Family of Green Beret Killed in Niger Ambush Receives His Silver Star Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright's family accepted the nation's third-highest award for valor at a ceremony in Santa Claus, Georgia.
A Marine Raider Was Awarded the Silver Star for Taking Out an ISIS Car Bomb A Marine special operator received the nation's third-highest valor award after his heroism in Iraq saved his comrades' lives...
Vietnam Veteran Who Ordered His Marines to Fix Bayonets Receives Silver Star Maj. Edward Wright led a 30-man reaction force against North Vietnamese fighters to save an Army convoy and Marines.
Lawmaker Urges Mattis to Upgrade Fallen Marine Officer's Silver Star Marine 1st Lt. Travis Manion posthumously received the Silver Star, but was originally nominated for the Navy Cross.
Airman Christopher Lewis Receives Silver Star for Mosul Heroism Lewis was awarded the Silver Star for his actions in a 10-hour long firefight during the Mosul offensive.
Airman to Receive Silver Star Upgrade for Afghanistan Heroics Chief Master Sgt. Michael R. West will receive the country's third-highest medal for valor in a Dec. 15 ceremony.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
