DOD IG: Neglect of Military Working Dogs Caused Disease, Mold, Deaths “To fall short of first-rate care is a betrayal of our responsibilities to animals who give their lives for America," one...
Chips the War Dog Stormed a Machine Gun Nest and Became WWII's Most Decorated K-9 A family pet charged an enemy machine gun nest during the invasion of Sicily, earned military decorations and sparked a...
Honoring National K-9 Veterans Day National K-9 Veterans Day occurs March 13th each year honoring the service and sacrifices of military dogs.
Man's Best Friend: How Dogs Have Helped Veterans With PTSD, Disabilities For 50 Years Daryl Sager, a U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, has had his service dog for five years and said it's been like "magic...
Wounded K9 Handler Overcame Near-Fatal IED Blast, Found Faith to Help Others Gill would eventually earn a degree in theological leadership and dedicate his life to protecting others—especially children...
Rescued From a WWI Battlefield, This Dog Became Hollywood's Biggest Star and Saved Warner Bros. From Bankruptcy On Sept. 15, 1918, Corporal Lee Duncan walked through the bombed-out ruins of a German camp near Flirey, France. There, he...
National K9 Veterans Day March 13 marks National K9 Veterans Day, a day to honor and commemorate the service and sacrifices of American military and...
K9 Hero: Marine Survives Afghanistan IED After Dog’s Ultimate Sacrifice Rick Colts knew something was wrong the moment his military working dog changed his search pattern. It was June 1, 2011, the...
4 Incredible USO Programs US Troops Might Not Know About While boosting morale is the USO’s stock-in-trade, the nonprofit wants service members and families to know they are so much...
The Recruiting Surge Was Engineered. Can It Last in a War with Iran? The military’s recruiting surge didn’t happen by accident. New programs drove gains, but as the war with Iran grows...
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...
Army Speeds AI Warfighting Push as US Troops are in Active Combat An Army test used AI tools to hit 15 targets in one hour, signaling a rapid shift in how battlefield decisions are made and...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
