Air Force Has New Software for Decorations Submissions, But Old Awards Nominations Must Be Resubmitted The new program, "myDecs Reimagined," comes amid frequent complaints from airmen and Guardians who said the previous program...
Navy Destroyer Crew Receives Combat Award for Shooting Down Drones as Houthi Attacks Intensify in Red Sea Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of the Navy's forces in the Middle East, visited the ship and presented five awards to...
Larry Doby, World War II Navy Veteran Who Helped Integrate Baseball, Awarded Congressional Gold Medal At the ceremony in the U.S. Capitol on for the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal, House Speaker Mike Johnson said...
5 Purple Hearts Awarded to Injured Troops After Spike in Attacks on Bases in Iraq, Syria U.S. and coalition forces have been attacked 97 times since Oct. 17, a defense official told Military.com.
Coast Guardsman to Receive Distinguished Flying Cross for Daring Vessel Boarding and Rescue Aviation Survival Technician 2nd Class Spencer Manson is to be awarded the highest honor for aviation bravery in a ceremony...
Medic in Black D-Day Unit, Long Denied the Medal of Honor, Gets Wide Backing for Nation's Highest Military Honor A growing chorus of historians, members of Congress and the U.S. First Army are pressing the case for Waverly B. Woodson Jr...
Hundreds of Airmen Will Receive New Medals for 2021 Afghanistan Evacuation The latest awards include a total of 229 Air Medals, 98 Meritorious Service Medals, eight Distinguished Flying Crosses and...
Iraq Campaign Medal Returns Amid Surge in Drone, Rocket Attacks on US Forces There he medal was introduced in 2016 and also covered service in Syria, even as the nature of those campaigns changed and...
Air Force General Fighting to Get Airmen Presidential Unit Citation for Afghanistan Evacuation Gen. Mike Minihan, the head of Air Mobility Command, told reporters during a media roundtable that it's a top priority to get...
Cobra Pilot Who Lifted Troops to Safety in Vietnam Is Awarded Medal of Honor at White House Ceremony Capt. Larry Taylor flew his attack helicopter into heavy enemy gunfire until he ran out of ammunition, then led a daring...
Naval Academy Staff Removed Display on Female Jewish Graduates for Hegseth Visit The U.S. Naval Academy has confirmed that officials there removed items commemorating female Jewish graduates from a historic...
'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France...
My Black Roommate Opened My Eyes to an Air Force I Didn’t Know Existed I realized I had been sheltered from much of the world's ugliness and was more than a little naive. I thought the problems I...
4 US Soldiers Who Died in Lithuania Swamp When Their Vehicle Sank Are Identified The recovery operation for the bodies and the M88 was an intricate and arduous weeklong process, enlisting the expertise of...
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...
