“Querer es poder” (loosely translated to “where there’s a will there’s a way”) is Lieutenant Colonel Olga Custodio's life mantra. As a part of an Army family, she wanted to follow in her father's footsteps, but knew the challenges that faced her as a woman....

On September 20, 2011, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was repealed, allowing gay, lesbian or bisexual persons to serve openly in the U.S. military. Throughout her career, United States Air Force Veteran Gina Ortiz hid her identity. At the time, she found it "really...

On September 19, 1944, the Battle of Hurtgen Forest began between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II. It was the longest battle on German ground and one of the bloodiest for the U.S. Army, resulting in more than 33,000...