The Military's Award for Serving During War Isn't Going Away Despite Afghanistan Withdrawal There is no plan to retire the National Defense Service Medal, or NDSM, the military's most common decoration.
Army Upgrades 60 Awards for 'Black Hawk Down' Battle These upgrades stemmed from former Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy's order to reevaluate previously approved awards for valor.
AC-130 Gunship Crew Gets Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medals for Saving 88 Lives in Battle Five air commandos from the 73rd Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, received the Distinguished Flying...
Super Hercules Crew Receives DFC, Air Medals for Daring Afghanistan Flight Under Fire The DFC is one of the Air Force's highest decorations recognizing valor in combat.
Pilot Gets Airmanship Award for Crash-Landing A-10 After Gun Malfunction Capt. Taylor Bye leadership presented her with the Air Combat Command Airmanship Award for outstanding performance.
Marine Who Risked His Life in Korean War Awarded Silver Star on His 89th Birthday The award was the result of a yearslong push to have Cpl. Salvatore Naimo's heroism during the Korean War recognized.
Army Denies Major's Appeal to Get Valor Award Back After Trump Pardon Golsteyn was pardoned by Trump in November 2019 -- one of three high-profile military cases in which the president intervened...
Marine Earns Highest Noncombat Heroism Medal for Saving a 10-Year-Old Boy's Life Sgt. Danny McDonald, with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during a ceremony at Camp...
Guard Members Who Deployed for the Inauguration Are Getting a Brand-New Award In all, some 26,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., to support President Joe Biden's inauguration.
WWII Chaplain Who Comforted Sailors in Shark-Infested Waters Awarded Posthumous Navy Cross Navy Secretary Braithwaite apologized that it took more than 75 years since World War II ended to honor the fallen chaplain.
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
