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VA extends education benefits by a year for more than a million veterans
Benefits & Pay

VA extends education benefits by a year for more than a million veterans

Veterans who served multiple enlistments can now get as much as 48 months of educational support from two GI bills.

An Army CID rewards flyer with pictures of Humvee doors and big text reading $10,000 reward.
Army

Army CID offers $10,000 reward for stolen HMMWV doors that no one likes

Several Humvee doors have inexplicably gone missing at Fort Liberty. Now Army investigators are hoping a large reward can uncover them.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Alec Blackmon with the 802nd Security Forces Squadron stands outside a gate at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in June 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brian Boisvert)
News

Security tightened at military bases following New Orleans, Las Vegas attacks

U.S. Northern Command suspended the Trusted Traveler Program for all bases in its area of responsibility and ordered 100% identification checks.

Special Forces soldier behind Las Vegas bombing said he carried ‘burden’ of lost friends
Army

Special Forces soldier behind Las Vegas bombing said he carried ‘burden’ of lost friends

The FBI said that Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger wrote in a letter: "I needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.”

Actor Denis Leary's new character Col. Patrick Quinn is based on Gen. George S. Patton, with a comedic twist.
Entertainment

Denis Leary based his new military character on a lifelong interest in Gen. George Patton

Denis Leary has long studied Gen. Patton and wanted to bring a comedic twist to the veteran’s “sort of vanity,” “ego,” and “that sort of self-importance” as a reference point.

A company marches across regiment on a cool and foggy evening at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, NJ, Dec. 10, 2024. As they approach graduation, senior companies may be given occasional opportunities to march in formation without the guidance of a company commander. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer Third Class Christopher Biggs)
The Pentagon Rundown

Conspiracy theories about suspects’ military service run rampant after New Year’s Day violence

Investigators suspect that an Army veteran drove a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans. Separately, a Green Beret is the suspect in a truck explosion in Las Vegas.

A composite of two men in military uniform. Both are wearing hats.
Army

These 2 soldiers will receive the Medal of Honor for their heroism in Vietnam

Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David and Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. will receive the Medal of Honor. Nelson’s award will be posthumous.

A composite of five men in military uniform. One is in color the rest are black and white photographs.
Army

Five Korean War vets to receive Medal of Honor including Fort Cavazos namesake

Five Korean War veterans, including Gen. Richard E. Cavazos will be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously Jan. 3, 2025.

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Army

Driver of Cybertruck in Las Vegas explosion was a Special Forces soldier, Army confirms

Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, an active duty Green Beret for almost 20 years, shot himself just before the truck exploded outside a Trump hotel, police said.

New Orleans attack
Army

Here is the military service record for the New Orleans attack suspect

Shamsud-Din Jabbar served in the U.S. Army between 2007 to 2020, after briefly being in the Navy's delayed entry program, but he never went to Navy boot camp.

U.S. Marine Corps Raiders with 3rd Marine Raider Battalion take a break during training at Eglin Range, Fla., May 22, 2018. The 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Operations Support Joint Office coordinates two-week training programs for U.S. Army, Navy and Marine special operations forces that provides live-fire ranges and familiarizes them with Air Force Special Operations Command assets to ensure global readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)
Marine Corps

Drinking conviction against 2 members of ‘MARSOC 3’ overturned, ending yearslong case

The only felony conviction against Gunnery Sgts. Daniel Draher and Joshua Negron — drinking while deployed — has been overturned, putting a legal end to the case of the death of a former Green Beret six years ago in Iraq.

jetpack light mobility system
History

The Army once hoped jetpacks could give soldiers the edge in combat

In the late 1950s the U.S. Army began thinking that soldiers flying over battlefields was the way of the future.

A F/A-18 fighter jet takes off from the deck of an aircraft carrier, smoke and steam trailing behind it.
Navy

US Navy carries out strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen

These are the first major strikes since the Navy accidentally shot down its own F/A-18F fighter jet on Dec. 22.

US Troops Deployed To Iraq
National Guard

National Guard soldier dies in Iraq in ‘non-combat’ incident

Capt. Eric Richard Hart, 34, with the 38th Infantry Division of the Indiana Army National Guard, was deployed as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Black and white photo showing several American soldiers in the snow, a church behind them.
World War I

When Americans spent Christmas and New Year’s freezing in Russia

As World War I ended, thousands of American troops were fighting in the early stages of Russia’s civil war.

President Jimmy Carter, in a dark suit, with an American flag behind him
News

President Jimmy Carter, Navy veteran and humanitarian, dies at 100

The 39th president died "peacefully" on Dec. 29, his family said.

William Anders' "Earthrise." (photo courtesy NASA)
History

The Air Force once proposed bombing Earth from the Moon

Members of the 8th Maintenance Squadron at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea work on an F-16 during an exercise in 2013. ((U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Fowler)
Benefits & Pay

Air Force expands the number of skilled jobs up for retention bonuses

The Air Force is hoping large amounts of cash can help it hold onto airmen whose specialized talents are in demand.

An older man shakes hands with a man in military uniform.
World War II

Pearl Harbor survivor and last living crewmember of the USS Utah dies at 105

Rear Admiral. Joseph Buzzella (right) pins the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal on Lt. Cmdr. Jacob Conrad during an award ceremony at Air Station San Francisco on Dec. 12, 2024. During the ceremony, Lt. Cmdr. Jacob Conrad was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal for his actions during a search and rescue case on Dec. 30, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Hunter Schnabel)
Coast Guard

Coast Guard pilot receives top flying honor for helicopter rescue

Lt. Cmdr. Jacob Conrad and his crew braved bad weather and mechanical issues to save four people.