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.
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.
Senators Want Military Ribbons for Service Members Who Compete in Olympics A handful of active-duty service members typically compete in the Olympics and Paralympics every four years, oftentimes...
Space Force Guardians Are Officially Eligible for the Bronze Star and Other Awards, Biden Says The changes made by President Joe Biden add the Space Force, founded in December 2019, into executive orders issued over the...
Here's Why the Pentagon Will Stop Issuing the National Defense Service Medal The move, announced by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, ends the longest run for the award in its history.
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...
Wear Your Medals on Veterans Day Your medals tell a story of service in the cause of freedom that all Americans need to hear.
The Complex History of the Purple Heart 1.8 million Purple Hearts have been awarded in our history. Many of these medals become lost, stolen, or misplaced.
John McCain and Trailblazing Female General Among Biden Medal of Freedom Recipients Biden awarded the medals during a ceremony in the East Room, reminiscing about the accomplishments of and his relationships...
50 Years Later, Four Vietnam Vets Awarded Medals of Honor in White House Ceremony Biden said the medals were about "setting the record straight" and giving the Army veterans the level of recognition they...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...