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.
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...