I Had Never Seen the Impact of War Until I Spoke With Those Who Waged It "I was most shocked when I learned about what life was like when the veterans came back from war."
I Asked Him About the Best Part of His Service – 'Everybody Looked Out for Each Other' "During eighth grade, my perception of war was how Hollywood portrayed it: blood and death, and bullets and bombs."
Wilmer Valderrama on Remembering our Military this Veterans Day and Every Day "Whenever I have the honor of spending time with our troops, I am inspired and strengthened by their honor and resolve."
'War Is Indefinable' — For Some, War Is Combat. But It’s Not That Simple. For a long time, I thought military service fit on one of two sides of a coin. It was either war, meaning combat and fighting...
I Finally Understood That This Thing We Call War Is Real and Hurts People In January 2021, I sat down with my granddad, Ken Marschner, and asked him questions I had never thought to ask.
Excuses and a Recurring Nightmare, Brought to an End by Medals and Heroism "I needed to be protective about my ability as a defender, so I used my reasoning to protect myself, while I illogically...
A Veteran's Odyssey After Hanging Up the Uniform in an America He Doesn't Recognize "The story of Odysseus is the story of the day after -- what happens when the battle is done?"
Stolen Valor Is So Grubby - Stolen for What? To Impress Who? "I wanted him to feel that shiver up the spine we all feel, that I've felt, when our awkward lies are revealed."
Saudi Arabia and Israel Tiptoe Toward Overt Security Cooperation While the involvement of Saudi and Israeli fighters in the same mission is significant, that development does not necessarily...
Colin Powell RIP, and Forever Hold the Sauerkraut "Powell mixed an innate sense of fierce pride with a sometimes self-deprecating attitude that communicated an air of...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...
