stole a Confederate steamer ship and escaped from...
Naval Academy Honors President Jimmy Carter, Drops Confederate Name from Building While Matthew Fontaine Maury is considered the father of modern oceanography, he resigned his commission in 1861 and joined...
Salisbury Steak Was Supposed to Be a Cure-All for Union Troops in the Civil War James H. Salisbury was both the doctor you want and the doctor you should definitely not listen to, but in his day, he was as...
156 Years Later, Ulysses S. Grant Could Get One Last Promotion The war hero, once ranked among the worst U.S. presidents but whose reputation is on the upswing, may be promoted to the rank...
Opposing Civil War Veterans Met in Peace 50 Years After the Battle of Gettysburg Some 53,000 veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg came together in 1913, 50 years after the battle ended.
How a Famous Photo Fueled Northern Support for the Civil War and Inspired the New Movie 'Emancipation'
6 Simple Reasons the Union Won the Civil War Cotton, slaves and arrogance just weren't going to be enough to overcome everything else the Confederates lacked during the...
West Point and Naval Academy Should Scrub Names of Confederate Officers, Panel Tells Congress The Naming Commission released the latest of its recommendations to rid the military of tributes to secessionists who fought...
Soldier Shot During Special Forces Training Event After Live Ammo Mixed in with Blanks A 7th Infantry Division soldier at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state was accidentally shot April 25 by a 1st...
Marine Corps Offering Thousands of Dollars in Bonuses in Push for More Intelligence Specialists The Marine Corps needs more counterintelligence and human intelligence specialists, also known as CI/HUMINT, and is offering...
30 Sailors and Marines Injured in Training Incident Off Coast of Florida Five sailors were medically evacuated for additional care to a hospital in Georgia, though four of them were released after...
Dick Rutan, Who Set an Aviation Milestone When He Flew Nonstop Around the World, Is Dead at 85 He joined the U.S. Air Force as a teenager and flew more than 300 combat missions during the Vietnam War.
'Existential Threat': Air Guardsmen Slam Proposal to Move Their Units to Space Force Air National Guard leaders and enlisted Guardsmen on Friday called a legislative proposal to move units focused on space...