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Pentagon Requests Public Assistance In Renaming Of Military Installations

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin standing behind a podium + the entrance to Fort Bragg

The Pentagon has asked for the public’s help in renaming military installations named after Confederate Army soldiers. The request follows the passing of the Defense…

A German Bunker Was Hidden Inside A Roman Fort On A Tiny Island That Still Holds More Mysteries

Nazi Bunker At Alderney

A German bunker that was discovered on the island of Alderney is also the site of a recently rediscovered Roman courtyard and other fascinating multi-period…

Virginia Supreme Court Rules General Robert E. Lee Statue Can Be Removed

Robert E. Lee statue surrounded by concrete barriers

Virginia’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled on the fate of the 21-foot-tall statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond. The state capital served…

US Navy Files Patent For Weapon That Stops Targets From Talking

Clare Fitzgerald
USS Cole at sea

A report from New Scientist has revealed the U.S. Navy has filed a patent for a new type of non-lethal weapon. Called acoustic hailing and…

Daughter Of Soldier Killed In Action During Korean War Reunited With Father’s Lost Duffel Bag

Military portrait of Joseph W. Sullivan + Eileen Sullivan Alber holding the duffel bag

The daughter of fallen World War II and Korean War veteran Joseph W. Sullivan is singing the praises of an Indiana couple after they returned…

Unvaccinated Active-Duty Marines And Sailors Ordered To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Clare Fitzgerald
Female soldier holding a COVID-19 vaccination

The Navy has mandated sailors, Marines, and reservists be vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk disobeying a lawful orders, for which they will face “punitive or…

Delta Force Sniper Who Sacrificed His Life In Somalia Memorialized In Hometown

Clare Fitzgerald
Military portrait of Master Sgt. Gary Gordon + bronze statue

Master Sergeant Gary Gordon had a life-long military career. He joined the U.S. Army in 1978 and was trained as a combat engineer. After a…

Remains Found In B-17 Wreckage Identified As Missing WWII Pilot

Military portrait of Ernest N. Vienneau + B-17 Flying Fortress in the air

The remains of United States Army Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Ernest N. Vienneau have officially been identified. The news follows a joint-recovery mission by the…

Effort To Rename Fort Benning After Decorated Lieutenant General Gains Traction

A petition calling for Fort Benning to be renamed “Fort Moore” after Lieutenant General Harold “Hal” Moore and his wife, Julie, has gained steam. It…

Search Launched For Steamship Sunk By German U-Boat Off Florida Coast In 1942

SS Norlindo

A team of international investigators has launched a search for the SS Norlindo, an American steam freighter sunk by a German U-boat in the Gulf…

Joséphine Baker To Be Reinterred At France’s Panthéon Mausoleum

Joséphine Baker in costume + Baker being given a medal by General Charles de Gaulle

The remains of American-born French performer Joséphine Baker will be reinterred at the Panthéon mausoleum in Paris, France. An aide for President Emmanuel Macron confirmed…

Pilot Of Historic Air Force and Navy Training Plane Dies In Crash Before Air Show

Geico Skytypers

Andy Travnick of Hampton, New Hampshire, died on Friday after the plane he was flying crashed shortly after takeoff. The 50-year-old commercial pilot and U.S.…