Nick Mordowanec

Nick Mordowanec is a deputy editor for Military.com, reporting on general news and features across the U.S. Armed Forces in addition to investigative stories.

He was previously a national news and investigative reporter for Newsweek, focusing on U.S. and international politics, military/defense, immigration, crime, social issues and features over a four-year period. Other coverage included education, business, and news on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. He has received numerous awards for his reporting, including original coverage of the opioid epidemic that garnered a statewide Michigan Press Association award. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

Email nick.m@military.com with tips or feedback.

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Military service members' suicides decreased in 2024 compared to the previous year, though officials warn that it’s too early to tell whether the data represents a blip or signals a long-term shift. (Shutterstock)

Military Service Member Suicides Fell in 2024 but Overall Trends Remain

The number of service member suicides dropped by 60 deaths, though trends have remained mostly stagnant since 2011.

FILE - An Amazon Prime driver makes a delivery outside an apartment building in Pittsburgh, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Amazon Raises Seller Shipping Costs As Fuel, Energy Spikes Due to Iran War

Amazon follows other companies like UPS and FedEx in adding surcharge costs to shipments.

Democrat Shawn Harris speaks to supporters after learning he would advance to a runoff election against Republican Clay Filler during an election night watch party, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Georgia Runoff: 40-Year Vet Looks to Pull Major Upset in MTG's Old District

Ret. Brig. Gen. Shawn Harris is vying to replace the seat left behind by former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a ceremony commemorating the death anniversary of the late commander of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian President Questions ‘America First’ Agenda in Letter Hours Before Trump’s US Address

"Exactly which of the American people’s interests are truly being served by this war?” Masoud Pezeshkian wrote.

U.S. Marines on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. become new drill instructors and earn their campaign covers as they graduate Drill Instructor School Class 2-26, on March 26, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Ayden Cassano)

Homeland Security: ICE Won’t Arrest Non-US Citizens at Marine Graduations

DHS emphatically called reports "false" while the Marines acknowledged it's the "first time" recently that federal officials...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appears at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

Texas Gov. Abbott Announces $26M Grants to Fund Military Communities

More than $170 million in grant funding has gone towards Texas installations and families since 2015.

President Donald Trump holds a rendering of the proposed new East Wing of the White House as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Military Building 'Massive Complex' Underneath Trump's White House Ballroom

Trump said plans affiliated with an underground "complex" should have remained clandestine if not for a lawsuit.

Dieter Dengler is photographed after being rescued following his escape from Vietnam, weighing 93 pounds. (Matthäus Dengler)

25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam

Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."

Military working dog Indira participates in a training event at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., July 17, 2024. The training tested the Marines’ physical endurance while acclimating the dogs to the sound of gunshots. (Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kayla LeClaire)

DOD IG: Neglect of Military Working Dogs Caused Disease, Mold, Deaths

“To fall short of first-rate care is a betrayal of our responsibilities to animals who give their lives for America," one...

A new bill aims to bulk up DOD assistance for housing literacy for service members. (Staff Sgt. Deonte Rowell Army Multimedia and Visual Information Division)

New Bill Would Require DOD to Provide Housing Literacy to Service Members

“Service members are especially vulnerable to shifts in the housing market since they don't always get to choose when, where...

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent works at the baggage check at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

ICE Agents at Airports Now Conducting Security, ID Checks: Report

ICE agents' roles may be expanding as a large chunk of TSA officials are missing due to the ongoing partial DHS shutdown.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Leavitt to Young Americans on High Gas Prices: 'President Trump is Doing This For You'

Trump won in 2024 on the economy and immigration. Gas prices due to the conflict in Iran is exacerbating concerns.

U.S. Navy veteran John Wells is honored on March 20 with the DAR Medal of Honor by the Louisiana Society of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) during its 117th state conference held in Alexandria, La. (DAR)

Navy Veteran Who Helped Service Members Affected by Agent Orange Honored

Navy veteran John Wells has given to his country, and to his fellow men and women. His legal work helped result in landmark...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Departments of Defense, Labor Sued for Organizing Christian Prayer Services

The lawsuits stem from ongoing Christian prayer services and numerous questions that have gone unanswered in FOIA requests...

This year's USO 2026 "Service Members of the Year." (USO)

'Exceptional Courage': USO Announces its 2026 Service Members of the Year

This year's crop of USO honorees saved motorcycle crash victims, rescued bodies underwater, saved civilians from a building...

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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Task Force Nighthawk, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division receive their Shoulder Sleeve Insignia – Military Operations in Hostile Conditions (SSI- MOHC) during a patching ceremony at Erbil Air Base, Iraq on Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Bernard Jenkins Jr. Source: DVIDS.

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As U.S. casualties rise in Iran, a DHS shutdown is stretching homeland security—exposing growing strain between war abroad...

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