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Six things to know about World War II after Pearl HarborAs the US commemorates Pearl Harbor Day, here are the top 6 things that the National World War II Museum's chief historian would like Americans to know.
What new photos reveal about huge US seaplane sunk at Pearl HarborThe clearest photos ever taken of the Catalina PBY-5 sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor were released.聽The Navy seaplane had a wing span of 100 feet, about the size of todays Boeing 727 commercial jet.
Military women 'over the moon' about Pentagon opening combat posts to females'Every little girl in America can grow up and dream of driving a tank, or being a machine gunner, or an infantryman, and nobody鈥檚 going to say, "You can鈥檛 do that because you鈥檙e a girl," 鈥� says a Marine attack helicopter pilot.
All US military services must be open to women: Which branch will balk?The order rebuts arguments from Marine Corps leaders that women could weaken their units, and aligns with Army, Air Force, and Navy strides towards full gender inclusion.聽
Human error led to strike on Doctors Without Borders hospital, general says'We made a terrible mistake that resulted in unnecessary deaths,' Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner said of the October attack that killed 30 staff and patients at a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
Were West's assumptions about Islamic State wrong?The Paris attacks have changed the calculations around the Islamic State, which has become a major international terrorist sponsor quicker than anticipated. 聽
Search for a Syria solution: how Russia might help, as ties with US improveA thaw in US-Russia relations offers limited possibilities for military-to-military cooperation, say defense officials, but civilian casualties in Syria are a concern. Diplomacy might have more potential.
Paris attacks: Would US troops in Syria play into Islamic State's hands?Even though the Islamic State would be on the receiving end of a stepped-up campaign, that could serve the group鈥檚 propaganda purposes.
How sophisticated were the Paris terror attacks?While the attacks in the French capital were effective in creating terror, some analysts have pushed back on the notion that they required especially advanced training.
Is a US goal of containing the Islamic State advisable?In an ABC News interview, President Obama talked about shrinking the Islamic State's 'scope of operations until it no longer poses the kind of threat that it does.'
Medal of Honor recipient: On his worst day, 'he managed to summon the best'US Army Capt. Florent Groberg threw himself between a suicide bomber and a high-ranking US delegation in Afghanistan鈥檚 Kunar Province.聽
Obama visits Arlington National Cemetery. What did he say about US veterans?President Barack Obama visited Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday and spoke about how Americans need to remember veterans beyond the annual holiday honoring them.聽
FocusVeterans, gang members find peace in unexpected 'brotherhood'A pioneering antiviolence program in Chicago is built on a bond between gang members and veterans who have been to war. It's gaining national attention.聽
FocusVeterans Day: For many vets, college is scarier than AfghanistanVeterans Day highlights the the sky-high dropout rates for veterans attending college. But new college 'boot camps' are helping vets transition to a new life of classroom debates and selfies.聽
First Look Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan want their own memorialVeterans from the post 9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan want a monument, but is it too soon for a memorial if fighting continues?
First LookWhy does Florida VA office keep listing living veterans as deceased?A Vietnam vet from Florida called to inquire about a late disability payment and was told he was categorized as deceased. The case of mistaken identity was one among many in the Tampa Bay area.
First LookLots of questions about DOD's $43 million gas station in AfghanistanThe compressed natural gas station was supposed to help Afghanistan decrease their reliance on oil imports by building natural gas demand.聽But the Defense Department didn鈥檛 study whether this was actually feasible,聽according聽to a government watchdog.
How 50 US troops in Syria could actually make a differenceThe US will send 50 Special Operations Forces troops to Syria to coordinate with rebels. Critics call them a token force. But they have a specific mission.聽
Warship honoring Marine christened at Maine shipyardThe USS Peralta is believed to be the first warship named for someone who was born in Mexico.聽Sgt. Rafael聽Peralta was killed in action in Iraq in 2004.
First LookMysterious unmooring of 250-foot surveillance blimp troubles ArmyShotgun-wielding authorities eventually shot down the blimp over the Pennsylvania countryside.聽The wreckage is scattered in trees along a ravine in a secluded area with no roads leading directly to the site.
