VA to Lift Pandemic Restrictions on Interments and Memorial Services Larger services and military burials will resume after a two-month hiatus to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
VA Secretary Rebuffs Calls for Removal of Nazi Symbols from Cemeteries As lawmakers pressure the VA to replace the headstones, VA Secretary Wilkie said he'd prefer to install explanatory markers.
Americans Gather for Virtual Tributes to Honor Fallen Troops on Memorial Day The ban on public gatherings has transformed Memorial Day tributes to the nation's war dead.
Arlington National Cemetery Goes Virtual to Commemorate Milestone Anniversary The cemetery has turned to virtual events during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Arlington Cemetery Implements 100% ID Checks Amid Iran Fears Arlington National Cemetery is tightening its security protocols and warning visitors to report suspicious activity.
Enlisted Medal of Honor Recipients, POWs Can Now Have Full-Honor Burials at Arlington Previously, only officers, warrant officers, senior NCOs and those killed in action received full honors.
Design Approved for Gulf War Memorial on National Mall The effort to build a National Desert Storm Memorial on the National Mall passed a significant milestone last week.
Marine Corps Announces It Was Wrong -- Again -- on Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Photo Evidence shows another Marine long-believed to be in the famous photo from atop Mount Suribachi was misidentified.
Army Spouse Honors the Fallen with 8,200 Boots What started as a way to honor one fallen hero has become a way to honor more than 8,000.
Families of Afghanistan Fallen Fear Their Memorials Will Be Left Behind Families of the fallen want combat-zone memorials in Afghanistan brought back to the United States.
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...