Honor Under Fire: ODU Cadets Receive Army Recognition for Bravery and Sacrifice Army ROTC cadets at Old Dominion stopped a campus shooter and later received Meritorious Service Medals and Purple Hearts for...
'Exceptional Courage': USO Announces its 2026 Service Members of the Year This year's crop of USO honorees saved motorcycle crash victims, rescued bodies underwater, saved civilians from a building...
South Korea Honors POW Veteran with ‘Ambassador for Peace’ Medal Army veteran Gene Ramos, 92, received a special honor from South Korea, hoping more POWs can get the recognition they deserve...
US Army Bestows First Julia Compton Moore Award for Spouse Appreciation The Army’s new Julia Compton Moore Lifetime Achievement Award honors military spouses’ service. Amy Mingus is the first...
Three Wars. Three Heroes. One Medal of Honor. Three soldiers in World War II, Vietnam and Afghanistan received the nation's highest honor.
New York Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Will Finally Receive Medal of Honor Advocates pushed for years for Michael Ollis to receive the nation's highest honor. On Tuesday, their dream became a reality.
Final Wish Granted: D-Day Veteran, 100, Receives France's Highest Military Honor After thinking he was too young to receive France's Legion of Honor when he served in World War II, British Marine veteran...
'Cautiously Optimistic': War Hero’s Medal of Honor Awaits Trump Decision A decade after Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis died shielding a fellow soldier in Afghanistan, his family now waits as President...
This NFL Player Lost Both Legs at Iwo Jima – and Rallied His Platoon to Keep Fighting Jack Lummus' heroism dwarfed anything he did for the Giants in his short time with the franchise, but they never forgot his...
Hamburger Hill Veteran Finally Receives Bronze Star Army veteran George Layman was a radio operator during the bloody Battle of Hamburger Hill in 1969. After waiting decades, he...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
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