Every year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs conducts the nation’s largest analysis of veteran suicide rates. Unfortunately, the results are chilling.
Wreaths Across America continued its tradition of honoring fallen members of the military Saturday in cool, sunny weather at Arlington National Cemetery.
The Battle of the Bulge ceremonies in Belgium and Luxembourg capped a series of major 80th anniversary remembrances in Europe this year. 17 American veterans met with world leaders and many other admirers and were honored along with their fallen comrades.
This unique rivalry — aside from the players themselves (future soldiers, sailors and Marines) and the unmatched history — in recent years has added a special feature: Specialty uniforms. Here are the top 10 Army uniforms from the series.
Robert Fernandez, who died Wednesday at age 100 in Lodi, Calif., was among the hundreds of service members who survived the Pearl Harbor attack. His death leaves barely more than a dozen survivors of the attack still living.
A proposal to ban health care coverage of certain medical treatments for the transgender children of service members has become a point of contention as the House readies this week for a vote on a defense policy bill containing the measure.
Navy has used a wide range of looks over the years for the Army game, starting with Nike-designed one-off alternate jerseys in 2008 and evolving into the head-to-toe makeovers created by Under Armour in recent seasons. Here’s a ranking of the top 10 uniforms.
The annual ceremony was once attended by scores of surviving Dec. 7 veterans. Fewer than two dozen remain living and only two attended Saturday’s commemoration. The pair were joined by only six other World War II veterans.
The more than 30,000 soldiers, airmen and civilians at the base have learned to share the natural space surrounding the nearly 65,000-acre base with moose, elk, and other wildlife of central Alaska. But the interlopers who get the most attention at Elmendorf-Richardson are the bears.
