News

As a child in Baghdad, he watched US Marines on patrol. Now he’ll make Marines as a drill instructor
Jun 17, 2021 12:13 PM
News
‘The Army has a transparency problem’ — Inside the Army’s failure to communicate
Jun 17, 2021 11:42 AM
News
Navy reading list becomes latest battle in the ‘woke military’ war
Jun 17, 2021 8:46 AM
News
Review: How the Victorinox Swiss Army Rescue Tool could save your life
Jun 17, 2021 8:35 AM
Reviews
Duct tape keeps the military going. What have you fixed with it?
Jun 16, 2021 1:30 PM
Culture
The unfortunate truth of why we’ll never have space marines, according to science or whatever
Jun 16, 2021 9:27 AM
Culture
Review: the CRKT Pryma multitool is a solution in search of a problem
Jun 16, 2021 9:27 AM
Reviews
The myth of the ‘dangerous veteran’ with PTSD isn’t going away, new survey shows
Jun 16, 2021 8:27 AM
News
These Oakley sunglasses are a $215 GWOT participation trophy, and they used the wrong ribbon
Jun 15, 2021 1:51 PM
Culture
The US Army beat every other service in losing track of weapons over the past decade
Jun 15, 2021 12:28 PM
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Featured in Unsung Heroes

By Jun 9, 2021
Air Force

Air Force’s last serving prisoner of war, shot down in Desert Storm, retires after 33 years

“I don’t regret going over there, fighting and getting shot down ... That’s what I took an oath to do.”
By May 24, 2021
News

This Coast Guardsman helped pick up a flaming car with his bare hands and dragged 3 people to safety

What a badass.
By May 20, 2021
News

The Navy’s most decorated Corpsman has retired 18 years after running through gunfire to save 5 Marines

“The job of a Corpsman is to go through hell and back for your Marines.”
By May 11, 2021
News

This airman went in search of caffeine at 3 a.m. He ended up saving a life instead

"They said, 'you know what I'm not ok, I'm not good,' and then they just collapsed on the ground."
By May 8, 2021
History

This Medal of Honor recipient crashed his plane on purpose to get to his downed wingman

What he did that day had never been attempted before, and has never been repeated since.
By Apr 28, 2021
News

This Air Force PJ heroically treated 7 teammates wounded by a massive explosion in Afghanistan

“There were so many things covered in fuel and burning. It looked apocalyptic.”
By Apr 22, 2021
Unsung Heroes

The heroic last stand of 2 Marines in Ramadi

Their final stand and sacrifice all took place in a matter of seconds.
By Apr 6, 2021
Immigration Rundown

Three immigrants who earned the US military’s highest award for combat bravery

As Alfred V. Rascon fought through a rain of grenades, gunfire, and mortars in a heavily engaged firefight, neither Rascon...
By Mar 18, 2021
News

‘I reacted on instinct’ — How a Marine rescued a child from drowning in a brutal rip current

"A true hero."
By Mar 8, 2021
Unsung Heroes

We salute Maj. Dick Bong, for obvious reasons

Legend.
By Feb 18, 2021
History

How a homeless orphan from Florida earned the Medal of Honor in Vietnam

"Sims made the greatest sacrifice a soldier can make … and no mark of tribute can be too great.”
By Feb 17, 2021
Culture

We salute the Army’s first Black Ranger instructor who became a legendary neighborhood crime-fighter

"If you watched his body language ... you would get the message, 'I'm not the one to mess with.'"
By Jan 8, 2021
Culture

Here’s the fascinating story behind this Army paramedic’s distinct flight mask

“Sgt. Boxx is perhaps the most qualified medic I’ve ever seen."
By Jan 8, 2021
Unsung Heroes

He spent three years as a POW during WWII. Now he’s finally being recognized for his heroism

"He truly represents members of the greatest generation, who did so much but asked so little from their country."
By Jan 5, 2021
News

When a stranger was hit by a car this Army medic ran to his aid and never left his side

"This is what we do."
By Dec 30, 2020
Community

‘I don’t think I’m special’ says Marine who rescued a baby from a burning car

"I was like 'I need to help her get her baby out of the car."
By Dec 30, 2020
News

‘I knew I needed to do something’ — Airman awarded for braving rocket fire to treat wounded during Camp Taji attack

"Everyone was scared, but we don't leave each other behind, I did all I could do."
By Dec 30, 2020
News

Special Forces doctor awarded for saving lives despite his own injuries following a motorcycle accident

"I'm sorry for bleeding on you, Doc."
By Dec 19, 2020
News

We salute the Marine Corps infantryman who rescued an infant from a burning car

"I'm not a firefighter, but Marines are prepared to react to contact all the time."
By Dec 5, 2020
News

Trump signs law authorizing Medal of Honor to Alwyn Cashe for heroic vehicle rescue in Iraq

“You don’t often find truly selfless sacrifice where someone put his soldiers’ welfare before his own."
By Nov 29, 2020
News

We salute this heroic military working dog for taking out the gunman who pinned his team down during a fierce firefight

A British military working dog who risked life and limb to take out an enemy gunman pouring fire on his...
By Nov 25, 2020
Unsung Heroes

We salute these Marines for saving the life of a woman trapped underneath a car

'Marines run to the sound of the guns, so it didn’t surprise me at all that the Marines were there'
By Nov 12, 2020
Unsung Heroes

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...
By Nov 3, 2020
Unsung Heroes

Air Force pararescueman awarded Silver Star for risking his life to save his teammates during Afghanistan firefight

"That is heroism. That is what today is about.”
By Oct 30, 2020
Unsung Heroes

US special operations forces behind al-Baghdadi raid awarded Presidential Unit Citation

President Donald Trump presented a Presidential Unit Citation to the U.S. special operations forces involved in the raid took out...