Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.

In the years between World War I and II, the U.S. military had ambitious and prescient ideas for war in the Pacific. By Nicholas Slayton Published Dec 1, 2025 10:44 AM EST The U.S. military is ...

Imagine, for a moment, that you’re an American pilot flying an F-16 over Iraq. The troops on the ground have been pursuing a small group of Iraqi insurgents. They report that they’ve cornered the ...

After I got out of the Marines, I was enrolled at Ohio State University. I took a World War II class taught by the late John Guilmartin, an Air Force combat veteran who got into the nuances of that ...

As U.S. forces conduct expanded operations in the Caribbean, Venezuelan leaders have placed their military on high alert and mobilized civilian militias. The government in Caracas’ doctrine stipulates ...

Adolf Hitler speaks at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, 1939. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) When news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor reached Germany, its leadership was absorbed ...

A group of soldiers of the Syrian army was documented chanting a jihadi declaration of war on Israel during a military parade in Damascus on Tuesday, prompting a minister for the Jewish state to issue ...

How could America lose the Vietnam War? Even now, 50 years after the last American helicopters left Saigon, the answer is elusive. Despite pouring immense resources into Vietnam — including nearly 3 ...

China’s military buildup has reached what a new congressional report calls a "war footing," with hundreds of new missile silos and expanding nuclear capabilities that could erode America’s ...

By Constant Méheut, Josh Holder and Olha Konovalova Wherever you go in Ukraine, army recruitment ads are impossible to miss. They loom from skyscraper billboards, plaster street corners and hang from ...

A World War I epic made by a Marine veteran showed combat stress, disability, and the painful transition back to civilian life long before Hollywood had a word for PTSD. When The Big Parade opened in ...