Feb. 22, 2025 Department Tells Gold Star Families: We'll Find Loved Ones, Bring Them Home Some 380 Gold Star families attended a family member update to learn how the agency is proceeding in efforts to repatriate the remains of service members who never returned home from the Vietnam War, the Korean War or World War II.
July 8, 2024 U.S. Officials Agree NATO's Worth is Unquestionable For 75 years, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been a force for peace that stared down the Soviet Union, and now stands ready to defend all NATO territory from Russian aggression.
June 6, 2024 French Medal has extra special meaning for Reservist on the 80th anniversary of D-Day On the 79th anniversary of that historic day, Maj. Gen. Vanessa Dornhoefer, mobilization assistant to the Air Force’s deputy chief of logistics, engineering and force protection, received the French Médaille de la Défense nationale (National Defense Medal) from French Defense Attache Maj. Gen.
June 30, 2023 Milley Makes Case for Rules-Based Order, Deterrence in New Era The international rules-based order and the strategy of deterrence are ideas that undergird peace in our world and are worth defending, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Feb. 14, 2022 Fallen But Never Forgotten Forty-seven years after serving in World War II, a Marine Corps veteran aimed his sights on the task of building a National Iwo Jima Memorial in the heart of Connecticut.
Sept. 16, 2021 Defense Department Observes National POW/MIA Recognition Day National POW/MIA Recognition Day — which usually falls on the third Friday in September — was established in 1979 to honor those service members who were held captive and returned, as well as those who remain missing.
Nov. 11, 2020 Air Force releases “Red Tailed Angels” docuseries “The Red Tailed Angels” documentary series showcases the hardships, struggles and ultimately the successes of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Nov. 1, 2019 Air Force Academy names airfield in honor of Tuskegee hero His journey, marked by excellence and overcoming institutionalized racial barriers, was celebrated at the Air Force Academy, Nov. 1, during a ceremony to name its airfield in his honor.
Dec. 4, 2016 Pearl Harbor Survivors Receive Heroes' Welcome in Honolulu With cheers, tears and a water cannon salute, Hawaii veterans and residents welcomed Pearl Harbor survivors back to Oahu, 75 years after the surprise Japanese attack on the island.