By Larry Gwin
Close Air Support at LZ Albany, November 17, 1965
On the morning of November 17, 1965, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, received orders to spearhead the battalion … Read the article
By Gen. Hugh Shelton
Media outlets have reported an account from Without Hesitation: The Odyssey of an American Warrior, about the president’s aide losing the nuclear codes (the biscuit).
They’ve also reported statements from Ret. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert … Read the article
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham
While heroism itself has always been class- and color-blind, the individuals responsible for officially honoring it have not always been as egalitarian. Racist attitudes and policies combined to deprive men from minorities … Read the article
By GEN. Hugh Shelton
I’m often asked about my final days of office, between 9/11 and the start of operations in Afghanistan—the days that were consumed with post-911 planning for the war, along with preparations to turn over the controls … Read the article