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New bill would expand exception to Medal of Honor 5-year limitation

The Valor Has No Expiration Act would remove arbitrary timelines and expand the criteria to include classified acts or those withheld from the public.

By Claire Barrett

3 days ago

How a WWII submariner took the fight directly to the Japanese

Cmdr. Lawson P. “Red” Ramage led his submarine, Parche, to hell and back.

By Jon Guttman

4 days ago

Opinion

Inside the US Army’s C2 upgrade – what industry can expect

Commercial hardware and software will be key to the service's command-and-control overhaul, according to Joseph Welch of Army Futures Command.

By Joseph Welch

12 days ago

How a POW humming ‘Old McDonald’ at Hanoi Hilton saved lives

Dubbed "The Incredibly Stupid One" by his captors, 20-year-old sailor Douglas Hegdahl was quietly building intelligence.

By Claire Barrett

13 days ago

This WWII pilot crash-landed into a field hosting a Nazi soccer match

Maj. Donald K. Willis crash-landed his plane in Nazi-occupied Holland then stopped at cafes for beers — all while evading the capture for two months.

By Claire Barrett

3 weeks ago

US military changes tone in Africa, urges burden-sharing among allies

The U.S. military’s new posture comes even though many African armies remain ill-equipped and insurgent groups expand.

3 weeks ago