Why Homer Simpson is a government fixture familiar to all troops
If you’ve spent time in the armed forces, you’ve had a Homer in your unit. He's not a comedic exaggeration. He’s a federal fixture.
By Clay Beyersdorfer
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Soldiers screened for appearance and politics ahead of Trump visit
Trump's partisan comments received cheers or jeers from the crowd, an expression of political views in uniform that would typically result in a reprimand.
By Todd South
UK artist, warship, replace economist on bank note
The painting depicts the Royal Navy second-rate ship of the line Temeraire, which helped win the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, being hauled away by a tug at the end of its life.
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
Turning 100, a WWII veteran looks back at her service
The coal miner's daughter was 21 years old when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor.
Anchors Aweigh! Historic warship heads to Florida museum
Marine surveyors and members of the Coast Guard have visited the ship to prepare for repairs.
By Kathleen Hilliard, The American Press
The US Navy’s new nuclear cruise missile starts getting real next year
"They’ll hate it. They’ll absolutely hate it," a defense official says of Russia's reaction to a new sea-launched cruise missile.
By Aaron Mehta
Commandant: Coast Guard’s IT nears ‘catastrophic failure’
Adm. Karl Schultz's annual State of the Coast Guard speech touched on the challenges facing a sea service that also notches many triumphs.
Group seeks court order to reduce Navy training flights
The group is dedicated to removing the EA-18G Growler jet training flights from the Puget Sound region.
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
Op-ed: Military can bridge gap between climate change doubters and believers
Rather than debating the causes of climate change or assigning blame, military leaders focus on how warming undermines security, and on practical steps to slow its advance and minimize damage.
By Michael Klare, Hampshire College
Classic German WWI novel is getting the big screen treatment
“'All Quiet on the Western Front' may be set in 1918, but it speaks directly to our times and the divisive tone in today’s discourse.”
By J.D. Simkins