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After 50 Years, Vietnam War Veteran Receives Purple Heart

Six Purple Heart medals against a red backdrop

An African American Vietnam War veteran has had his discharge status changed following work by students of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.…

Legislation Targets GI Bill Racial Inequalities

African American sailors walking before a superior

Democratic lawmakers are looking to revive an effort to pay the families of African American World War II veterans the benefits they were denied or prevented…

Sailor Rescues Marine from Rip Current in Okinawa

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AEAN Ian Olney standing on a beach in uniform

A US Navy sailor is being credited with saving the life of a US Marine who became caught in a strong rip current at a…

Channing Tatum, Tom Hardy to Star in Movie About the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Channing Tatum wearing a suit + US Soldier standing behind barbed wire + Tom Hardy wearing a suit

Universal Pictures has announced it’s purchased an untitled pitch from writer and producer George Nolfi. The yet-to-be-written production will cover the days leading up to…

The Sun Perfectly Shines Through This Memorial on Veterans Day

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Side view of the Anthem Veterans Memorial

At precisely 11:11 A.M. MST each Veterans Day, the sun shines through a veterans memorial in Anthem, Arizona. The monument is dedicated to those who…

Metallurgist Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Steel-Test Results for US Navy Submarines

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USS Lafayette at sea

A retired metallurgist charged with testing the strength of the steel used to construct the hulls of US Navy submarines has admitted to falsifying over…

Obscure Military Ranks That No Longer Exist

Little boy looking up at a Royal Marine drum major + Military portrait of Winston Churchill

As the name implies, military ranks are a means of identifying service member’s positions within the military hierarchy; a rank indicates a person’s authority, position,…

Air Force Introduces Space Weather Training

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US Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles McDaniel and Col. Chance Geray using large scissors to cut a blue ribbon

The United States Air Force has announced a new training course, aimed at maximizing the country’s land, space and air power. Titled the Space Weather…

Montana Army National Guard Soldier Becomes First Woman to Graduate From the US Army’s Sniper School

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Students at the US Army Sniper School lying on their stomachs

A Montana Army National Guard soldier has become the first ever woman to graduate from the US Army’s seven-week Sniper Course at Fort Benning, Georgia.…

U.S. Navy Conducts Missile Tests In the Persian Gulf

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The US Navy has revealed it conducted a live-fire exercise with the MK-60 Griffin guided-missile system between November 4 and 6, 2021. According to the…

Sailor Killed During Attack on Pearl Harbor Laid to Rest

Naval portrait of Keefe Connolly + USS Oklahoma surrounded by smoke

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers ordered flags across the state be lowered to half-staff on November 8, 2021 in memory of Navy Hospital Apprentice First Class…

US Navy Launches Ship Named For Gay Rights Leader Harvey Milk

USNS Harvey Milk at port

The United States Navy has unveiled its new 742-foot fleet replenishment oiler ship in San Diego, California. It’s named for the late Harvey Milk, an…