During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die ...

Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

Military personnel have been warned they face a court martial and jail if they release secret information in online war games. The move follows the disclosure that top-secret details have been ...

The Army has officially fielded its brand-new rifles to soldiers, but the service is apparently still working out the kinks with the systems' advanced optic, according to a new assessment from the ...

The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who couldn't be buried in White ...

Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s. An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a general store in the city. Through his business ...

Texas National Guard soldiers deployed to the state's southern border with Mexico as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star can now "exercise the duties and functions" of federal ...

Two soldiers, Staff Sgt. Shelbe Butner and Spc. Jacob Mullen, died in a training accident at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The soldiers were participating in a combat training exercise and their vehicle ...

The Army has identified the third soldier aboard the Black Hawk helicopter involved in Wednesday’s deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport after it had been initially withheld.

Two of the soldiers have been identified as Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39 U.S. Army (2) Three soldiers were on the U.S. Army Black Hawk ...