New Review to Give a Second Chance at Medals of Honor for Black, Native American Vets The review, ordered by Defense Secretary Austin will cover Black and Native American veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars.
The Military's Award for Serving During War Isn't Going Away Despite Afghanistan Withdrawal There is no plan to retire the National Defense Service Medal, or NDSM, the military's most common decoration.
Army Upgrades 60 Awards for 'Black Hawk Down' Battle These upgrades stemmed from former Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy's order to reevaluate previously approved awards for valor.
AC-130 Gunship Crew Gets Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medals for Saving 88 Lives in Battle Five air commandos from the 73rd Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, received the Distinguished Flying...
Super Hercules Crew Receives DFC, Air Medals for Daring Afghanistan Flight Under Fire The DFC is one of the Air Force's highest decorations recognizing valor in combat.
Pilot Gets Airmanship Award for Crash-Landing A-10 After Gun Malfunction Capt. Taylor Bye leadership presented her with the Air Combat Command Airmanship Award for outstanding performance.
Marine Who Risked His Life in Korean War Awarded Silver Star on His 89th Birthday The award was the result of a yearslong push to have Cpl. Salvatore Naimo's heroism during the Korean War recognized.
Army Denies Major's Appeal to Get Valor Award Back After Trump Pardon Golsteyn was pardoned by Trump in November 2019 -- one of three high-profile military cases in which the president intervened...
Marine Earns Highest Noncombat Heroism Medal for Saving a 10-Year-Old Boy's Life Sgt. Danny McDonald, with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during a ceremony at Camp...
Guard Members Who Deployed for the Inauguration Are Getting a Brand-New Award In all, some 26,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., to support President Joe Biden's inauguration.
Portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with Slave Rehung at West Point The reinstallation marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to reverse the work of a congressionally mandated...
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
All Services Now Issue Form DD214-1 to Departing Reservists The military's reserve components now issue departing reservists a new record that summarizes their periods of active and...
From Jackson to McKinley: What Trump's Shift of Presidential Hero Says About His Evolving Goals Trump's shift, rather than merely swapping one infatuation for another, demonstrates how his mindset and priorities have...
Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Naval Aviator and Corrupt Appropriator, Dies at 83 Cunningham, a California Republican, joined the Navy at age 25 and during the Vietnam War became the first “ace,” an honor...
