Col. Edson D. Raff, who led the first combat jump by U.S. paratroopers in World War II and served a decade later as an early commander of the Army ‘ s Special Forces, died March 11 in Garnett, Kan.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Mike Newton patrolled the jungles of South Vietnam, sometimes for just a couple of days and sometimes for over a month at a time. He was also a paratrooper who jumped into the ...

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT)(Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, conduct an Airborne jump ...

On June 5, 1944, demolition expert Jake McNiece of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment took to the skies over Normandy for his first combat jump. Known for his mohawk, Choctaw war paint, and ...

In the months and days leading up to the 80th Anniversary of D Day, Stars and Stripes will be republishing a number of articles, as reported by its staff writers at the time. This article first ...

A lot of people are suckers for games about pirates -- not so much the plundering and looting part but the part where you sail ships around and put broadsides into enemy vessels. Naval gameplay should ...