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November 1, 2019

Navy vet donates Gold Star families' stories of fallen service members to Library of Congress

Navy veteran Keith Sherman made a special delivery on Friday to the Library of Congress, where he donated more than 50 stories of Gold Star families that he spent the past year and a half documenting across the country.

November 1, 2019

West Point honors Army captain for actions in Afghanistan

Capt. Lindsay Gordon Heisler was recently recognized by her alma mater, West Point, for her bravery while deployed to Afghanistan in 2015 as an Apache pilot.

October 31, 2019

Medal of Honor recipients are inspiring students with lessons on patriotism, sacrifice

The Medal of Honor Character Development Program has taught students about courage, integrity, commitment, sacrifice, citizenship and patriotism.

October 30, 2019

President Trump presents Medal of Honor to Green Beret for 2008 Afghanistan heroics

President Trump awarded the highest military honor on Wednesday evening to an Army Green Beret who fought his way up a frozen mountain in Afghanistan to help rescue wounded comrades during a mission to kill or capture a terrorist leader.

October 30, 2019

War dog in Baghdadi raid, other military pooches are specially trained from birth to serve alongside troops

Amid a U.S. military operation shrouded in mystery, the brightest spotlight has shone on the K-9 injured in the mission to take out ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, with the very good boy emerging as the tail-wagging totem of a very good mission and earning praise from no less than President Trump.

October 19, 2019

Soldier who amputated leg to save tank crew: 'It's the best thing that's ever happened to me'

It's not often you hear someone who lost their leg say it's the best thing to ever happen to them. But that's how Army Spec. Ezra Maes feels today.

October 17, 2019

US Marine critically wounded after jumping on grenade has message for Americans: 'You are worth it'

Retired Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter reflected on his time serving in Afghanistan and discussed how he turned his injury into opportunity in his new memoir, "You Are Worth It."

September 10, 2019

Benghazi hero Kris 'Tanto' Paronto shares lessons learned from 2012 terror attack

"I realized I need to try and start helping people with this story and bring people together rather than push them apart.”

September 8, 2019

Two sisters make Army history after both attain general's rank

For the first time in the US Army's 244 year history, two sisters have attained the rank of general.

September 5, 2019

Navy veteran traveling across US to collect stories of fallen service members from Gold Star families

Keith Sherman served in the U.S. Navy for 26 years and retired in October as a senior chief petty officer. His new mission: telling the stories of fallen service members through the voices of Gold Star families, those who have lost loved ones through military service. For them, “the grief never ends,” Sherman said.