This Soldier Was Born into a Life of Crime. Somehow, He Became a Medal of Honor Recipient. Charles Barger and his assistant automatic rifle gunner, Jesse Funk, received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the...
10 Legendary Heroes of the US Air Force The Air Force's roots are well over a hundred years old. Here are 10 men who became legends over the past century.
Georgia WWII Veteran, 100 Years Old, to Receive French Legion of Honor Alan Kinder will travel to Europe to commemorate the Battle of the Bulge, the major German counteroffensive that ended in...
This World War II Hero Is the Only Coast Guard Member with a Medal of Honor Douglas Munro is the only Coast Guardsman with a Medal of Honor (so far). To hundreds of Marines at Guadalcanal on Sept. 27...
'The Unkillable Soldier' Who Kept Fighting Despite Losing an Eye and Hand in World War I Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United...
Their Relatives Were Black Heroes. They Fear the Military Won't Celebrate Their Stories Anymore. When Tarence Bailey Sr. received a formal memo from the Maryland National Guard declining to support a celebration for...
Congress Asks Trump to Award Medal of Honor to Trailblazing Marine Vietnam War Veteran Nearly 50 lawmakers wrote a letter to President Trump last week urging him to award the Medal of Honor to a Marine veteran...
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...
Sweat, Sacrifice and Camel Spiders: Marine Corps Museum's New Exhibits Capture Global War on Terrorism From the 1983 Beirut bombing to the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the galleries usher guests through an immersive 40-plus...
Pennsylvania State Senator Sues Critics of His Book About WWI Hero Sgt. York A Pennsylvania state senator and former Republican gubernatorial candidate whose support for Donald Trump drew him to the U.S...
Army Dramatically Expands Combat Patch Eligibility The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon...
Plans for Mass VA Firings Scuttled, But Department Still Expects 30,000 Employees to Leave on Their Own The announcement walked back previous plans, first revealed in a leaked memo in March, to fire as many as 83,000 employees as...
Colonel Retaliated Against Major for Talking to Congress About Red Hill Contamination, Report Says The report said that investigators substantiated an allegation that an Air Force colonel had retaliated against Army Maj...
Air Force Academy Cutting 140 Positions; Majors Affected? As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs.
Mystery on Pacific Seafloor Proves to Be Part of Daring WWII Saga, US Navy Says A mysterious object spotted on the South Pacific seafloor has been identified as the bow of a torpedoed World War II ship...
