Medic in Black D-Day Unit, Long Denied the Medal of Honor, Gets Wide Backing for Nation's Highest Military Honor A growing chorus of historians, members of Congress and the U.S. First Army are pressing the case for Waverly B. Woodson Jr...
That Time a Navy Sub Took Out a Locomotive During WWII On the USS Barb's penultimate patrol during World War II, the Navy submarine executed a daring nighttime surface attack...
The Navy's Newest Destroyer Is Named for the Marine Corps' Youngest Medal of Honor Recipient The newest Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas is named after the Marine Corps' youngest Medal of...
A New Graphic Novel Depicts Alwyn Cashe's Medal of Honor Action The Association of the United States Army regularly publishes free comic books depicting Medal of Honor actions.
Comic Book Greats Band Together to Tell the Medal of Honor Story of Samuel Woodfill The minds and hands that bring us "Batman," "The Punisher," "X-Men" and "Iron Man" bring us the story of Samuel Woodfill's...
Cobra Pilot Who Lifted Troops to Safety in Vietnam Is Awarded Medal of Honor at White House Ceremony Capt. Larry Taylor flew his attack helicopter into heavy enemy gunfire until he ran out of ammunition, then led a daring...
Vietnam Veteran to Be Awarded Medal of Honor for Heroic Helicopter Rescue After 55 Years Army Capt. Larry Taylor, who was an AH-1 Cobra pilot between August 1967 and August 1968, is set to be awarded the Medal of...
A Military Family's Push to Get a War Hero the Recognition He Deserved Despite recommendations from a number of officers, it would take Fred McGee until after his death in 2020 for McGee's actions...
Army Scrubs Fort A.P. Hill, Renaming Base in Honor of Female Medal of Honor Recipient The move comes after seven other installations have been scrubbed of their namesakes honoring Confederate figures who seceded...
Transitioning Home: What Will Be Your Legacy? When you come home from military service, what will your legacy be?
Biggest Military Pay Raise in 2 Decades Finalized in Newly Released Defense Bill Service members will get a 5.2% pay raise come January under the compromise annual defense bill unveiled Wednesday night.
Israel’s Assassinations Road to Perdition The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israel's intelligence services to launch an assassination...
Congress Tells Army to Set Higher Fitness Standards for Combat Arms Soldiers Congress is set to direct the Army to boost fitness standards for most combat-arms jobs through a compromise defense policy...
A Gigantic New ICBM Will Take US Nuclear Missiles Out of the Cold War-Era But Add 21st-Century Risks The $96 billion Sentinel overhaul involves 450 silos across five states, their control centers, three nuclear missile bases...
Army Veteran Battling Terminal Cancer Gets His Wish to Shoot a Tank One Last Time In early 2022, Jay Tenison was diagnosed with Stage IV stomach cancer after reporting pain to his doctors. After months of...
