While the Confederate battle flag's origin is a "military symbol of a slave-holding republic determined to preserve and prolong institutionalized racism," he said it has taken on other meanings ...

If you've ever seen vintage bombers from World War II, you've probably noticed they have bombs painted on them near the nose.

Poppies became a symbol of sacrifice because of the war poem “In Flanders Fields,” written by the Canadian physician, Lt. Col. John McCrae.

It was 52 years after the end of the Civil War that U.S. military created the 29th by merging units that had originated in the South with others that traced their origins to Northern regions of ...

Its use as a symbol of remembrance dates back to the Western Front of World War I, but the lore surrounding red poppies and their associations with soldiers dates back even further.

The brutal fight against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq four decades ago shaped Tehran’s approach to the recent war and guides its ...

A new tactical symbol appearing on Russian tanks and armored vehicles involved in the ongoing offensive near Kharkiv, Ukraine suggest a significant scale-up in Russia's military activities ...

Like everything at West Point, it’s all organized and planned. According to the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland, while the Corps of Cadets is away this winter ...

At 248 years old, it’s the oldest continuously operating military unit in Maryland, says Joe Balkoski, a military historian and author, and one of the oldest in the U.S. armed forces.

The Israel-Iran conflict intensifies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Benjamin Netanyahu use social media. They evoke religious symbols. Khamenei references a Shia battle. Netanyahu cites the Bible and ...

The move would reverse a yearslong effort to remove names and symbols honoring the Confederacy from the military. By Chris Cameron Chris Cameron covered the yearslong effort to rename Army bases ...

The letter “Z” has emerged as a prominent propaganda symbol in Russia’s attack on Ukraine, drawing comparisons to swastikas worn by Nazi soldiers in World War II.