The author of “Courage Can Save US” on true stories of self-sacrifice from battlefields at home and abroad.

Ships and aircraft participating in exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 conducted a planned, live-fire sinking exercise ...

The recent exercises near Hawaii included the sinking of the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) amphibious assault ship and USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) cruiser—a more interesting end for both vessels than the scrap heap.

America’s island-hopping strategy in the Pacific grew from decades of planning, rivalry, and hard lessons about distance, ...

Two decommissioned warships, cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5), were recently sunk off the coast of Hawaii as part of the U.S. Navy-led Rim of the Pacific 2026 ...

The sinking is the second consecutive RIMPAC exercise to include two warships, following the 2024 sinking of the amphibious ...

RUDOLPH, WI (WSAU-WAOW) — U.S. Army Pvt. Elmer F. Blonien, who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War ...

U.S. Army Pvt. Elmer F. Blonien, who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II, was honored with ...

The remains of Private Elmer Blonien, a soldier from Rudolph killed while a prisoner of war, are returning home after decades ...

The United States and Iran are crossing each other's red lines, one after the other. The latest hostilities began with an ...

What is Operation Epic Fury? Answer: Operation Epic Fury represents a large-scale, multidomain campaign designed to systematically dismantle Iran’s command infrastructure, air defenses, missile forces ...

France has commemorated the Vel d’Hiv roundup, a mass arrest of Jews by French police in 1942. More than 13,000 Jews were rounded up over two days in July 1942 and sent to Nazi death camps.