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Eleven months after they escorted B-2 Spirit stealth bombers into Iran, airmen from the 34th Fighter Squadron were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their part in the June 2025 strikes on...
Ask a civilian what the hardest part of military life is, and they’ll probably say deployments . Long separations, missed birthdays, the whole Hollywood version of sacrifice. Ask a military spouse?
Patricia Sandoval once believed she would never marry someone in the military. With two brothers and an uncle who had served, she had witnessed the demands of military life and doubted her ability to...
At the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a career of caring doesn’t stop at healing the body. Veterans who have given so much in service to our country often face unique and difficult challenges...
A new set of Marines is now waiting as the “immediate crisis response force” in Latin America, Marine Corps officials said Friday, as the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit replaced the 22nd MEU in the...
Ryan Curtis thought he knew exactly who he was supposed to be. An Army veteran and Massachusetts native who deployed all over the world as well as a filmmaker and producer, he spent years building a...
“Marine Raiders, our saying is that ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ means never above you, never below you, always beside you,” Marine Corps veteran Luke Focer told a crowd gathered at SOF Week in Tampa.
When Darius Rucker started Hootie and the Blowfish in 1986, he sang in bars with his buddies hoping they’d make enough money to keep playing music another week.
Edwin “Ned” Nye didn’t want to become a lawyer. Seeing that he was already enrolled in law school, Nye—whose famous son simplified complex topics for millions of television viewers as Bill Nye the...
Disabled Veteran finds freedom through adaptive sports For Air Force Veteran Salvador Vasquez, the National Veterans Winter Sports Clinic is about more than just skiing; it’s about reclaiming...
VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research findings on spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease and VA hospital care quality.
Marines will soon be eligible for promotion to sergeant earlier in their careers. The move is intended to give larger groups of top-tier corporals the opportunity to compete for the next rank up.
Starting as early as 1939, German U-boat “Wolf Packs” transformed the Atlantic Ocean into a shipping graveyard. In response, the United States Navy upped its game, and by May 1943, aka “Black May,”...
The Trump administration may require all federal employees to sign nondisclosure agreements in an effort to restrict leaks that are considered to be a “widespread” issue across the federal...
A National Guard soldier wanted as an “international fugitive” for multi-million dollar financial crimes was arrested while in basic training at a Missouri Army base, officials said.
Veterans smoke at higher rates than the general population, and the reasons are not hard to understand. Military culture has a long history with tobacco.
On June 7, 2012, Jon Harmon was a 19‑year‑old private first class on his first deployment in Afghanistan when an explosion took both of his legs — and nearly his life.
The latest flare-up between U.S. and Iranian forces underscores how the current “ceasefire” has so far failed to stop fighting between the two countries. On Wednesday, U.S.
Americans tend to be thought of as gun-toting cowboys with a “ big iron ” on their hips. This might stem from the nostalgia of the “Wild West” that led to a boom of 1950s and 1960s Westerns in...
From the barracks to the exam room: How a physician assistant is giving back to Veterans When Stewart Miller walks into the Humble VA Clinic each morning, he carries with him something most health...
DAV applauds the Department of Veterans Affairs for launching a new trial evaluating MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans living with PTSD and alcohol use disorder.
A federal jury has convicted a man for the drug-related killings of a soldier and an Army veteran with ties to elite units at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 2020 — murdering one during a cocaine deal...
Mayumi Kimura didn’t have a plan. She just kept saying yes. There’s a green fish shirt somewhere out there. It’s ugly, scratchy, the kind of thing you wore because the job required it and not because...
Barely into her 20s, Amelia Earhart was working as a nurse’s aide in Canada when she attended a flying show in 1918. That display of flight energized Earhart in a way that few other things could.
To get more missiles and advanced technology like lasers and rail guns out to sea, the Navy wants to see 15 Trump-class “battleships” built over the next 30 years.
A new bill could offer surviving family members of troops and veterans a slight increase in monthly compensation, along with a more sizable annual increase in benefits for the most severely disabled...
The Pentagon’s latest set of Navy promotions, advancing more than 20 Navy captains to one-star admiral, included zero women, reinvigorating a debate about the barriers women face in their climb to...
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An opportunity for exercise, fun and service The VA2K is more than just a walk—it’s a movement that brings people together for a powerful cause.
Veteran wellness remains essential in our community, and organizations like Team RWB are working to address it through connection, movement and purpose.
Two years after the United States military pulled out of Vietnam in 1973, the Communists moved ever closer to overrunning South Vietnam.
Photos courtesy of Gina Wolf. Illustration by Kim Vo " /> I grew up in the house my great-grandparents built, a home where four generations shared laughter, loss, and celebrations.
You might have heard about how the weather almost capsized the Allied invasion on D-Day (literally). We’ve told this story .
Every interaction matters at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Behind every answered question, resolved claim and guided conversation is a dedicated professional like you helping Veterans and...
Special operators are getting a new rifle that can fire both 7.62mm and 6.5mm Creedmoor rounds as a replacement for the MK17 SCAR-H Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle-Heavy, according to...
Refinancing a VA loan may offer Veterans a powerful option to lock in a lower interest rate, refinance a non-VA loan into a VA-backed loan, and/or get cash back from the equity they have in their...
Yeah, yeah, yeah… We know grenades in movies aren’t like the real thing . But that could make you wonder: “why not?” Real grenades are puffs of smoke with a bit of high-velocity metal.
The vote to turn the Major Richard Star Act into law is long overdue. Fortunately, a “ discharge petition ” can finally get this done.
Despite 81 years since the island of Iwo Jima was declared secure — and several years since these two Marines last saw one another — the first thing out of their mouths wasn’t sentimental, it was...
A former U.S. Army combat engineer turned gun influencer was arrested for distributing videos that provided step-by-step instructions on making explosives.