The United States had 108,399 soldiers and 10,601 Marines in 1916, according to data published by the Census Bureau in 1975 and retrieved for The Times by Loren B. Thompson, a military analyst at ...

Does the US military still use horses and bayonets? This question arises because of President Obama’s riposte against Mitt Romney on defense budgets in Monday night’s presidential debate.

Bayonets—the traditional stabbing blade usually fixed to a rifle’s muzzle—seem to be on their way out in the US Army in favor of the Inverted Multi-Purpose Ballistic Tomahawk Bayonet (IMBTB).

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a reportby The Associated Press that some of the service members who were mobilized to Washington, D.C., last month ...

Troops Were Issued Bayonets in DC Unrest, Military Chief Says "It is difficult for us to imagine a circumstance which could necessitate or justify the deployment of bayonets against American ...

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a report by The Associated Press that some of the service members who mobilized to Washington, D ...