Texas Family of WWII Prisoner of War Receives Long-Awaited Medals: ‘This Means Everything’ On Tuesday, 80 years after his death in a prisoner of war camp, the U.S. Navy posthumously awarded Knox a Purple Heart and a...
Lawmakers Renew Push to Give Bataan, Corregidor WWII Veterans Congressional Medal Several members of New Mexico's congressional delegation plan to renew a push to confer a collective Congressional Gold Medal...
Congress Bestows Highest Honor on Troops Killed in Abbey Gate Bombing, with Politics in Background Surviving family members of the Abbey Gate suicide bombing victims accepted the Congressional Gold Medal as their loved ones'...
Medal of Honor, Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal: What's the Difference? Former President Donald Trump rankled many U.S. service members and veterans at a recent campaign event where he compared the...
He Died Trying to Save Fellow Marines from a Burning Osprey. Now, Spencer Collart Will Be Awarded for His Valor. It wasn't until a Sunday afternoon in early August, after a long year of unanswered questions about the crash, that the...
Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Honored for Saving 3 Imperiled Sailors in Alaska As a result of quick thinking and extreme bravery, three mariners survived the capsizing of their boat in 35-degree water.
Prince Harry Addresses Pat Tillman’s Mom While Accepting Award at the ESPYs During his acceptance speech, Harry responded to Mary Tillman’s statement, as he remembered his own mother, Princess Diana...
Texas Congressman Won't Stop Wearing Combat Infantryman Badge that Was Revoked More than a month after a news report revealed that the Combat Infantryman Badge Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, wears on his lapel...
These Women Answered the Call in WWI. Should They Receive the Gold Medal? Signed as civilian contractors, the Army refused to recognize the Hello Girls as soldiers, a snub that was not rectified...
2 Marines Collapsed from Cardiac Arrest on the Same Day. These First Responders Were Awarded for Saving Them. Those who helped save the lives of 1st Sgt. Peter Battershall and commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith were...
Airmen's Search for Remains Recalls Top Secret WWII Mission to Turn Planes into Flying Bombs U.S. airmen in England assisted with an archaeological dig aimed at finding the remains of an Army pilot lost there during...
Vets with Rare Lung Disease Could Get Benefits More Easily Under Proposed Changes, VA Says The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking steps to remove the specific challenges veterans with constrictive bronchiolitis...
US Aircraft Carrier in the Middle East Is Heading Home The Pentagon's rare move to keep two Navy aircraft carriers in the Middle East over the past several weeks has now finished...
Edwards Air Force Base Set to Get Service's First Commercial On-Base Apartment Complex The base, home to the 412th Test Wing, has faced housing issues for its more than 10,000 military and civilian personnel...
New CIA Workplace Assault Case Emerges as Spy Agency Shields Extent of Sexual Misconduct in Ranks A recent 648-page internal watchdog report that found systemic shortcomings in the CIA’s handling of complaints was...