Lieutenant Lily-Mae Fisher has made history as Britain’s only woman Royal Navy Commando. Earning her green beret after completing the rigorous All Arms Commando Course, Fisher has joined an ...

Players: British Combined Operations, Royal Navy, commandos, Lt-Commander S H Beattie, Commander Ryder, Colonel Newman. Outcome: HMS 'Campbeltown' exploded, dry dock at St Nazaire disabled, 169 ...

Royal Marine commando General Sir Gwyn Jenkins has been picked as the next First Sea LordCredit: PO Phot Joel Rouse/ MOD It is the first time in the navy’s 500 year history that a Royal Marine ...

The wings of the Royal Marines have brought fire to the land of snow and ice as they bring their Arctic training to a close. The Commando Helicopter Force provide vital battlefield support for the ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — It's a song Albert Liberatore of Scranton has heard before. And after decades of hearing it, the now 103-year-old Liberatore says, like himself, the happy birthday song has ...

Dr. Earl Russell Fox was the last World War II veteran still on active duty and was 80 years old when he was recognized by President Bill Clinton on Veterans Day 1999. He finally retired from the ...

In 1933, a Navy Reserve Squadron in New York asked Walt Disney's company to develop an insignia for the military unit. What Disney devised was an image of Mickey Mouse riding a goose, with a Navy ...

In March 1942, while working in wartime London as assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming proposed the creation of a tiny but dedicated front-line unit of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In March 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed a webpage reporting the history of "Golden Girls" actor Bea Arthur enlisting in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve during World War II.