What Valentine’s Day Reveals About Military Readiness and Long-Distance Relationships Valentine’s Day highlights how military couples manage distance, communication limits, and constant separation as part of...
Surf And Turf Before The Storm A longstanding military belief links steak and lobster meals to impending deployments, with recent rumors claiming troops...
How the Military Became Part of Mardi Gras From Coast Guard escorts for Carnival royalty to National Guard security and a veterans-led krewe, the military plays a quiet...
How Wars Silenced Mardi Gras: New Orleans Carnival During Global Conflict Mardi Gras in New Orleans pauses during war and crisis, revealing how celebration depends on civic order, security, and the...
‘High Stress, High Stakes’: Behind-The-Scenes Look at Super Bowl Flyover “Celebrating America 250 and Super Bowl 60, we wanted to go big and really have that majestical display of air power for...
Who Gets Holidays Off: What Holiday Duty Rosters Reveal About Military Priorities Holiday duty rosters reveal how the military actually allocates rest, fatigue, and sacrifice, showing whose time is protected...
Why the Military Treats New Year’s as a High-Risk Period for Accidents and Discipline Military commanders treat New Year’s as a high risk period because alcohol, travel, and fatigue consistently drive spikes in...
When Christmas Leave Becomes a Crime: How Holiday Absences Turn Into AWOL and Desertion Holiday leave does not suspend military law. A servicemember who fails to return from authorized Christmas leave becomes...
Grinch Hits Brooklyn: Toys for Tots Donations Stolen From Lawmaker's Office Toys for Tots donations are tied to a Marine Corps Reserve program that distributes gifts to area children during the...
Troops Load Christmas Trees That Carry a Piece of Home New York National Guard volunteers joined farmers, families and FedEx crews to load 150 Christmas trees for the Trees for...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
From Iraq to Iran: How Congress Handed Over War Powers to the Presidency The 9/11 attacks were a sea change in U.S. foreign policy and diminished congressional authority, with partisanship on...
Left Face Down in the Mud: How an Air Force Veteran, Amputee Found Hope A life-changing injury and having to raise three kids alone made Jason Morgan more resolute in the long run.
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
SNL Mocks Iran Conflict as Pete Hegseth Calls It a ‘Situationship’ “This isn’t a war, it’s a situationship.” SNL skewers tensions with Iran in a wild press briefing sketch starring Colin Jost...
