We went metal detecting at a WWII US Army base because what could go wrong near 80-year-old military leftovers? The answer: a ...

Florencio Davila, a World War II veteran, died recently at age 99. His dying wish was to be buried with full military honors, but the government shutdown threatened his wish from happening.

U.S. Army Combat Engineers were the hidden force behind the Normandy breakout. From the beaches of Omaha and Utah to the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has expelled nine of his top military generals from the People's Liberation Army for what China ...

Found guilty in 2009, he had been serving a 22-year sentence but was released for health reasons at the request of the ...

Two Polish men in their 60s seem to have learned the hard way that handling old WWII shells while intoxicated can have ...

Agnes Lowe may have turned 100 but she’s still got work to do.  She’s advocating for long-overdue recognition. Lowe is ...

A Serbian government plane took convicted war criminal Nebojsa Pavkovic home on Sunday, following his early release from a 22-year prison sentence on health grounds. This post is also available in ...

Robert H. Jackson, an American Supreme Court justice who thought of himself as "anything but a warrior," was drafted by FDR ...

Find previous discussions in the Open Thread archive. Excepting the entreaty that you remain on topic, all of Slate’s usual ...

Senior officers, summoned from around the world, are entrusted to manage complex military operations. They got a lecture on fitness and grooming standards. By Greg Jaffe Reporting from Washington ...