Congress Eyes Top Honor for Navy Pilot Who Was Second-Longest Ever US Military POW Lawmakers are working to award the Congressional Gold Medal to retired Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., who spent eight and a half...
On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Some Veterans Say Too Few POW/MIA Flags Are Flying Every third Friday in September, the POW/MIA flag takes center stage as the country commemorates National POW/MIA Recognition...
Texas Family of WWII Prisoner of War Receives Long-Awaited Medals: ‘This Means Everything’ On Tuesday, 80 years after his death in a prisoner of war camp, the U.S. Navy posthumously awarded Knox a Purple Heart and a...
Lawmakers Renew Push to Give Bataan, Corregidor WWII Veterans Congressional Medal Several members of New Mexico's congressional delegation plan to renew a push to confer a collective Congressional Gold Medal...
7 POWs Who Were Total Badasses After Being Taken Captive By refusing to be passive victims, some war prisoners transformed their captivity into a battle of wits and willpower...
Moscow and Kyiv Swap Prisoners of War as Ukraine Marks Independence Anniversary The United Arab Emirates brokered the exchange, the 55th since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor in...
Russia and Ukraine Exchange POWs for the First Time in Months. Bodies of Fallen Are Also Swapped The exchange of the 150 POWs in all was the fourth swap this year and the 52nd since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
What Was Rolling Thunder? No burnouts, no booze – but still one of the most important motorcycle rallies of all time.
Vets Call for Full Accounting of Korea War Missing at Trump-Kim Summit Veterans called for the Singapore summit to address the issue of U.S. troops missing from the Korean War.
DoD: Search for Remains of Missing in North Korea May Begin in Spring No formal deal is in place, but officials are optimistic about restarting searches if the thaw with North Korea continues.
The Pentagon’s F-35 Office Has No Idea What an F-35 Looks Like Between missed readiness goals and rising costs, the Defense Department’s F-35 Joint Program Office likely has other stuff to...
2 Navy Destroyers Attacked by Barrage of Houthi Drones, Missiles Off Yemen Coast The attack on the ships was the latest in months of violence in the region by the Yemen rebels, who are backed by Iran and...
Trump Won. Here's What That Could Mean for the Military. Trump's election victory means he will have the opportunity to enact plans to use the military against what he calls domestic...
Army Recruiters in Miami Will Pass Off Paperwork Duties as Service Tests New Strategy to Boost Enlistment The Army is set to launch a pilot program in January at two recruiting stations in the Miami area designed to cut through the...
Trump Is Likely to Name a Loyalist as Pentagon Chief After Tumultuous First Term While President-elect Donald Trump has yet to announce a decision, the names of potential Pentagon chiefs stretch from the...