The Last US Cavalry Charge in History: 27 Troopers Routed Japanese Forces in the Philippines During WWII Twenty-seven cavalrymen charged Japanese infantry at Morong, Philippines, on January 16, 1942. They scattered hundreds of...
How a B-52 Crash in Greenland Became One of the Cold War's Worst Nuclear Accidents At 3:39 p.m. on January 21, 1968, the aircraft slammed into the ice seven miles west of the base. The impact carved a 160...
Operation Teardrop: The Secret Navy Mission to Stop German Submarines From Launching Rockets on New York City In the final weeks of the war, the Navy hunted down and sank five German submarines in the North Atlantic. They stopped what...
NY Man Honors Grandfather’s Legacy by Preserving World War II Memorabilia His grandfather passed away in 2018. Brendan Gibbons still works to preserve his legacy through collecting and restoring...
Black Sunday Over Ploesti: WWII Mission Became the Costliest Air Raid in US History One hundred seventy-seven B-24 Liberators took off from Libya on August 1, 1943, bound for the Romanian oil refineries at...
The Battle of Carrizal: America's Worst Defeat in the Hunt for Pancho Villa Captain Charles T. Boyd knew his orders. General John J. Pershing had told him to avoid a fight. But on June 21, 1916...
Insurrection Act: How It's Been Used and What Trump Wants To Do With It Donald Trump would not be the first president to invoke the Insurrection Act, as he has threatened, so that he can send U.S...
Pearl Harbor's Forgotten 1944 Disaster Killed at Least 163 Men and Reformed Navy Safety Measures The blast consumed everyone near the bow. No witnesses survived to explain what triggered the detonation. A fireball erupted...
The Battle of Chipyong-ni: When American and French Troops Halted the Chinese Advance in Korea The Eighth Army commander reversed the order after meeting General Douglas MacArthur. The ever-aggressive Ridgway saw an...
The US Army Once Deployed Bombers and 2,500 Troops to Crush 10,000 Armed Coal Miners in West Virginia The Battle of Blair Mountain wasn't just a labor dispute gone wrong. It was the moment the federal government deployed troops...
2026 Military Pay Charts Military service members will receive a 3.8% pay raise in 2026. Some senior officers may receive smaller percentages.
Here’s When VA Benefits Do and Don’t Count as Income, for Taxes and Otherwise VA disability compensation is completely tax-free at both federal and state levels. You don't report it on your tax return...
How Veterans at Grey Bull Rescue Are Bringing Americans Home From the World’s Most Dangerous Places When Americans become trapped in some of the world’s most dangerous places—inside active war zones, under collapsing...
Veteran Writer Says FBI Visit Followed Her Criticism of Student Veterans of America Marine veteran writer Elizabeth Hartman says FBI visited her after she criticized Student Veterans of America leadership...
In UK, Veterans Age 65 Told to Prepare for War As the UK readies for possible military conflict, low numbers in the Armed Forces are pushing the British government to bring...