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Watch Medal of Honor hero Kyle Carpenter celebrate his ‘Alive Day’ in this remarkable video

Kyle Carpenter, the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient, celebrated his 10th alive day with a moving video on Friday

Clint Lorance ordered me to kill Afghan civilians. I still live with that guilt today

'I am angry and let down that Clint Lorance is feted around like some hero, while the real heroes—Nick Carson,...

The forgotten soldiers behind Netflix’s ‘The Liberator’

The men of the 45th Infantry Division fought for each other, as all soldiers do, but they also fought for...

The best discounts for service members and veterans in 2020

We’ve scoured the depths of the internet to bring you the top military discounts through the end of 2020. From...

Your guide to accelerated citizenship

Since 2001, more than 129,000 foreign-born service members have become naturalized U.S. citizens, while serving in over 30 countries worldwide....

Half a century ago, this soldier escaped armed captors in Africa. He’s still fighting for the recognition many say he’s due

In 1965, Ron Dolecki was on a map-making mission for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Ethiopia when he...

Families like mine risked our lives for US troops abroad. Now America is abandoning us

After Iraq’s liberation when I was just a child, my family had begun aiding the U.S. military. Here's the story...

What not to say to a service member on Veterans Day

Veterans Day puts veterans and the military as a whole in the limelight and gives people, particularly those who may...

Celebrate Veterans Day by sending us your most moto boot photos

You're out now, wizened by time and experience, but let's take a moment to celebrate that time way back when...

Boots to Ballots: Registering Soldiers to Vote

Vote from anywhere including space

Voting by Absentee Ballot

Military spouses are the backbone of the military

The United States military is the finest fighting force in the world, ready to deploy anywhere within 48-hour notice. A...

What makes a military watch a military watch?

If anyone knows the importance of time, it’s a military service member. Formations, meetings, training events, combat synchronization — our...

‘Starship Troopers’ is off the Marine commandant’s reading list, but ‘White Donkey’ by Terminal Lance is in

There are so many good f--king books in here.

Meet the ‘Iron 9,’ the USS Gerald R. Ford’s all-female bridge watch section

All the deck department sailors assigned to the boatswain’s mates bridge watch teams on the USS Gerald R. Ford are...

David Bellavia and the Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sergeant David G. Bellavia speaks about his service and the relationship to Army Values

USS Cole bombing testimony

The explosion was sudden, violent, deafening, so intense that 8,500 tons of steel lifted out of the water and crashed...

From Mexico to the US Army, this recruiter excels at serving his adopted country

Staff Sgt. Roberto Morales, a recruiter for Superstition Recruiting Station, Tempe Recruiting Company, was born and raised in Mexico until...

One of the first women to earn a Ranger tab describes what it was like to lead Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s lying in state

One of the first women to complete the U.S. Army's Ranger School had the distinct honor of leading Justice Ruth...

Immigrant Guardsman helps community while activated for COVID-19 response

U.S. Army Spc. Juan Herrera, 142nd Area Support Medical Company combat medic, helped spearhead a grassroots effort to deliver food...

A former war refugee lives the American dream as a Reserve airman

As a result of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, an estimated 40,000 Bosnian refugees immigrated to St. Louis, Missouri, in the...

Are you ready for your next chapter? Think Nashville

For some veterans, the thought of leaving the service can be incredibly difficult. Many wonder if they’ll ‘make it’ on...

The lore of Uncle Wally leads a family from Bagram to Meuse-Argonne

Uncle Wally’s service had been family lore. And the monument—erected somewhere in a small town in France—loomed large in my...

A former Navy fighter pilot describes one of the most terrifying moments of his career

Fighter pilots who go through the U.S. Navy's elite air-combat training center commonly known as TOPGUN are among the best...