Liberation Pavilion is the final permanent exhibition hall at the museum and explores the end of the war, the Holocaust, the immediate postwar years and the war’s continuing impact on lives today.
A few WWII vets shared their stories at the opening of the Liberation Pavilion at the National World War II Museum.
The Air Force on Guam recently completed a $2.4 million restoration project on a parachute drying tower that’s having a significant impact on bomber task force missions.
Retired Army soldier and Marine Reservist Michael Shaw visited Washington, D.C., for the first time in June 2015 and allowed us to follow him as he walked the nation’s capital. On Oct. 22, 2023, Shaw died due to surgical complications.
Doggie toys rained down on Riko, a military working dog who retired from active service this week during a ceremony at this airlift hub in western Tokyo.
After more than 150 episodes, the Military Matters podcast has reached the end.
The lower level of the National World War I Museum and Memorial features the new “Bergman Family Gallery and Open Storage Center.”
In this episode of Military Matters, host Rod Rodriguez speaks with Dr. Joe Altepeter of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency about why quantum technology could be completely transformative — or useless.
The United States of America wheelchair basketball athletes competed in the finals and won gold during the Invictus Games Düsseldorf 2023 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
The U.S. 7th Fleet Band performed a joint concert with the Yokosuka Symphony Orchestra at the Yokosuka Arts Theatre in Yokosuka, Japan, Sept. 10, 2023.
In this Fast Take episode, host Rod Rodriguez looks at some of the changes implemented in the Army around sexual assault following the death of Vanessa Guillen.
The National Museum of the United States Army opened a new traveling exhibition called “Loyal Service: Working Dogs at War.”
Military Matters revisits the death of Army soldier Vanessa Guillen following the August sentencing of Cecily Aguilar to 30 years in prison for her involvement in the slaying.
Watch members of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines practice shooting at targets of unknown distances during Fuji Viper training at the Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Aug. 24, 2023.
Military Matters is approaching the end of the road. But this Fast Take is not goodbye — the show will continue through September with new episodes, as host Rod Rodriguez makes clear.
A pair of Japanese F-35A Lightning II fighter jets are in Australia’s Northern Territory on their first international mission, the Australian Department of Defence announced.
For his final appearance on Military Matters, Jack Murphy sits down with co-host Rod Rodriguez to discuss his story: why he joined the Army and became a Green Beret, the start of his journalism career and where he’ll go next.
A visit to Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park, which served as a U.S. military housing area called Washington Heights during the Allied occupation of Japan.
Aug. 15 marks the 78th anniversary of Imperial Japan’s unconditional surrender to the Allied powers and the end of World War II. Each year around this time Japanese people make a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.