Kevyn Major Howard played Rafterman in "Full Metal Jacket," a Vietnam War movie that inspired a generation of Marines to ...

The U.S. Military still has guns in use that were developed in the late 1970s to over 100 years ago. Of course, the military ...

A new breed of veterans from Latin America and Asia patrols front lines for a salary, idealism or the thrill of combat.

It was not until Vietnam deployed personnel to field missions that it was officially recognised as a participant in UN peacekeeping.

Five Henry Pratt employees were killed, another wounded, and five Aurora police officers wounded, after a disgruntled ...

The constitution gives Congress the power to enact a draft, with each draft deciding who is to be pressed into military ...

A Medal of Honor recipient’s portrait and citation are now out of a courthouse closet and back up on a courthouse wall. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph recently ran a letter to the editor from Ed ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

Author, historian and Vietnam veteran Marc Leepson's new book, "The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage ...

US peacekeepers were killed by Somalia militiamen in flip-flops. What went wrong – and did it set a ‘dangerous precedent’?

Of course, in the parlance of the Counterculture movement that was taking hold alongside the Vietnam War (in opposition to that conflict), “puff the magic dragon” had a very different connotation. As ...

Military service shaped Tom McDermott's identity, values and purpose, fostering camaraderie, resilience and patriotism, despite moral challenges and personal sacrifices.