Vets groups, advocates rally in DC to urge the Senate to pass legislation to help veterans exposed to toxins

Comedian Jon Stewart joined veterans service organizations on urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would expand eligibility for health care and benefits to all veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins.

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Poppy wall helps visitors deepen understanding of sacrifice on Memorial Day

More than 645,000 poppy flowers — one for every American killed in combat since World War I — visualize the cost of war and the magnitude of the sacrifices made by fallen service members.

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For Memorial Day, telling the stories behind the gravestones

A volunteer project called Stories Behind the Stars aims to research every last U.S. soldier, sailor, airman and Marine who died in World War II and write a brief essay about each that can be pulled up on a smartphone app.

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Marine pilot receives Distinguished Flying Cross for safely landing after 2020 midair collision with F-35

Marine Capt. Michael Wolff, a KC-130J Super Hercules pilot, received the Distinguished Flying Cross at a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar for landing “successfully after losing two engines in flight.”

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Ukraine war volunteers are coming home, reckoning with difficult fight

Foreign fighters from the United States and elsewhere have described glaring disparities between what they expected the war in Ukraine to be like and what they experienced.

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Biden visits memorial to victims of Texas school shooting

President Joe Biden sought Sunday to comfort a city grieving the killings of 19 elementary school pupils and two teachers at the hands of a lone gunman.

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‘Fallen comrade’ from Korean War is finally home, with military funeral in Idaho

The four surviving siblings of Pfc. Kenneth Bridger, of the U.S. Army’s 7th Infantry Division, gathered on May 21 at Twin Falls Cemetery for a full military honors ceremony.

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LA Fleet Week service members repair vet’s house via Habitat for Humanity program

Crew members from the USS Essex and USS Portland — both in the Port of Los Angeles for the four-day LA Fleet Week — pitched in for the workdays, climbing ladders and wielding power washers and paint brushes.

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Justice Dept. to review response to Texas school shooting

The Justice Department said Sunday it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

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On its 100th birthday, the Lincoln Memorial still beckons a nation divided

One ordinary, epic day in the life of Washington’s most visited monument.

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Ukraine suffers on battlefield while pleading for US arms

Gloominiess descends on Ukraine as the war tide turns. “They’re just raining down metal on us,” said a soldier fresh from the front line where Russia is advancing.

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