Year: 2020

WILMINGTON — History often remembers war as a man’s duty to his country. The heroics of men from all corners of the United States are rightfully preserved in newsreels, history books and oral recollections of […]

Arlington National Cemetery will remain closed to the general public through the Memorial Day weekend with restricted access allowed only to family pass holders, officials said Friday. The family members of those interred at the […]

The U.S. Army recently announced that fewer than half of the 4,500 officers who would have been scheduled to move into new assignments this winter will be allowed to do so in an effort to […]

The San Diego-based hospital ship Mercy will return to its home port Friday after seven weeks in Los Angeles assisting with patients during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Northern Command said. Mercy will leave the […]

RICHMOND, Ky. — A stockpile of Cold War-era projectiles carrying a deadly nerve agent has been destroyed in Kentucky, the first project of a new chemical weapons destruction plant to be completed. Officials at the […]

Seven retired generals have called on Congress to boost funding for national parks, which they say can serve as spaces for “post-pandemic healing” of veterans under stress. “The connection between military veterans and our nation’s […]

The head of Special Operations Command’s helicopter programs is counting on the conventional Army‘s Future Vertical Lift effort to replace SOCOM’s MH-60 Sea Hawk fleet. But he’s not sure it will work as an alternative […]

This article by James Clarke originally appeared on Task & Purpose, a digital news and culture publication dedicated to military and veterans issues.  Nine years ago Will Chesney got an unexpected call: He was to grab his […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing growing criticism, the Department of Veterans Affairs said Friday that it will not halt use of an unproven malaria drug on veterans with COVID-19 but that fewer of its patients are […]