Military Families May 3, 2016 Chris Kyle’s widow appeals $1.8 million defamation award to Jesse Ventura Attorneys for Taya Kyle have asked a federal appeals court judge to toss a lower court’s $1.8 million defamation judgment awarded to Jesse Ventura.
Honors May 3, 2016 This Army captain is getting the Medal of Honor for tackling a suicide bomber The Army’s newest Medal of Honor recipient will be retired Capt. Florent “Flo” Groberg from the 4th Infantry Division.
Air Force May 3, 2016 Air Force reactivates World War II-era bomb group The Air Force Reserve reactivated a World War II-era bomb group and its associated elements during a Saturday ceremony at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, according to KTXS.
Honors May 3, 2016 4 Civil War soldiers receive proper burial in Colorado cemetery Gravestones have been dedicated to four Civil War soldiers who had been buried in unmarked graves at Roselawn Cemetery in Pueblo and went unidentified for more than a century.
Honors May 3, 2016 Mississippi burial set for US soldier killed in Korean War The remains of an American soldier who fought in the Korean War have been identified and will be buried near his parents in his north Mississippi hometown.
MILITARY May 3, 2016 The only ship left in the US Navy that has sunk an enemy ship is 217 years old The only ship left in the U.S. Navy fleet that has sunk an enemy vessel is made of wood.
Military Families May 3, 2016 Medal of Honor recipient, 91, works to expand monuments for Gold Star families For 91-year-old Medal of Honor recipient Hershel "Woody" Williams, the idea of building monuments to honor families of the fallen came some 70 years ago, when a plane carrying his closest childhood friend and Air Force serviceman disappeared over an Indian jungle during World War II -- never to be found.
Military Families May 3, 2016 World War II memorial to two veterans washes up on New Jersey shore A World War II memorial washed up on the New Jersey shore this summer and now officials are scrambling to find the owner.
TERROR May 3, 2016 Army chaplain from Texas wins national prize to deliver 9/11 sermon at chapel by ground zero An Army chaplain has won a national prize for an original sermon he'll be delivering on Sept. 11 at a chapel near ground zero.
Veterans May 3, 2016 Lester K. Metz, fought during D-Day, dead at 98 Lester K. Metz, an army veteran who took part in the D-Day invasion and later worked as a rocket powder manufacturer, died Sunday in his Salt Lake City home, his family told the Associated Press. He was 98.
Honors May 3, 2016 Colo. school district won't allow high school football team to honor fallen soldiers on jerseys A school district in Colorado denied a high school football team's request to honor the military by wearing the names of fallen service members on the back of their jerseys, saying it would open the door to similar requests from other causes.