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December 21, 2018

Military contractor KBR files brief with Supreme Court in attempt to nix burn pit review

Military contractor Kellogg, Brown, and Root has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to throw out multiple lawsuits filed by veterans who say they were made sick from Burn Pits the company used for waste disposal on bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

December 20, 2018

Family of Utah mayor killed in Afghanistan gets mortgage paid off

The family of a Utah Army National Guard major who was killed in Afghanistan last month received an early Christmas present when a charity honoring a firefighter who died in the 9/11 attacks paid off their mortgage.

December 20, 2018

Triple-amputee Air Force veteran on mission to raise $1B for US-Mexico border wall

A triple amputee veteran says he was inspired to launch a GoFundMe page for President Donald Trump’s border wall after reading a New York Post article that questioned why no one had taken up the mantle.

December 19, 2018

Sully, President Bush's service dog, trains for work at Walter Reed

"Sully" — President George H.W. Bush's service dog — has temporarily moved back to his birthplace before heading to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center next year.

December 19, 2018

Nation's oldest living veteran, 112, expected to be released from hospital, family says

America's oldest military veteran, at 112 years old, is expected to be released Wednesday after being hospitalized last week in Austin, Texas, his family said. 

December 17, 2018

Veteran who was shot 13 times in Iraq walks across stage, graduates from Middle Tennessee State University

An Army veteran who survived being shot 13 times while serving in Iraq was able to walk across the stage at Middle Tennessee State University on Saturday, thanks to the help from an on-campus organization.

December 16, 2018

'Wreaths Across America' honors fallen vets at hundreds of locations in the US

At hundreds of ceremonies around the country, people gathered to honor those who served and lost their lives in America's wars.

December 15, 2018

Trump joins Wreaths Across America in laying wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

President Trump paid a Saturday visit to Arlington National Cemetery, where thousands of volunteers had just taken part in the rain in the annual holiday wreath-laying tribute to those who served—and died-- in America’s wars.

December 10, 2018

Balangiga bells returned to Philippines by US more than a century later

Three war-trophy church bells seized by U.S. troops more than a century ago were returned to the Philippines Tuesday morning. Two of the Bells of Balangiga, pictured, were at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the third was with the U.S. Army in South Korea.

December 8, 2018

Wilfred DeFour, Tuskegee Airman during World War II, dies at 100

One of the first African-American military aviators, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen, in World War II died Saturday from apparent natural causes in his New York City apartment. He was 100.