6 More Service Decorations Congress Should Create or Bring Back When we first suggested Congress give unrecognized veterans their due through decorations, readers reached out to tell us we...
Soldiers on World War I's Eastern Front Fought a Common Enemy: Wolves It's hard to put aside the urge to kill the human enemy... until wolves start eating your wounded.
The 5 Goofiest Things Troops Did with BDUs What started out as the ideal working uniform to replace the old olive drab fatigues quickly became a starched, pressed...
Hoping to Leave Earth in a Home-Built Spaceship? Start the Paperwork Now As with any vehicle you build at home, you'll need to get through a lot of bureaucracy to actually get going.
'Coffee With Vets' Captures the Faces of America's Aging Veterans Photographer Thomas Alvarez has been documenting the faces and stories of the veterans who live at the Idaho State Veterans...
11 Service Decorations Congress Should Create or Bring Back Being quietly good at your military job but doesn't always garner accolades or recognition. These awards and decs are for...
She Turned Her Grief to Giving. Let Her Inspire You. Three years after her husband died, a Gold Star wife donated his uniforms and and other clothing to the homeless in her...
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...