Medal of Honor upgrade for Vietnam-era Recon Marine part of new bill
Suffering two broken legs and heavy bleeding, Capers continued fighting and directed his team in the counterattack.
By Todd South
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Hegseth orders immediate changes to troops’ household goods program
Troops will get more money reimbursed for moving their belongings themselves, according to a Pentagon memo.
By Karen Jowers
Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who read Pentagon Papers into Congressional Record, dies at 91
In 1971, Gravel led a one-man filibuster to protest the Vietnam-era draft and he read into the Congressional Record 4,100 pages of the leaked Pentagon Papers.
The U.S. Marines’ mythic fight at Belleau Wood
By every tactical measure of the time the Marines should have been annihilated; but they weren’t.
By David T. Zabecki
Goodbye, coffee? Service members might soon be fueled by a jolt to the brain
The Air Force tested 40 subjects for a new potential treatment for sleep deprivation.
By Sarah Sicard
Cotton nominated to run Air Force’s nuclear enterprise at pivotal time
If confirmed, Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton would be the first Black man to run Air Force Global Strike Command.
Military ends active-duty COVID vaccination support, but Guard effort endures
Active-duty troops might be done, but more than 12,000 Guardsmen are still helping vaccinate the public.
By Davis Winkie
Asian Americans lobby to name Navy ship for Filipino sailor
Supporters say naming a ship for Telesforo Trinidad would honor not just the only Asian American in the U.S. Navy granted the nation’s highest award for valor, but the tens of thousands of Filipinos and Americans of Filipino descent who have served in the U.S. Navy since 1901.
Biden picks Russia pro for key Pentagon post
President Joe Biden is set to nominate the chief executive of the U.S.-Russia Foundation and a former National Security Council official on Russia to be the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs on Tuesday.
By Joe Gould
Paratrooper killed in accident remembered for ‘larger than life personality’
Cpl. Mojave Littlejohn died Thursday morning after a truck he was driving struck an excavator.
By Davis Winkie
52 years later Marine Vietnam veteran receives Purple Heart
A Marine Vietnam veteran on the receiving end of friendly artillery fire finally receives a Purple Heart.
By Todd South