US Navy taps Fincantieri to build Marine Corps landing vesselsThe Navy is seeking a Vessel Construction Manager as an intermediary between the sea service and shipyards when building additional Medium Landing Ships.By Tom Kington3 days ago
‘We are all Jews’: Soldier who defied his German captors to be awarded Medal of HonorMaster Sgt. Roddie Edmonds will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor for shielding more than 200 Jewish Americans in a German POW camp.By Claire Barrett3 days ago
US military assets flock to Middle East amid Iran standoffThe aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is set to soon become the keystone of the Pentagon’s naval armada in the region. By Tanya Noury3 days ago
The Medal of Honor recipient who became a ‘One-Man Regiment of Iwo Jima’Pinned down and with casualties mounting, Pvt. Wilson Watson took matters into his own hands to savagely take out enemy entrenchments.By Claire Barrett4 days ago
During WWI this sailor saved his fellow mate from noxious toilet fumes — earning him the Medal of HonorThe German emigre did not think twice when rescuing his fellow sailor from the gaseous byproduct of human waste. By Jon Guttman5 days ago
How chocolate became one of the US military’s most important WWII rationsIn 1937, the Army approached the Hershey Company with a blunt request: Create a high-calorie chocolate bar that's intentionally unpleasant.By Clay Beyersdorfer9 days ago