A Military Family's Push to Get a War Hero the Recognition He Deserved Despite recommendations from a number of officers, it would take Fred McGee until after his death in 2020 for McGee's actions...
Silver Star Awarded to Army Ranger Who Came to Aid of Fellow Troops During Battle of Mogadishu More than three decades after his actions during the infamous Battle of Mogadishu, retired Army Maj. Larry Moores has been...
Trump Awards Medal of Honor to His Own Secret Service Agent The most recent recipient of the Medal of Honor is fighting stage 4 lung cancer.
These 4 US Presidents Were Also War Heroes Many of the men who have served as president of the United States also served in the military, and some of them are...
The Navy's Naming of its Newest Destroyer Is the Latest Attempt to Honor a Forgotten Black WWII Hero In a daring feat of strength and endurance following an enemy attack that sank the USS Gregory on Sept. 5, 1942, Charles...
Navy Medal of Honor Recipient from Pearl Harbor Is Honored with Arlington Funeral Seaman 1st Class James Ward, who enlisted in the Navy just about a year prior to Pearl Harbor, became one of five Oklahoma...
Check Out These 20 Rarely Seen 9/11 Photos These rarely seen 9/11 photos help us pause and remember. Never forget.
A Medical Mystery Almost as Old as America: What Actually Killed George Washington? Anecdotal evidence and empirical data show that Americans are infatuated with true crime, from cold-case television shows to...
Vietnam Veteran to Be Awarded Medal of Honor for Heroic Helicopter Rescue After 55 Years Army Capt. Larry Taylor, who was an AH-1 Cobra pilot between August 1967 and August 1968, is set to be awarded the Medal of...
A Soldier Saved a Woman from a Violent Assault. Now He's Being Honored with Rare Valor Award Spc. Rene Rodriguez is set to be awarded the Soldier's Medal, the service's highest award for heroism outside of combat.
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...