A British officer could have been executed for his affair with Princess Diana
British Officer Captain James Hewitt wasn’t just in hot water, he was sitting in a pig pen. It seemed like everyone in the world wanted to get a word with…
Michael Langley was confirmed as the Marine Corps’ first Black four-star General
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…
Today in military history: First female officer in the US Army
On July 9, 1947, Florence Blanchfield became the first female officer in the United States Army. After 30 years of service in the Army Nurse Corps, where she held the…
The Confederates may have lost the Civil War due to one inept officer
The beginning of the end for the Confederate States of America didn’t come at the capture of Richmond or even the fields of Gettysburg. It came from the west, where…
6 lessons I learned moving nuclear weapons through North Dakota
I was both excited and anxious the day I got my orders to Minot Air Force Base. I requested to be sent to a nuclear missile base because of the challenges and opportunities the mission presented. Every day, Airmen at Minot and its sister nuclear mis…
This Corpsman saved a Marine suffering from a sniper head shot
On Oct. 18, 2006, Justin Constantine was deployed to Al-Anbar Province, Iraq when a sniper shot him in the head.
He had just stepped out of his Humvee to warn a rep…
Should you enlist in the military or commission as an officer?
I know a lot of veterans who based their military careers on whichever recruiting office they walked into first. That’s one way to go about signing your life away to Uncle Sam, but it’s not what I would recommend. The military is a major commitmen…
This Russian-born FBI agent was the bureau’s spycatcher
George Tromiloff was a retired U.S. Army officer who had been passing information onto the Soviet KGB for decades as a means of paying his debts. He was finally caught…
This French military officer was the real-life ‘Last Samurai’
Jules Brunet wasn’t really the “last” samurai anymore than Tom Cruise’s character in the movie of the same name was. But he was a military officer sent to Japan to…
Exclusive interview: Army nurse on how COVID has affected the MOS
Martine Caraballo comes from five generations of military service. Her father is a Purple Heart Vietnam veteran. She was raised on Treasure Island, Florida and served four years in the…