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Bidens pay tribute at Vietnam Veterans Memorial

March 29 is National Vietnam War Veterans Day, which commemorates the date in 1973 when the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam was disestablished.

3 years ago

American flags are placed at each headstone in the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend, May 22, 2020, in Washington.

A nation of draft dodgers

Is it a “volunteer” system when you pay someone to “volunteer," asks the author of this commentary.

By Dennis Laich

3 years ago

Flag-waving man in 1991 photo returns to what’s left of carrier Saratoga

The image has long outlasted that day's news cycle: When Matt Miller meets someone with a connection to the Saratoga, they usually remember that photo.

By Matt Soergel, (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union via the AP

5 years ago

DNA leads to arrest 34 years after Navy recruit’s slaying

Thomas Garner, 59, was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida on Wednesday for the 1984 slaying of Pamela Cahanes, said Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma.

5 years ago

Commentary: Japan, Taiwan must re-evaluate how they’re intercepting Chinese threats

China has been sending ships and aircraft around Taiwan and Japan, and those U.S. allies are intercepting every one. But it's being done at too high a cost.

By Dennis Blair

6 years ago

MEDAL: Taking a hard look at a modern-day draft

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Dennis Laich is one of the nation’s most aggressive advocates of abandoning the all-volunteer force and returning to conscription.

By Military Times Editors

7 years ago

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