On July 16, 1953, Rear Adm. John H. Brown, commandant of the 4th Naval District, presented the Medal of Honor to Benfold’s ...

This post has been updated to adjust the position of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). These are the approximate positions of ...

"Save the date Feb. 21 and plan to attend and remember Urbana native, Cpl. Richard L. 'Dick' Pittman, who paid the ultimate price for our freedom," Ray Elliott writes.

By late 1967, the M50 Ontos was just about phased out of military service. The Army had rejected it back in 1953, calling it too cramped, too lightly armored and too awkward to reload. Only the Marine ...

Merrell Jr., who was the first Staten Islander to receive the Medal of Honor, earned the award for a solo assault on April 18, 1945, near Lohe, Germany, that killed 23 enemy soldiers and saved his ...

A Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif., was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps medal for saving a Marine’s life after a severe vehicle accident.

With the driver stuck, the doors locked and the vehicle quickly filling with water, the Marine began bashing the windshield ...

After World War II, the French military was left with a hodgepodge of leftover submachine guns. After several years, the army ...

Every year the Tenth Marine Regiment of the Second Marine Division stationed at Camp Lejeune holds the Saint Barbara Banquet.