The Greatest Service Academy Football Lineup in Army-Navy Game History

Since the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, first started playing football in the late 19th century, it has posted undefeated seasons, claimed national championships and been the home of Heisman Trophy winners. Then there was the 1912 Army team — a squad that finished with a mediocre 5-3 record but might be […]
Why Country Music Legend and Army Vet Conway Twitty Recorded One of His Greatest Hits in Russian

If it weren’t for the U.S. Army, Harold Lloyd Jenkins might have become one of Major League Baseball’s greatest players instead of country music legend Conway Twitty. After graduating from high school, the Philadelphia Phillies offered Jenkins a contract, but the Army drafted the young man before he could sign it. Jenkins was sent to […]