'I Thought You'd Be Bigger:' Vet Grapples With What It Is to Be a Hero "I left the military in December 2008 with an honorable discharge and a lot of questions about what my service meant to me,"
Honor Guardsman Reflects on True Meaning of Military Funerals An Ellsworth Air Force Base airman reflects on how his experiences as an honor guardsman changed his perspective on life.
The Trump-Kim Summit: An Assessment "Both sides got some of what they wanted, but neither side got everything it was looking for."
Housing Immigrants: An Open Letter to SecDef Mattis from a Spouse "Holding these people while they await immigration proceedings would transform military bases into incarceration camps."
Op-Ed: An Assessment of the Islamic State in 2018 The rollback of territory under its control has not destroyed ISIS, but caused it to revert to its roots as an insurgency.
Families of Fallen Carry On Tradition of Resilience on Memorial Day Being a member of a surviving family is not a distinction anyone chooses. Joining the club requires a terrible sacrifice.
School Shooting Solution: Help Those Who Are Hurting "School shootings will continue so long as we do nothing to address the emotional turmoil some students endure ."
Op-Ed: Fight Wage Theft at the National Guard "We hear a lot about how important it is to support our troops. It's time for the government to step up and do the same."
Op-Ed: The US-North Korean Summit: The Winners and Losers So Far Even without a final resolution, it is already clear which winners and losers are emerging.
A Hero of D-Day Helped Make V-E Day Possible "Without the success of the Normandy landings, there would likely never have been a V-E Day."
Tricare Patients Fear Losing Preferred Health Care Providers Amid Contract Transition Doctors and patients said they have been caught off guard by the shift from Health Net Federal Services to TriWest Healthcare...
Lessons from the Air Force Kitchen Police: Volunteer for Everything. Even Pots and Pans When Ed Meagher reported to Air Force basic training on June 15, 1966, he was a 19-year-old college dropout. Despite two...
2 US Navy Pilots Shot Down over Red Sea in Apparent 'Friendly Fire' Incident, US Military Says Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries.
How the Marine Corps Is Changing to Keep Talented Marines in the Service For decades, the Marine Corps incurred a "remarkably high turnover rate" among its first-term Marines as it prioritized, and...
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...