Coast Guardsman Becomes 5th Member of Service Awarded for Rescues During Maui Wildfire Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class John Thompson on Wednesday became the fifth Coast Guardsman to receive the service's highest honor...
Marine Crew Chief Who Died Trying to Save Trapped Pilots in Osprey Crash Awarded Service's Highest Noncombat Honor Gen. Eric Smith, the commandant of the Marine Corps, awarded the service's highest noncombat award for heroism -- the Navy...
Medal of Honor Recipients Could Get $100,000 Annual Pensions Under Bill Proposed in Congress Under the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends, or MEDAL, Act, the monthly pension for Medal of Honor...
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.
Texas Congressman Won't Stop Wearing Combat Infantryman Badge that Was Revoked More than a month after a news report revealed that the Combat Infantryman Badge Rep.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...
Trump Pardons Former Army Officer Convicted of Disobeying COVID-19 Safety Rules President Trump pardoned a former junior Army officer who was found guilty in a 2022 court-martial of violating orders to...
He Was a Sailor. I, a Marine. Our Romance Was Forbidden by Regulation. I was the new “WM”—Woman Marine—on deck, and I felt the weight of all eyes watching me for every right or wrong move I made...
American Military Jeeps Are Rising from the Ashes in Vietnam A company called Van Daryl is rebuilding the Jeeps the American military left behind in Vietnam, and you’ll hardly recognize...
Pentagon Weighs Bigger Army as Service Sees Early Recruiting Success As of Monday, the Army had brought in 59,875 new active-duty enlisted soldiers with a total goal of 61,000 for fiscal 2025...
Space Command Headquarters in Colorado 'Not Sustainable' Without New Construction, GAO Finds The political fight over Space Command's future in either Alabama or Colorado has been a partisan tug-of-war for more than...