On March 2, 1945, the 5th Marine Division was embroiled in the battle for Hill 362. The division would fight on Iwo Jima ...

On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to ...

Sunday morning 7 December 1941 is a date that is printed in the collective American mind. It was the day the Japanese launched their devastating surprise attack on the American Naval Base in Pearl ...

Stories Behind the Stars remembers Ralph Ambrose Landis, a Chambersburg Marine killed in action on Iwo Jima in 1945 during World War II.

World War II in the Pacific produced a remarkable 10 fighter pilots of the United States Marine Corps who were awarded the ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the US Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in the history of ...

In the wake of the Cold War, there was a sense that warfare might shift toward smaller joint operations of all forces, known ...

The USS Nimitz is retiring this year, at the venerable age of 51. Here are 10 memorable pieces of history from her past five ...

Concern over the lack of respect for the gravesite led Army Maj. Gen. Fox Conner to order an armed military guard on March 24 ...

The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar ice cap for the 100th time since World War II.

USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.

It’s been a busy year for Hegseth, Trump’s unconventional pick for secretary of war. Now, with the war in Iran, he’s firmly ...