They were a secret Marine platoon sent ashore before anyone else. Led by Frank Tachsky, these men—many pulled straight from military prison—operated deep behind enemy lines during one of the Pacific ...

At the heart of the Air Force's combat search and rescue corps is its aging fleet of rescue helicopters. But as the Air Force ...

For decades, Chicagoans have looked for an easy escape from winter’s bitter cold and mounds of snow. Generations of them have found a temporary reprieve inside the small clubs, lounges, bars and ...

Combat welder? There is a classification in both the United States Army and the US Navy today, but in the South Pacific ...

In November 1942, during World War II, an American battleship fought one of the most decisive naval battles in history ...

98-year-old Charles Araiza, who refused recognition out of humility, receives Japan Occupation Medal 80 years after serving in Pacific Theater.

With the world’s most advanced radar (Aegis Combat System), sonar and command-and-control systems, a single River-class vessel will be able to track and kill enemy subs, missiles, ships and planes ...

Japan tracked four Chinese warships in a strait near Okinawa, a move that followed U.S.-Philippine military drills near a ...