Honors - Page 15

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 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 26, 2019

Pearl Harbor Survivors Association holds final meeting in San Diego: report

The San Diego chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, one of the largest in the nation, held its final meeting on Saturday with only seven service members in attendance, according to a report.

September 15, 2019

Pearl Harbor sailors laid to rest on same day in NJ, Kansas 78 years after 1941 attack

The remains of two U.S. military veterans who were killed in Pearl Harbor on the same day in 1941 have finally been laid to rest — also on the same day, nearly 78 years later.

September 13, 2019

Lauren Bruner, one of last survivors of USS Arizona, dies at 98

Lauren Bruner, one of the last four survivors of the attack on the USS Arizona by Japanese planes on Dec. 7, 1941, died Tuesday in California. He was 98.

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. 

September 3, 2019

First female US Airman earns Ranger tab

An Air Force officer recently became the first female of her branch to earn a Ranger tab, joining nearly 300 other Ranger-qualified Airmen.

August 20, 2019

Teen honors father killed in Afghanistan with special graduation photos

A Nebraska teen who was just a kid when her father died from an IED explosion in Afghanistan more than a decade ago found a way to honor him in her high school graduation pictures. 

August 19, 2019

USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor on track for reopening, as Navy volunteers help to clean up iconic site

An iconic site in Hawaii that's been closed for more than a year is on track to reopen sometime this fall and a group of Navy volunteers are making sure the USS Arizona Memorial will look it's best when visitors step on board again.