Jasper Craven

A few weeks before Graham Platner dropped out of the race for U.S. Senate in Maine, he reflected on the kind of veterans who typically serve in

Pete Hegseth joined the US military to bolster his masculinity, but he didn’t grasp from America’s failures in Iraq

Among the things troops carried with them on the battlefields of World War II was the “heart shield bible”—a pocket-sized, government-issued book of scripture, sometimes with a metal cover, that fit snugly in a G.I.'s standard-issue shirt pocket. In at least one remarkable case, this good book acted as life-saving armor. Generally, though, the Bible served its traditional purpose: to calm the conscience and divine celestial meaning.

Holly Knowlton came of age during the height of the American feminist movement, but she was largely sheltered from its influences.

The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln was designed to sail forever. The 100,000-ton vessel can transport 5,400 sailors and 90 jets for 25 years without

General Douglas MacArthur was determined that West Point graduates would uphold the most romantic definitions of honor. Instead his credo fostered a culture of duplicity and institutional subterfuge, leading to real-world military fiascos.

General Douglas MacArthur was determined that West Point graduates would uphold the most romantic definitions of honor. Instead his credo fostered a culture of duplicity and institutional subterfuge, leading to real-world military fiascos.

The first major hazing scandal in American history occurred at West Point in 1900. There are eerie parallels to what happened at Cornell’s Chi Phi.

Pete Hegseth's attack on the academy is upending military education.

The Secretary of War's commitment to old-school masculine tropes is both a cynical recruitment tactic and an illustration of the psychic hang-ups he himself appears to have inherited.