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By all accounts, Vietnam combat veteran John P. Baca

[brid video="114077" player="7965" title="Bob Hope_1.mp4"]Bob Hope was among the brightest stars during his era. He was known for his comedic one-liners and performances over a long career in entertainment. He passed away in 2003 at…

"Consider that, first of all, you are a United States Marine. That is the beginning," Joseph Owen said just days before his death in August 2015. He said it as if he were addressing all Marines. "You are something beyond ordina…

A note from a 1955 Ballantine Book remarked about how one author – a former serviceman – arrived in their New York offices with his Stars and Stripes drawings and a story of a "brilliant military career, where he rose through the ranks to beco…

Is Russia really flying combat missions from the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov? That is a question percolating as recent satellite photos caught some of the planes that are known to operate from the carrier at a land base, as opposed to operat…

President-elect Donald Trump selected retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, the former commander of United States Southern Command, to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. The president-elect is slated to make a formal announcement next wee…

President-elect Donald Trump has called for the cancellation of the new Air Force One in a tweet, citing the fact that the program would cost $4 billion. This becomes the latest controversy over the aircraft used to transport the Presiden…

The fate of two Turkish soldiers now hangs in the balance as they have become the unwilling guests of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (also known as ISIS). Supporters of the terrorist group have reportedly been debating what to do wi…

Tim Kennedy can't sit still. The Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class is fighting Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 206 this weekend but that's only one of a myriad of things that keeps him busy. Since moving from active duty to the Texas Army Na…

A recent report by FoxNews.com and the Washington Post noted that the Pentagon bureaucracy covered up over $125 billion in…

James Mitchell had a successful 22-year career in the U.S. Air Force — most notably as a top trainer at the Air Force's survival school — before retiring as a lieutenant colonel. And while he earned some awards and accolades for h…

When veterans retire, they often set out to pursue the hobbies they never had time to do in service. For Forrest Fenn, that meant the hunt for buried treasure. But this Air Force veteran didn't want to go looking for others' valuables, …

Staff at the Bay Pines Veterans Healthcare System left a deceased veteran in a shower room for over nine hours, increasing the risk of decomposition. That is among the findings of a 24-page report issued by investigators into the incident…

An Army Ranger veteran who plays Santa was called for an emergency visit to a dying child in Tennessee, arriving just in time to present the boy with a present and hold him as he passed away. Eric Schmitt-Matzen is a 60-year-old engineer …

Among the many planes flying sorties against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a version of the C-130. No, not the AC-130 gunship – although that plane did help blow up a lot of ISIS tanker trucks according to

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The AC-130 Spectre gets a lot of the headlines. It should. This is a plane that kicks a lot of butt. But the Marine Corps has its own version. And theirs is far more versatile than the Spectre. Let's get a closer look at t…

World War II vets often have tales of meeting Hollywood stars doing USO tours. Well, Clyde Porter has one that is a lot more recent. According to a report by