Naval Education and Training Command recently honored Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystal Avila, a damage controlman and instructor assigned to Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill., as the Junior Instructor of the Year.
Airmen assigned to the 23rd Maintenance Squadron transformed an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., by painting the Flying Tiger emblem on the jet, a tribute to Army Air Corps Brig. Gen. David Lee “Tex” Hill and the legendary World War II group.
Army Pfc. Charles N. DeGlopper was a World War II soldier who bravely sacrificed his life in France to save his platoon, earning the Medal of Honor.
Revolutionary War gunsmiths handcrafted unique, noninterchangeable firearms from scratch, keeping patriot forces armed despite frequent battlefield weapon failures.
Fourteen years after an explosion in an Afghan village took both of his legs and nearly his life, a former 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper is preparing to jump again, this time in Normandy, France.
Journalist René Capain Bassène devoted his career to restoring peace to Senegal’s troubled Casamance region. The government accused him of being a rebel who ordered the murder of 14 men and jailed him for life. Now a rebel leader and a U.S. diplomat involved in peace negotiations have refuted the prosecution’s fundamentally flawed theory. The […]
May 29, 2026—In the countdown to Ethiopia’s general election, journalist Bewket Abebe flew to the northern border town of Humera, in a rare attempt at on-the-ground reporting ahead of the June 1 vote. Bewket, chief editor of The Reporter Magazine, was scheduled to meet the administrator of the contested territory, which is claimed by both […]
Army Pvt. Henry Johnson held back a German force and rescued a captured soldier while on sentry duty at a French outpost during World War I. Because of his bravery, the enemy retreated and left behind equipment that provided valuable intelligence.
Army Staff Sgt. Stanley Martinez, one of two surviving members of a local Korean War Veterans Association chapter, speaks about his experiences as a 7th Infantry Division tank driver during the Korean War.
As the nation celebrates 250 years of freedom, this look back at songs from the Revolutionary War explores how religious hymns and satirical tunes became the patriotic anthems that unified the Continental Army.
