VA Secretary Rebuffs Calls for Removal of Nazi Symbols from Cemeteries As lawmakers pressure the VA to replace the headstones, VA Secretary Wilkie said he'd prefer to install explanatory markers.
Americans Gather for Virtual Tributes to Honor Fallen Troops on Memorial Day The ban on public gatherings has transformed Memorial Day tributes to the nation's war dead.
Arlington National Cemetery Goes Virtual to Commemorate Milestone Anniversary The cemetery has turned to virtual events during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Arlington Cemetery Implements 100% ID Checks Amid Iran Fears Arlington National Cemetery is tightening its security protocols and warning visitors to report suspicious activity.
Enlisted Medal of Honor Recipients, POWs Can Now Have Full-Honor Burials at Arlington Previously, only officers, warrant officers, senior NCOs and those killed in action received full honors.
Design Approved for Gulf War Memorial on National Mall The effort to build a National Desert Storm Memorial on the National Mall passed a significant milestone last week.
Marine Corps Announces It Was Wrong -- Again -- on Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Photo Evidence shows another Marine long-believed to be in the famous photo from atop Mount Suribachi was misidentified.
Army Spouse Honors the Fallen with 8,200 Boots What started as a way to honor one fallen hero has become a way to honor more than 8,000.
Families of Afghanistan Fallen Fear Their Memorials Will Be Left Behind Families of the fallen want combat-zone memorials in Afghanistan brought back to the United States.
New Underwater Memorial Honors Fallen and Living Service Members The underwater military monument is the first of its kind in the nation.
Naval Academy Staff Removed Display on Female Jewish Graduates for Hegseth Visit The U.S. Naval Academy has confirmed that officials there removed items commemorating female Jewish graduates from a historic...
'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France...
My Black Roommate Opened My Eyes to an Air Force I Didn’t Know Existed I realized I had been sheltered from much of the world's ugliness and was more than a little naive. I thought the problems I...
4 US Soldiers Who Died in Lithuania Swamp When Their Vehicle Sank Are Identified The recovery operation for the bodies and the M88 was an intricate and arduous weeklong process, enlisting the expertise of...
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...