Little is known of Wilhelm Smith’s background , save that he was born on April 10, 1870, in a German Empire that would formally unite in the following year.
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Service
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is banning troops and Defense Department personnel from using “nonpublic information” to bet on online prediction markets.
Health
The brains behind Project R3CON are all about making a positive impact for their fellow members of the special operations community.
Health
Behind every suicide loss is a family, a circle of friends and a community forever changed. For those grieving the death of a service member or Veteran, the experience can bring unique challenges,...
Legacy
Prince Harry once viewed the military as an escape from his past. Now, he’s opening up about the grief and childhood trauma he carried with him into service, and how years later, he began to...
Transition
With almost a quarter of all Veterans in the United States residing in rural communities, ensuring they receive quality health care close to home is more important than ever.
Service
Colby Barrett went to scout sniper school because that’s where his Marines were headed. Years later, that training took him to a front-line unit in northern Ukraine to shoot alongside one of the...
Service
Air defense artillery soldiers who successfully engage at least five hostile targets in a combat zone could get a new skill badge, Task & Purpose has confirmed.
Benefits
Imagine Mary, a Veteran, getting a text that looks like it’s from VA. It warns of an issue with her benefits. The message tells her to click a link, verify her personal information and enter a code...
Community
Chris Cathers looks a little nervous in the photograph, which, say the people who knew him, was not typical for the former Green Beret and veterans advocate.
Service
As U.S. Marines desperately crawled, ran and slipped toward the entrenched Japanese on Iwo Jima in February 1945, U.S. Naval and Marine planners were met with another pressing issue: how to get the...
Service
Versatile actor and U.S. Air Force veteran Tom Skerritt, who starred in the war comedy M*A*S*H and the action drama Top Gun , has died at the age of 93.
Service
An Air Force unit that trains special operations airmen suspended rappelling and ropes training after an instructor in the squadron died during a demonstration at a college football game in San...
