Crew That Delivered Baby Mid-Flight from Afghanistan Will Receive Distinguished Flying Cross Minihan will award a total of 36 Distinguished Flying Crosses at Joint Base Charleston.
Afghan Commandos That Were Trained by US Navy SEALs Are Being Recruited to Fight for Russia in Ukraine, Report Says Up to 10,000 commandos could be tempted by such an offer, as many of them were left jobless and fearful for their life as...
Air Force Awarding 96 Flying Crosses, 12 Bronze Stars for Afghanistan Evacuation Efforts This first batch of awards is just a small part of the total the service is bestowing on airmen.
Afghan Visa Program Still Riddled with Dysfunction and Delays as Veterans Push for Fixes The State Department has granted only 18,000 of the visas to Afghans and their families since President Joe Biden took office...
Afghan Pilot Who Bombed the Taliban Now Flying Recon to Combat US Wildfires With the support of a U.S. veterans group, former Afghan Air Force (AAF) Maj. Samimullah Samim earned U.S. flight...
Veterans Group Working to Help Fleeing Afghans Alleges It Was Scammed Out of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Save Our Allies, which was founded by three veterans and a veteran's wife to help fleeing Afghans, said claims it was...
Here's the Truth About That Iconic Photo of Marines Pulling Afghan Baby to Safety New details about the image are available, potentially putting an end to its long trail of drama and answering questions...
Vets Group Asks Biden to Recognize Moral Injuries Caused by Afghan War's End A veteran-led group asked President Joe Biden to do more to acknowledge the distress caused by the messy end of the...
All Troops Who Took Part in Afghanistan Evacuation to Receive Meritorious Unit Commendation Award The uniform ribbon is awarded by the individual services and it can signify valorous or meritorious service in combat, non...
19 Gut-Wrenching Photos of US Service Members Helping Afghan Refugees The photos, published to military Facebook pages, Defense.gov or its online media repository show Marines, sailors, airmen...
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...
