It's One of the VA's Biggest Expansions of Benefits in History. Some Veterans Missed Out. The PACT Act, which was meant to help veterans receive care and benefits after being exposed to toxins and burn pits while...
Fire Watch: How the Military’s Holiday Tradition of Tracking Santa Came to Be On this episode of Fire Watch, we learn about the decades-long tradition and speak to the service members who track Santa on...
A Thanksgiving Aboard the USS Forrest Sherman On this episode of the Fire Watch podcast, we’ll take a look at the tradition of Thanksgiving dinner at Naval Station Norfolk...
A Military Halloween at Owl Creek Bridge American tradition is steeped in rich horror and veterans who have taken their experiences in war and service and twisted...
Want to File a PACT Act Claim? Do It by August 9. Here's Why. August 9th, August 9th, August 9th! If there is one thing you remember about this episode, it is that you should apply for...
The New ISIS: How a Branch of the Terrorist Group Is Becoming a Top Threat The Islamic State's Khorasan Province, also known as ISIS-K, has rapidly become the new boogeyman in the Middle East --...
Fire Watch: The Heroic Stories of the USO Service Members of the Year Many Americans think of only one form of military heroism: the war hero. But there are many varieties of heroism -- yes, some...
Fire Watch: Col. Paris D. Davis and His Decades-Long Wait for the Medal of Honor In this episode of Military.com's Fire Watch podcast, we speak with retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black Green...
Fire Watch: Is America Going to War with China? Last week, Americans looked toward the sky … they were scanning for a 200-foot-tall white orb that traversed the entire...
Fire Watch: Sesame Street’s Push to Help Military Families Rattled by the Pandemic The experts and researcher behind the family-friendly fun on Sesame Street realized that kids were particularly affected by...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
