Unvaccinated Active-Duty Marines And Sailors Ordered To Get COVID-19 Vaccine
The Navy has mandated sailors, Marines, and reservists be vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk disobeying a lawful orders, for which they will face “punitive or…
Delta Force Sniper Who Sacrificed His Life In Somalia Memorialized In Hometown
Master Sergeant Gary Gordon had a life-long military career. He joined the U.S. Army in 1978 and was trained as a combat engineer. After a…
Remains Found In B-17 Wreckage Identified As Missing WWII Pilot
The remains of United States Army Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Ernest N. Vienneau have officially been identified. The news follows a joint-recovery mission by the…
Effort To Rename Fort Benning After Decorated Lieutenant General Gains Traction
A petition calling for Fort Benning to be renamed “Fort Moore” after Lieutenant General Harold “Hal” Moore and his wife, Julie, has gained steam. It…
Search Launched For Steamship Sunk By German U-Boat Off Florida Coast In 1942
A team of international investigators has launched a search for the SS Norlindo, an American steam freighter sunk by a German U-boat in the Gulf…
Joséphine Baker To Be Reinterred At France’s Panthéon Mausoleum
The remains of American-born French performer Joséphine Baker will be reinterred at the Panthéon mausoleum in Paris, France. An aide for President Emmanuel Macron confirmed…
Pilot Of Historic Air Force and Navy Training Plane Dies In Crash Before Air Show
Andy Travnick of Hampton, New Hampshire, died on Friday after the plane he was flying crashed shortly after takeoff. The 50-year-old commercial pilot and U.S.…
The Cost Of Caring For Afghanistan And Iraq Veterans Could Top $2.5 Trillion
A report published by the Costs of War Project on August 18, 2021 has shed light on the costs of caring for veterans of the…
The U.S. Military Destroyed Its Last Oliver Hazard Perry-Class Frigate In Explosive Fashion
On August 15, 2021, U.S. joint forces conducted coordinated, multi-domain, multi-axis, long-range maritime strikes during a sinking exercise on the decommissioned guided-missile frigate, ex-USS Ingraham.…
WWI’s Harlem Hellfighters To Receive Congressional Gold Medal
On Monday, Congress signed the Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act, which will see the WWI infantry unit awarded with the nation’s highest civilian honor.…
VA Launching Service Dog Program For Veterans With PTSD
The U.S. Senate has passed legislation requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to introduce a program to measure the effectiveness of service dogs on veterans…
Thief Steals Dead Veteran’s Purple Heart and Trades it for a Mountain Dew
A dead veteran’s Purple Heart medal was stolen from a family’s home in North Carolina, only to be traded for a bottle of Mountain Dew.…