Two Years Later, Guardsmen Finally Receive Purple Hearts for Brain Injuries Suffered in Iran Missile Strike Staff Sgt. Aaron Futrell did not anticipate a difficult deployment to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq in January 2020.
US Troops Who Suffered TBIs in Missile Attack Recommended for Purple Hearts An unspecified number of troops injured in the Al Asad missile attack have been recommended for Purple Hearts.
Fallen Fighter Pilot Honored with Memorial at Florida State Twenty-seven years after his disappearance, Navy aviator Michael “Scott” Speicher was honored by his alma mater with a...
Falling Out of Love with War: It Could Never Live Up to My Expectations. I love war but I’m not “in love” with war. It’s like a relationship that went bad.
The US Just Ended Combat in Iraq, but Thousands of Troops Will Stay Put for Now About 2,500 service members are in Iraq after months of winding down the mission against the Islamic State group.
'Hold on to Something!' — A Moment that Shifted the Fate of the USS Samuel B. Roberts Crew On April 14, 1988, the USS Samuel B. Roberts guided missile frigate had already escorted several oil tankers in and out of...
Military Contractor Claims It's Not Liable in Abu Ghraib Case CACI, a Virginia-based contractor that supplied interrogators at the infamous prison, is seeking to have the 13-year-old...
'Cheated and Guilty': The Struggle for Troops Who Missed Out on Combat More than a dozen service members and veterans spoke to Military.com, describing feelings of dread that they had missed out...
Bill Repealing Iraq War Powers Advances in Senate Committee members voted 14-8, with three Republicans voting with Democrats, to repeal the 1991 measure.
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...
