Vietnam War conscientious objector falsified Silver Star award, defrauded VA
James Lyon, 80, admitted to submitting fraudulent documents to the VA, collecting over $124,000 in disability payments.
By Eve Sampson
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Where the Pentagon can’t go, a small nonprofit searches for America’s war dead
One nonprofit is working to help the U.S. military recover its war dead as the Pentagon's budget for that mission shrinks, The War Horse reports.
By Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse
Wild tale of ‘Pablo Eskobear’ & a paratrooper-turned-drug kingpin coming to big screen
Some stories are truly stranger than fiction.
By J.D. Simkins
SECDEF broadens cooperation with Vietnam amid growing tensions with China
Vietnam and the Philippines, Austin’s next stop, are among China’s fiercest opponents in the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Pentagon adding new China and tech chiefs
Ely Ratner is one of the latest of President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Pentagon to receive Senate approval.
By Joe Gould
Ailing vet’s visit to DC previews long-awaited return of Honor Flights
More than 750 veterans have died waiting for a chance to visit the nation's war memorials since Honor Flights were suspended in early 2020.
25 thoughts I had while watching ‘Independence Day’ for the first time
‘Independence Day’ premiered 25 years ago.
By Sarah Sicard
Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who read Pentagon Papers into Congressional Record, dies at 91
In 1971, Gravel led a one-man filibuster to protest the Vietnam-era draft and he read into the Congressional Record 4,100 pages of the leaked Pentagon Papers.
Calls grow to evacuate Afghans to Guam as US troops leave
Despite unusual bipartisan support in Congress for evacuation of Afghan interpreters and others who helped the U.S., the administration hasn’t agreed to such a move.
Supreme Court asked to review men-only draft registration law
The registration requirement in the Selective Service System is one of the few remaining places where federal law treats men and women differently.
Marine security guards in Vietnam save young boy from drowning
Two Marine sergeants were off-duty when they saw a crowded boat flip over in the river.
By Philip Athey