New Review to Give a Second Chance at Medals of Honor for Black, Native American Vets The review, ordered by Defense Secretary Austin will cover Black and Native American veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars.
The Military's Award for Serving During War Isn't Going Away Despite Afghanistan Withdrawal There is no plan to retire the National Defense Service Medal, or NDSM, the military's most common decoration.
Army Upgrades 60 Awards for 'Black Hawk Down' Battle These upgrades stemmed from former Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy's order to reevaluate previously approved awards for valor.
AC-130 Gunship Crew Gets Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medals for Saving 88 Lives in Battle Five air commandos from the 73rd Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, received the Distinguished Flying...
Super Hercules Crew Receives DFC, Air Medals for Daring Afghanistan Flight Under Fire The DFC is one of the Air Force's highest decorations recognizing valor in combat.
Pilot Gets Airmanship Award for Crash-Landing A-10 After Gun Malfunction Capt. Taylor Bye leadership presented her with the Air Combat Command Airmanship Award for outstanding performance.
Marine Who Risked His Life in Korean War Awarded Silver Star on His 89th Birthday The award was the result of a yearslong push to have Cpl. Salvatore Naimo's heroism during the Korean War recognized.
Army Denies Major's Appeal to Get Valor Award Back After Trump Pardon Golsteyn was pardoned by Trump in November 2019 -- one of three high-profile military cases in which the president intervened...
Marine Earns Highest Noncombat Heroism Medal for Saving a 10-Year-Old Boy's Life Sgt. Danny McDonald, with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during a ceremony at Camp...
Guard Members Who Deployed for the Inauguration Are Getting a Brand-New Award In all, some 26,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., to support President Joe Biden's inauguration.
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...
