A Military Family's Push to Get a War Hero the Recognition He Deserved Despite recommendations from a number of officers, it would take Fred McGee until after his death in 2020 for McGee's actions...
Silver Star Awarded to Army Ranger Who Came to Aid of Fellow Troops During Battle of Mogadishu More than three decades after his actions during the infamous Battle of Mogadishu, retired Army Maj. Larry Moores has been...
Trump Awards Medal of Honor to His Own Secret Service Agent The most recent recipient of the Medal of Honor is fighting stage 4 lung cancer.
Medal of Honor Recipient Dead at 41 After Yearslong Lung Cancer Fight Army Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer, who earned the Medal of Honor for heroism, has died following a battle with lung cancer.
Ronald Shurer, Medal of Honor Recipient Who Died of Cancer at 41, to Be Laid to Rest at Arlington Shurer died in May at the age of 41 after a years-long lung cancer battle.
How the 3 Living Black Medal of Honor Recipients Embody the Military’s Top Award On Jan. 10, 1968, Private 1st Class Clarence Sasser was part of a reconnaissance mission in southern Vietnam when his...
The Navy's Naming of its Newest Destroyer Is the Latest Attempt to Honor a Forgotten Black WWII Hero In a daring feat of strength and endurance following an enemy attack that sank the USS Gregory on Sept. 5, 1942, Charles...
Navy Medal of Honor Recipient from Pearl Harbor Is Honored with Arlington Funeral Seaman 1st Class James Ward, who enlisted in the Navy just about a year prior to Pearl Harbor, became one of five Oklahoma...
A Soldier Saved a Woman from a Violent Assault. Now He's Being Honored with Rare Valor Award Spc. Rene Rodriguez is set to be awarded the Soldier's Medal, the service's highest award for heroism outside of combat.
3 'Hero' Marines Awarded for Stopping Stabbing at Chick-fil-A Cpl. John Darby, Cpl. Bradley Feldkamp and Lance Cpl. Nicholas Dural all received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal...
Fort Liberty Soldier Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Romance Scams, Bilked Over $350,000 from Victims Specialist Sanda G. Frimpong, who was serving on active duty until his arrest in 2023, was ordered to pay back over $350,000...
‘Indefinite’ Defense Department IDs Inconvenience Air Travelers, May Be Dropped As Acceptable Identification The Transportation Security Administration's Credential Authentication Technology reads the cards' INDEF date field as...
Arlington Horse-Drawn Funerals to Remain Suspended as Families Grapple with Burial Arrangements The Army says it will continue the suspension of horse-drawn funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery after roughly a...
Several Dozen Ships Lost Propulsion in Maryland Waters Before Key Bridge Collapse: 'You're Basically Just Drifting' What went wrong aboard the Dali, the 984-foot ship that weighed 112,000 tons when it struck the bridge, and whether it could...
Military Advocacy Group Seeks to Prevent Changes to Tricare for Life After Fees Suggestion The Military Officers Association of America, or MOAA, wants to prevent any discussion of enrollment fees for Tricare for...