A retired Army colonel and his former West Point roommate believe they have discovered a nearly forgotten — and possibly first — Black unit in the Civil War and are spearheading efforts to see the history-making soldiers honored nearly 160 years later. The career soldiers-turned-amateur-historians, retired Col. Chris Allen and retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, […]
WASHINGTON — Boeing, General Atomics and Kratos will create prototypes for the Air Force’s Skyborg program and have a mere five months to build the first test vehicles of the autonomous combat drone. As part of the Skyborg program, the Air Force hopes to build a family of low-cost, attritable drones that can be reused, […]
It pays to be a veteran, according to a new study by veterans claims law firm Hill and Ponton. The average annual income for veterans was about $65,000 in 2019, the study reported. Those who didn’t serve brought home nearly $11,000 less, with an average annual income of about $54,000. Hill and Ponton’s study also […]
It pays to be a veteran, according to a new study by veterans claims law firm Hill and Ponton. The average annual income for veterans was about $65,000 in 2019, the study reported. Those who didn’t serve brought home nearly $11,000 less, with an average annual income of about $54,000. Hill and Ponton’s study also […]
When I was a kid, my dad was deployed more times than I could count. While we corresponded through drawings, letters and video greetings taped on VHS and sent back and forth between him and my mom, it was rare to be able to speak to him without help and costly USPS shipping fees sure […]
When I was a kid, my dad was deployed more times than I could count. While we corresponded through drawings, letters and video greetings taped on VHS and sent back and forth between him and my mom, it was rare to be able to speak to him without help and costly USPS shipping fees sure […]
When I was a kid, my dad was deployed more times than I could count. While we corresponded through drawings, letters and video greetings taped on VHS and sent back and forth between him and my mom, it was rare to be able to speak to him without help and costly USPS shipping fees sure […]
When I was a kid, my dad was deployed more times than I could count. While we corresponded through drawings, letters and video greetings taped on VHS and sent back and forth between him and my mom, it was rare to be able to speak to him without help and costly USPS shipping fees sure […]
On Veterans Day 2020, a small group of activists and Marines’ family members gathered outside the Marine Barracks in Washington in the hopes of bringing attention to what they saw as injustice. Two female Marines are in the brig “for assault charges after experiencing flashbacks due to being raped,” a press release from the Military […]
In early June of 1918, the 4th Marine Brigade ― consisting of the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments and the 6th Marine Gun Battalion ― faced off against portions of a German division in northern France. The Germans had broken through the French lines just a few weeks earlier in an attempt to capture Paris […]