Explore our archive of historic and current military magazines, defense journals, and service publications. Read online or download free digital issues covering military history, strategy, armed forces operations, and veteran perspectives across multiple eras.
Military Periodicals & Defense Publications
All Hands
1930-2015
U.S. Navy
Magazine of the U.S. Navy, for its service members. Note that the links for 1920s and 2020s don’t work.
Army Times
1940-1945, 1952-1961
Washington, DC: Army Times Publishing Co.
Weekly newspaper. Not an official U.S. government publication, but its audience is service members and their families.
British Army Review
2018-Present
Army University Press
“The British Army Review is intended to provide a forum for the discussion of all matters of professional interest to the soldier.”
Joint Force Quarterly
1993-2015
U.S.: National Defense University
JFQ is the Chairman of the Joint Chief’s military and security studies journal designed to inform and educate national security professionals on joint and integrated operations.
Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation
Air Power History 2000-2021
Journal of the Airforce Historical Association & Air & Space Power History 2022-2024
U.S.: Air Force Historical Foundation
From 2000 to 2021 this journal was called ‘Air Power History’, and in 2022 was ‘Air & Space Power History’. Free popular online Magazines about the history of military aviation.
Marine Corps History
2015-2025
U.S.: Marine Corps University Press
Published twice a year on topics within the long history of the Marine Corps.
Military Review
1922-2024
Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
“The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army”. Instructions: When you find an issue, you must open it with the icon in the top right corner of the cover page with double arrows, in order to read it.
Navy News
1955-Present
UK: Royal Navy
“The official newspaper of the Royal Navy.” Use the filters to find a year.
NCO Journal
2012-Present
Army University Press
The official magazine of noncommissioned officer professional development.
PRISM
2009-2017
Defense Technical Information Center
Published by the Center for Complex Operations, PRISM is a security studies journal chartered to inform members of U.S. Federal agencies, allies, and other partners on complex and integrated national security operations; reconstruction and state-building; relevant policy and strategy; lessons learned; and developments in training and education to transform Americas security and development.
Soldier
2024-2026
UK Ministry of Defence
Magazine of the British Army. When the magazine appears, look for the “Archive” icon top right.
Stars and Stripes Newspaper
Issues 1943-1945
U.S. Armed Forces
The Stars and Stripes is a newspaper produced by the U.S. Armed Forces for its personnel. Issues in this set were published on the Africa front (1943) and then on the Mediterranean front (1943-1945) during World War II. The newspaper covered both war and non-war news.
Yank: The Army Weekly Free Magazine Download
1942 – Nov 1945
NY: U.S. War Department
Yank was a weekly magazine published by the U.S. Army during World War II, primarily for soldiers. It contained news, humor, letters to the editor, stories about army units or dramatic incidents, and lots of photos.
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