Military memorabilia collectors, almost 25 from the local area, participated in the quarterly Military Insignia Fair Sunday at the Fort Belvoir Community Center. The event provided history buffs and ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Army shoulder sleeve insignias tell a story about the Soldiers who wear them and the Soldiers who came before them. Walking around Fort Rucker, Soldiers wear many different ...

Jim Carpenter asks when the Navy's submarine combat badge was approved and what its history is. The Navy approved the badge early in World War II to recognize service on a combat patrol during which ...

This article by Alison Buckholtz originally appeared on the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) website. Lauren Hope is a self-described "military history nerd" who never imagined that she ...

You earn it, you keep it, you wear it. That is how many soldiers value their combat patches, badges and insignia that display who they are and what they've done. But while in the field, the commander ...

ONTARIO — As military men and women go through their deployments, they are usually concentrating on their assignments, their colleagues and their family back home. They probably don’t give parts of ...

One of the first things Soldiers get while at basic training is a “Blue Book” or, as it’s officially known, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Pamphlet 600-4. This book, just big enough to ...

You earn it, you keep it, you wear it. That is how many soldiers value their combat patches, badges and insignia that display who they are and what they've done. But while in the field, the commander ...