Here's the Truth About That Iconic Photo of Marines Pulling Afghan Baby to Safety New details about the image are available, potentially putting an end to its long trail of drama and answering questions...
Vets Group Asks Biden to Recognize Moral Injuries Caused by Afghan War's End A veteran-led group asked President Joe Biden to do more to acknowledge the distress caused by the messy end of the...
All Troops Who Took Part in Afghanistan Evacuation to Receive Meritorious Unit Commendation Award The uniform ribbon is awarded by the individual services and it can signify valorous or meritorious service in combat, non...
The Wars in Iraq And Afghanistan Have Killed at Least 500,000 People, According to a Report In the 76 countries in which the U.S. is currently fighting terrorism, at least three have been incredibly deadly: Iraq...
'They Will Never Be Forgotten': Tributes Pour in for Troops Killed in Kabul Airport Bombing One Year Ago Leaders marked the one-year anniversary of the bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members at Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai...
Cost Estimate for Global War on Terrorism Memorial Balloons to $100 Million The foundation president is still confident that the memorial will have a groundbreaking in 2024.
One Year Later, Troops and Veterans Involved in Afghanistan Exit Grapple with Mental Scars For many, the emotions are flooding back as the one-year anniversary of the evacuation and withdrawal approaches on Aug. 30.
Military Gets New Office to Help Limit Civilian Deaths and Injury Civilian deaths were thrust into the spotlight again after U.S. Central Command launched an airstrike on a compound in Kabul...
British Soldiers in Afghanistan Counterattacked a Taliban Ambush with a Bayonet Charge While it is common to hear stories of soldiers fixing bayonets in the days of yore, it might come as a surprise to hear about...
Was the Fall of Afghanistan Inevitable? We Asked 8 National Security Experts Did Afghanistan have to collapse in the way it did just one year ago?
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...
Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Black Vietnam Veteran’s Story Reveals War’s Harsh Realities 50 Years Later It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to...
Trump Says US Forces Sank Third Suspected Drug Boat off Venezuela President Donald Trump did not say how many people were killed in the third strike.
![An Army flight media cares for a seriously wounded Marine on board a medevac helicopter.](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-08/AP%20flight%20medic%20cares%20for%20injured%20Marine%201800x1200.jpg?itok=GTKMTV8p "U.S. Army flight medic Sgt. Jaime Adame, top, cares for seriously wounded Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Smith following an insurgent attack on board a medevac helicopter Sunday, May 15, 2011, from the U.S. Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off," Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)")
