In June 1944, the United States Navy did something it had not attempted since the War of 1812. American sailors boarded and ...

They were a secret Marine platoon sent ashore before anyone else. Led by Frank Tachsky, these men—many pulled straight from ...

The day Carrollton gathered for an 1889 cornerstone ceremony ...

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 ...

This swath of land is a hub of activity for the Department of Defense.

On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse (neh-too-RAHM’ gahd-SAY’), a Hindu extremist. In 1649, England’s King ...

Vladivostok also served as a naval base for Russian warships in the Pacific. Russia wants to hold onto Vladivostok because it is the major Russian possession on the Pacific coast. Despite that, if ...

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

The Hawaii Army National Guard dedicated a new memorial honoring the 26 guardsmen aboard a transport boat sunk by a Japanese ...

With the launch of its new microwave weapon, China has taken a significant step in protecting the country against drone ...

Here are the eight best museums in Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago is the kind of place people think they’ll stop by ...

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 ...