80 Years After D-Day, the Family of a Black World War II Combat Medic Receives His Medal for Heroism A Black combat medic who treated 200 troops during the harrowing invasion of Normandy during World War II is being honored...
Black D-Day Combat Medic's Long-Denied Medal Tenderly Laid on Omaha Beach Where He Bled, Saved Lives The medal was placed on the sand, close to the spot where Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. is thought to have come ashore on June...
Air Force to Posthumously Award Distinguished Flying Cross to Crew in Mysterious 2010 Osprey Crash The news of the awards comes as the service currently grapples with a deadly CV-22 crash that killed eight airmen off the...
A WWII Private Was Stripped of His Distinguished Service Cross for Being a Dog The Distinguished Service Cross is the United States Army's second-highest military honor.
Army Guard Pilots Get Distinguished Flying Cross for Engaging Taliban at Close Range Two North Carolina National Guard helicopter pilots received the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor last week.
A-10 Warthog Pilots Receive Distinguished Flying Crosses for Lifesaving Close Air Support Twpo pilots were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in a ceremony at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
Army Service Cross Recipient Died Shielding Polish Officer from Blast Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis sacrificed his life to save a Polish Army officer from a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2013.
Soldier Killed in Baghdad Invasion Will Receive Distinguished Service Cross Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker was killed protecting his platoon's flank as his unit worked to topple Saddam Hussein's regime.
Soldier Killed at COP Keating Receives Distinguished Service Cross Army Staff Sgt. Justin Gallegos was posthumously upgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross Dec. 15.
Navy Pilot Gets Distinguished Flying Cross for Shooting Down Syrian Bomber A Navy pilot who took out a Syrian attack jet that was dropping bombs on friendly forces was recognized for his heroism.
Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Decision Not to Review 'Benefit-of-the-Doubt' Evidence in Veterans' Claims In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that, while the Department of Veterans Affairs should favor veterans...
The Medal of Honor Fraud Case that Took Stolen Valor to the Extreme H.L.I. Lordship Industries of Long Island, New York, admitted to selling unauthorized versions of the Medal of Honor, the...
The Army Is Losing Nearly One-Quarter of Soldiers in the First 2 Years of Enlistment The Army is grappling with a staggering attrition rate among newly enlisted troops, even as recent recruiting figures suggest...
5 Reasons Veterans Are Especially Hard-Hit by Federal Cuts For the past month, the Trump administration has been cutting federal spending, causing numerous hardships for government...
Court-Martial Convenes for Pentagon Leaker Already Facing Years Behind Bars A military court-martial convened for Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who was sentenced in federal...
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-03/mil%20chips%20distinguished%20service%20cross%20WWII%20dog%201200.jpg?itok=899KrbRI ""Come with me if you want to live." - Chips the Hero Dog of World War II (U.S. Army)")
![Lt. Cdr. Michael Tremel stands next to his F/A 18-E Super Hornet on board the USS George W. Bush last July. The tomahawk symbols represent strike missions and the "kill" symbol for his shootdown is upper right. (Photo courtesy of Save The Royal Navy)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/people/2017/09/tremelandplane091617.jpg?itok=OTxH74JC "Lt. Cdr. Michael Tremel stands next to his F/A 18-E Super Hornet on board the USS George W. Bush last July. The tomahawk symbols represent strike missions and the "kill" symbol for his shootdown is upper right. (Photo courtesy of Save The Royal Navy)")
