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...
7 Civil War Battle Streamers Modern-Day US Army Units Will Be Forced to Remove We may not fly our unit flags into battle these days, but the unit guidon is still an important military tradition.
Watch Children of Civil War Veterans Talk About Their Fathers Our personal connections with the Civil War and its veterans are a lot closer than we think.
29th Infantry Division Keeps Historic Patch Despite Nod to Service in the Confederate Army The patch, introduced during World War I, is a blue and gray yin and yang, referencing the merger of old Union and...
Gen. Sherman's Unlikely Path to Founding a Military School for Officers Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman developed many of the ideas on which contemporary warfare is based and incorporated them into...
This Civil War Battle Helped Launch a President's Career The Civil War battle of Middle Creek, Kentucky, involved James Garfield and has been called "the battle that made a...
Soldier's Journals Tell a Vivid Story About the Irish Brigade and Civil War Pvt. William McCarter of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry was part of the Army of the Potomac's legendary Irish Brigade.
What Confederate President Jefferson Davis Wrote to His Brother Among what Jefferson Davis wrote to his brother, Joseph: "All I have, except my wife and children, I am ready to sacrifice...
Fort Liberty? Bragg and 8 Other Bases Get New Proposed Names to Scrub Confederate Links The proposed names must now go to Congress and be approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
How Douglas MacArthur's Father Helped Deliver 'the Death Knell of the Confederacy' Douglas MacArthur's father, Arthur, earned a Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Missionary Ridge during the...
Air Force General Charged with Sexual Crimes Has Retirement Request Denied by Service Secretary The secretary's decision means Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart, only the second Air Force general in history to be charged with a...
Chaplain for Coast Guard 7th District Fired, Marking Latest High-Profile Dismissal for Service in Recent Weeks The move follows the reliefs of the chaplain of the Coast Guard and the master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard Reserve...
19.5% Pay Raise for Junior Enlisted Troops Approved by House Panel A 19.5% pay hike for junior enlisted service members next year is one step closer to reality after the House Armed Services...
Marine from Twentynine Palms Randomly Gunned Down While Sitting in Car at Park Robert James McDonald was in his car at a park with his dog just 10 miles south of the installation when 18-year-old Rudy...
Kim's Portrait Is Publicly Displayed in North Korea. Here's a Look at What It Means The portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was publicly displayed along with those of his father and grandfather for the...