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A Marine author uses fiction to dig into the Corps’ mythology
His debut short story collection won the 2021 Veterans Writing Award.
By Todd South
Soldier wins bobsledding World Cup ahead of Winter Olympics
Spec. Lake Kwaza, a soldier assigned to the Army’s World Class Athlete Program at Fort Carson, Colorado, won the gold medal Jan. 2 in Sigulda, Latvia.
They jumped into Normandy or ran into enemy fire. Here are the heroes and leaders we lost in 2021.
From former secretaries of state to Medal of Honor recipients, a look back at the legacies they leave behind.
By Jessica Edwards
The U.S. military’s biggest stories of 2021
From the Capitol riot to the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, national security stories dominated discussions in 2021 as the world began to move beyond the pandemic.
By Military Times staff
Three soldiers to be awarded Medals of Honor: report
The three soldiers will be honored in the coming weeks.
Military pilots among NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates
More than 12,000 applied for the coveted spots.
What Biden should tell Putin when it comes to Ukraine
Lawmakers have ideas on what President Joe Biden should tell Vladimir Putin about Ukraine in a video call planned for Tuesday.
By Joe Gould
US Air Force’s new goal? Get rid of planes that don’t scare China
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown also said the service is looking at which aircraft would not be well-suited to a fight in a contested environment as it eyes the future of its force.
The defense secretary’s plan for China includes better tech, less panic
"China is not 10 feet tall. This is America,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Dec. 4. “America isn’t a country that fears competition."
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Senators: Military hurt by politicians using them as ‘props’
Two leading senators are concerned about the public's declining confidence in the military, and whether American leadership in the world is waning at a time when China and Russia are moving.
Two more Army Alaska soldiers died off-duty last week
Four soldiers assigned to Alaska units have died since mid-October.
By Davis Winkie