Veterans File Class-Action Suit over Medical Retirements for Burn Pit-Related Illnesses The retired service members say the Army's refusal to call illnesses linked to exposure to burn pits "combat-related"...
The Tactical Knife that Saved a Medal of Honor Recipient’s Life During Intense Hand-to-Hand Combat in Iraq Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his heroic actions during the Second Battle of...
How Jon Stewart's Visits with Wounded Iraq War Veterans Shaped his Military Advocacy Stewart is pushing for the expansion of the PACT Act to include U.S. special operations forces based in Uzbekistan and...
US Navy Battle Flags: A Visual Guide The Navy's tradition of flying battle flags is as old as America itself. Here's an (incomplete) guide to the service's best...
Wrapping Up Mission, US Troops Will Leave Some Longstanding Bases in Iraq Under New Deal For years, Iraqi officials have periodically called for a withdrawal of coalition forces, and formal talks to wind down the U...
Why No One Could Capture the Experience of Junior Enlisted Marines Like 'Generation Kill' Author Evan Wright HBO's "Generation Kill" is probably the best show ever made about modern warfare told from the perspective of those who...
250,000 Veterans Agree to $6 Billion Settlement with 3M over Earplugs Alleged to Cause Hearing Loss The cases revolved around 3M's Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2, that were issued to troops between 2003 and 2015.
'The Hurt Locker' and America's Fading Memory of the Iraq War On the 21st anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, it's time to reassess how "The Hurt Locker" and other movies and TV shows...
Americans Were Never Supposed to Hear Toby Keith's Ass-Kicking Post-9/11 Battle Song on the Radio You know the one we mean. The commandant of the Marine Corps convinced him America needed it.
'Hiding Saddam Hussein': How a Farmer Kept a Brutal Dictator Safe from US Troops Filmmaker Halkawt Mustafa spent a decade telling the story of how an Iraqi farmer who knew little about Saddam Hussein came...
Navy Orders Forcewide Housing Inspections After Secretary 'Appalled' by Guam Barracks Conditions Navy Secretary Phelan visited Guam earlier this month and was "appalled" after seeing the conditions of an Air Force barracks...
Air Force Wants Private Company to Take Over its On-Base Hotels The Department of the Air Force, which includes the Space Force, will start accepting requests for proposals this summer...
2 Elite Marine Corps Pilots Reveal What It's Like to Fly a F-35B Fighter Jet In his role as a pilot with the Marine Corps air demonstration team, Maj. Craig Norris flew the F-35B Lightning II at...
Ken Burns Reveals Why He Chose to Tell the Story of 'The American Revolution' Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns once called the Civil War "the most important event in American history," because...
Veterans’ Protests Planned for D-Day Latest in Nearly 250 Years of Fighting for Their Benefits Veterans were not always politically popular, nor were they treated well by the federal government.