Military History

The need to overcome wartime challenges has led the military to invent items that are in common use today. What follows is a partial list of some of these inventions. 1. Canned

There are many theories about the history and origins of the military salute, some dating back to Roman times and medieval Europe when knights would raise their visors to demonstrate that they

A WWI veteran salutes the crowd during a Veterans Day parade November 11 – Veterans Day, and it marks the 104th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War

Aviators by nature, it only makes sense that pigeons were used in the skies during both World Wars. Credit: FeatherWeightHeroes Birds have been message-carriers longer than humans have been recording time. Of

The United States Disciplinary Barracks — Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas The United State Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), originally named the United States Military Prison, is the only military maximum-security prison in the United

From morphine in the Civil War, to prescription drugs today, the military has a long history of substance abuse. Credit: Military OneSource Would you ever look at a man or woman in

Elvis Presley’s entertainment career is one of the most well-chronicled of any person’s, ever From his rise in Nashville to his stint as a Vegas showman, he lived an incredibly interesting, captivating,

For many in the military, nothing starts the day better than a cup of joe. Eight years ago, a Marine walked over and handed me a paper cup of coffee. I can

Shrouded in silence and surrounded by a wrought iron fence, the Fort Lewis Cemetery is characterized by row after row of perfectly aligned headstones marking the final resting places of veterans, unnamed

Cathay Williams, painted on the left and depicted in a statue on the right. At July’s end in 1866, Congress passed the Army Organization Act.  It stipulated that for the first time