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Defense industry to launch inflation relief push in Congress
“Deterrence doesn’t work when we handcuff the Department of Defense’s hands," said one industry representative.
By Joe Gould
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National Defense Industrial Association gets new chief
The National Defense Industrial Association has named former Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist as its new president and CEO, the trade group announced Thursday.
By Joe Gould
Was Iwo Jima worth the cost?
After a staggering loss of life on the island, American military leaders scrambled to justify the invasion
By Robert S. Burrell, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History
What if the Navy and Marine Corps had bypassed Iwo Jima?
Adm. Ernest King dismissed Iwo Jima as “a sink hole in the hands of whoever held it.”
By Mark Grimsley, World War II Magazine
7 professional athletes who also served in the military
In honor of Veterans Month, these are the stories of seven famous athletes who also hold the title of “veteran.”
By Sarah Sicard
Movie theaters at these 10 installations are showing ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Oct. 26 for free
Some troops and families will get free screenings soon of this newest Terminator flick -- before the general public gets to see it.
By Karen Jowers
The last secret of the Scorpion
In 1968 one of the Navy’s nuclear submarines went missing in the Atlantic. Fifty years later, this author offered a provocative theory about its disappearance.
By Ed Offley, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History
Unclaimed veterans buried with dignity, thanks to strangers
When the flags were removed from the caskets and folded with military precision, there were no family members there to receive them.
Diary aids understanding of Revolutionary War lake battle
The diary of Col. Edward Wigglesworth, the third in command of the American fleet during the Lake Champlain battle that began 242 years ago Thursday, was thought lost, but it was rediscovered earlier this year by an amateur historian.
No panacea for aviation mishaps, military brass tells Congress
During a April 12 hearing, lawmakers hammered military officials over what they will do to address a wave of rising aviation mishaps documented by Military Times.
By Valerie Insinna
Laser-guided rocket launchers for vehicles and dismounted troops are on the horizon
A group of defense firms want to field laser-guided, 2.75-inch rockets to vehicle-borne troops by mid-2018.
By Kyle Rempfer
Top Pentagon posts 74 percent vacant as Congress returns
Pentagon nominees will be waiting for Senate confirmation when the upper chamber returns in September, but the Trump administration has dozens of top jobs there to fill.
By Joe Gould