BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. Few non-commissioned officers make the jump into the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club, an organization inspired by one of the United States Army's most decorated soldier. At Joint Base Lewis-McChord a select few have recently been...

For America's warriors in uniform, it is vital to learn from our fallen heroes and equally vital to remember their contributions. Below are the stories of four American heroes. Chief Master Sgt. Duane Hackney, Lt. Gen. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller, Petty...

24 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Army’s “Ma Deuce,” the .50-caliber M2 machine gun wielded by World War II hero Audie Murphy, is being revamped to prevent malfunctions that have injured dozens of soldiers. Congress shifted $34 million at the Army’s request to...

Its large bullet, thick barrel and high rate of fire make it particularly lethal against light-armored vehicles, low- and slow-flying aircraft and boats. Audie Murphy, among the most decorated American soldiers in World War II, used one atop a burning...

Dum-dum is now used as a shorthand for an inhuman kind of bullet, as if there were any other kind. Which brings the discussion right back to Audie Murphy, whose Medal of Honor citation (an alleged record of war crime) reads as follows: Second Lt....

That is a minor distinction; it is also an important one. A country needs its heroes, and who it chooses to elevate as exemplars of martial prowess says much about its national character in a given moment. World War One brought us Alvin York. World War...