Army legend General Pete Dawkins on his sports career
Brig. Gen. Pete Dawkins is famous as the last Army football player to receive the Heisman Trophy in 1958. However, he also played hockey, baseball and even rugby. In addition…
Brig. Gen. Pete Dawkins is famous as the last Army football player to receive the Heisman Trophy in 1958. However, he also played hockey, baseball and even rugby. In addition…
On Nov. 15, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman began his infamous march to the sea. The Civil War was one of the early “Total Wars” in world history, where…
Walt Disney famously said that, “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” He accomplished this in 1955 with the opening of Disneyland in Anaheim, California. While creating a clean,…
When Germany agreed to the punishing terms of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I in 1918, there was likely no one more surprised than German Field Marshal…
A 2012 poll in the UK asked Britons who they thought was the British Empire’s greatest historical nemeses. Among the top two answers were General George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte….
Arguably the most well-known president of the United States is its first leader, George Washington. And while there is much that’s known about him, for instance, that he was married…
Shortly after the surviving forces of the Battle of Crete had evacuated, the British landed agents from the Special Operations Executive, also known as the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, to advise and assist the resistance and conduct intelligen…
On August 1, 2022, the U.S. Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, USMC, to command AFRICOM. With this command comes Langley’s fourth star, making him the first Black four-star…
The Roman Empire had its military traditions, of course. Taking war trophies was among the highest achievements of a Roman soldier or officer. Capturing an enemy standard was high on…
With the sunny days of summer approaching, so too are absentee voting deadlines. Luckily, the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) has everything voters stationed away from home need to register,…