Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Morton Sher was killed in action Aug. 20, 1943, when he crashed during a combat mission over Hunan, China, in World War II. Sher’s remains were finally accounted for this summer and returned home.
Engineers at the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center’s Combat Feeding Division in Natick, Massachusetts, spend their days focused on improving packaging, which is a crucial part of preserving military food’s freshness and extending shelf-life stability.
Once every 50 years, the United States throws milestone Independence Day celebrations. This year marks the nation’s 250th birthday and fifth semicentennial celebration.
Far outside the world of Hollywood TV and “magic tools” such as instant DNA results, Naval Criminal Investigative Service forensic consultants focus on the real science of evidence, finding key details that help bring investigations to the finish line.
Serving 9.5 million beneficiaries, the Medical Genetics Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., the only genetics laboratory in the War Department, supports military medical facilities around the globe with centralized testing and consultative service.
Army Air Corps Brig. Gen. Kenneth Newton Walker received a posthumous Medal of Honor for bravery during World War II bombing missions and is credited with helping to create the blueprint for the modern Air Force.
Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Zackary Cox credits faith, family and the Silent Drill Platoon for teaching him perseverance, precision and sense of pride in service.
Army Pfc. David Paul Nash had only been in the military for about eight months when he gave his life in Vietnam so his fellow soldiers could live.
An estimated 268 Nicaraguan journalists have fled the Central American country for exile, many settling in the neighboring Costa Rica, to escape what CPJ’s research has documented to be a government-backed system of political repression and judicial harassment against media outlets that often prevents journalists, fearing for their families, from reporting the truth. Yet for […]
Serving 9.5 million beneficiaries, the Medical Genetics Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., the only genetics laboratory in the War Department, supports military medical facilities around the globe with centralized testing and consultative service.
