The then-Capt. Paris Davis was recommended for the high honor at the time but lost paperwork and other factors led instead to a Silver Star Medal.
By Darlene Superville
Practices that fed the mobilization machine during recent wars now bedevil the Reserve as those wars end and the Pentagon preps for bigger fights.
The Mobile Protected Firepower is aimed to fill the shooting gaps to cover light infantry formations.
The weapons are going to infantry, scouts, combat engineers and special operations.
Army Times conducted data analysis that shows Army West Point football players are significantly more likely to become generals.
The youngest active-duty sailors on Dec. 7, 1941, would have been about 17, making them 98 today. Many of those still alive are at least 100.
U.S. and Philippine officials say the United States is seeking an expansion of its military presence in the Philippines.
Ken Calvert's competitive election victory puts him on track to chair the defense appropriations panel next year if Republicans take the House.
"The Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana does not look like Southeast Asia,” Flynn said. “But these eight Hawaiian Islands certainly do.”
Recent deployments to Europe show how the Army's pre-positioned stocks are an enabler and a deterrent, service officials say.
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