2024 Memorial Day Events Memorial Day commemorates military personnel who have served and died. The following is a list of the major Memorial Day...
10 Military Movies to Watch on Memorial Day Weekend You can honor the fallen on Memorial Day with these Memorial Day military movies.
A Gold Star Father Reflects on the Search for the First Pilot Shot Down During the Gulf War The first night of Operation Desert Storm, Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher took off from the flight deck of the USS Saratoga...
On Memorial Day, I'm Remembering the Friend Who Saved My Life in Iraq Memorial Day is our promise to our serving men and women risking their lives daily that we will remember always.
4 Things to Remember Every Memorial Day Aside from a nationwide surge in parades, burger and beer sales and visits to veterans cemeteries, there are certain...
VA to Host Memorial Day Events Nationwide at National Cemeteries On Memorial Day weekend, the Department of Veterans Affairs will hold events at more than 130 national cemeteries and plans...
When Every Day Is Memorial Day Twelve days before Christmas 2011, Kryste Buoniconti had to tell her children their dad was gone forever. The widow reflects...
Why Memorial Day Isn't For You There's an important difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day and you need to know what it is.
Memorial Day: Remember All or Just Military? Memorial Day is one of those holidays where the true meaning often gets lost in the shuffle. First, there’s the confusion...
To My Civilian Friends on Memorial Day Dear Civilian Friend, I have to tell you something about Memorial Day. You’re doing it wrong.
Here Is the 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees Military retirees and disabled veterans will receive 2.5% increases to their monthly paychecks for 2025, thanks to the annual...
Army Says Soldiers Should Avoid Poppy Seeds in Updated Regulation over Drug-Testing Concerns While poppy seeds are often an ingredient in baked goods and pastries, they also -- depending on how they are harvested and...
'Like Freeing a Ghost': A Sailor's Strange and Wondrous Journey Back from Pearl Harbor Some service members killed aboard the Oklahoma were identified, but most, like Titterington, were laid in mass graves...
Military Board Substantiates Misconduct But Declines to Fire Marine Who Adopted Afghan Orphan A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a yearslong legal battle and raised alarms at the highest...
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...
![Memorial Day Movie: Saving Private Ryan](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-05/MDSPL1500.jpeg.jpg?itok=iYA-Kvf2 ""Saving Private Ryan" (Paramount Pictures)")
