Family of Green Beret Killed in Niger Ambush Receives His Silver Star Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright's family accepted the nation's third-highest award for valor at a ceremony in Santa Claus, Georgia.
A Marine Raider Was Awarded the Silver Star for Taking Out an ISIS Car Bomb A Marine special operator received the nation's third-highest valor award after his heroism in Iraq saved his comrades' lives...
Vietnam Veteran Who Ordered His Marines to Fix Bayonets Receives Silver Star Maj. Edward Wright led a 30-man reaction force against North Vietnamese fighters to save an Army convoy and Marines.
Lawmaker Urges Mattis to Upgrade Fallen Marine Officer's Silver Star Marine 1st Lt. Travis Manion posthumously received the Silver Star, but was originally nominated for the Navy Cross.
Airman Christopher Lewis Receives Silver Star for Mosul Heroism Lewis was awarded the Silver Star for his actions in a 10-hour long firefight during the Mosul offensive.
Airman to Receive Silver Star Upgrade for Afghanistan Heroics Chief Master Sgt. Michael R. West will receive the country's third-highest medal for valor in a Dec. 15 ceremony.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
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...
'It's a Lottery': Why Foreign Volunteer Fought in Russia-Ukraine War Jack de Santis is a Croatian-born volunteer of the Ukrainian army who used his engineering, drone expertise to help fight...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...
Bravo Company Vietnam Veterans Honored with Long-Overdue Bronze Stars While it took more than five decades, 14 veterans of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, were...
