Marines Fly Flags at Half-Mast After Revered Former Commandant Al Gray Dies at 95 Gen. Al Gray was lauded by Marines, current and former, for his no-nonsense, salt-of-the earth approach to leading the...
Veterans, Advocates Want Blood Cancers Added to PACT Act List of Burn Pit-Related Conditions The Department of Veterans Affairs is studying whether acute and chronic leukemias and multiple myeloma should be considered...
Barbie and Ken Went to War Long Before the 'Barbie' Movie Before they left Barbieland in search of the real world, Mattel's signature Barbie and Ken dolls left home in search of a...
Got Gulf War Illness? These Researchers Want to Hear from You and Other Vets The study aims to understand symptoms that have plagued up to 210,000 veterans of the 1990-91 war in Iraq and Kuwait.
21 Facts About the First Gulf War Remember The First Gulf War? Persian Gulf War? Desert Storm and/or Desert Shield? They’re all the same war.
'Lot of Heartache' Raising Money, But Ground Finally Broken for Desert Storm Memorial The National Desert Storm War Memorial Association has faced headwinds in raising funds and working through the complicated...
A Sailor Survived Getting Sucked into a Jet Engine During Operation Desert Storm While preparing an A-6E Intruder for takeoff at night, 21-year-old flight deck crewman John Bridges found himself pulled into...
Researchers Think They've Found the Cause of Gulf War Illness A Texas researcher who has investigated Gulf War illnesses has found evidence that some service members have a weak form of a...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing The Air Force special operations wing in Florida where Senior Airman Roger Fortson served before he was shot and killed by...
VA Says It Can't Change New Urn, Plaque Benefit that Precludes Future Burials in National Veteran Cemeteries Both the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs and the National Funeral Directors Association lodged...
'Unspeakably Cruel': Army Ranger Sentenced for Murdering Security Guard in Washington State A U.S. Army Ranger formerly stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for beating a...