The weird engineering that links old ships of the line and the SR-71 Blackbird
One is the fastest jet ever produced, capable of outrunning anti-air missiles while capturing reconnaissance in some of the most hostile airspace on Earth.
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SERVICE
Pentagon identifies 4 soldiers killed by Iranian attack
The Defense Department has identified four of the six service members who were killed over the weekend by an Iranian attack.
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What you should know about the program that trains US military dogs
They’ve been around for every major United States military conflict since the Revolutionary War. They’ve put themselves in just as much danger as any service member, sometimes more.
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TRANSITION
Rural community profile: Revisiting Togus, Maine
With almost a quarter of all Veterans in the United States residing in rural communities, ensuring they receive quality health care close to home is more important than ever.
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ADVOCACY
Lawmakers revive push for veterans disability reform bill
House and Senate members, along with prominent veterans’ organizations, hope 2026 will be the year Congress passes legislation to give 54,000 wounded veterans their military retirement pay and...
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Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln scrawl their names on bombs headed to Iran
For as long as troops have loaded bombs onto planes, they’ve marked them with scrawled messages or even their own names. That tradition appeared to continue this week among sailors on the USS Abraham.
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COMMUNITY
DAV Partners with M&D Supply Ace Hardware Stores Across Texas to Support Veterans and Their Families
ERLANGER, Ky. – DAV (Disabled American Veterans) is proud to announce a new partnership with select Texas-based M&D Supply Ace Hardware stores on a series of round-up campaigns to support ill and...
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Marines opened fire after group attempted to storm US consulate in Pakistan
Marines assigned to the U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, recently fired their weapons in self-defense after they were attacked by protestors who had breached the facility, a U.S.
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LEGACY
Top officer in Middle East tells US troops ‘you will change the course of human history’
In a letter addressed to U.S. troops the same day that American forces began striking targets inside Iran, the top commander in the Middle East said that the military was moving from “deterrence into.
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How Kuwait’s air defenses downed three American F-15 Strike Eagles
It was supposed to be a standard intercept. In the pitch-black maelstrom over the Kuwaiti desert, three F-15E Strike Eagles from the 335th Fighter Squadron were hunting for Iranian suicide drones.
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HEALTH
VA Homeless Programs: More than just housing
Helping Veterans move into a new home is only the first step for VA When you think of “exiting homelessness,” what comes to mind?
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Here’s what came from historic women veterans legislation
January 2026 marked five years since the enactment of one of the most significant policy victories for women veterans. Named after the woman who brazenly disguised herself as a man so she could fight.
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Bay Area Veterans enjoy Super Bowl experience, and community support
VA teamed up with Metropolis-GAMEDAY to give thousands of local Veterans and their families free access to the Super Bowl Experience on Feb.
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Former fighter pilots explain what it’s like to eject, following Kuwait shoot downs
The six American flyers who ejected from F-15E Strike Eagles over Kuwait on Sunday experienced a moment that pilots pray never happens but train for as if they know it will.
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BENEFITS
Veteran experts were nominated to determine federal education rulemaking
Veterans organizations in Washington, D.C. came together to nominate two prominent veterans to the U.S. Department of Education’s upcoming rulemaking committee on higher education accreditation.
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LEGACY
How Eisenhower’s ‘Atoms for Peace’ program started Iran’s nuclear program
Amid burgeoning tensions, President Dwight Eisenhower went before the United Nations General Assembly on December 8, 1953, and called for peace.
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