Vietnam veteran Larry Taylor tries to hold back tears as President Joe Biden places the Medal of Honor around his neck during a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.
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- NEW: More than 800 LGBTQ+ veterans kicked out of the military for their sexuality under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy will have their honor restored.
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- Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) spell out "Hi Mom!!" on the flight deck of the ship in celebration of Mother's Day 2021. (Photo by @USNavy)
- A 92-year-old woman has been buried in Nebraska with British military honors for a secret that she held for decades: her World War II service as a codebreaker of German intelligence communications stripes.com/wwii-codebreak…
- K-pop star serving with US Army wins Best Warrior competition in South Korea
- Hundreds were pictured in the gathering in the aircraft carrier’s hangar deck and many chanted Capt. Brett Crozier’s name. stripes.com/news/us/captai…
- Robert Persichitti, a 102-year-old World War II, veteran died Friday while en route to France to take part in the remembrances planned for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. The legacy he leaves behind:
- Herschel Walker boasts of his charity work helping members of the military through a program he created, called Patriot Support. But court filings and company documents show Walker did not found the program. It's also not a charity. stripes.com/theaters/us/20…
- The National Guard’s report of "armed militia" out "hunting FEMA" prompts the relocation of North Carolina hurricane recovery officials.
- Richard Overton, the oldest-living veteran, was born on May 11, 1906, the same year as the first wireless radio broadcast, and a year before Oklahoma became a state. He died Thursday at the age of 112. stripes.com/news/us/richar…
- #OPINION | Pete Hegseth leading the Defense Department is unorthodox, but in many ways is a direct result of President-elect Donald Trump’s regular messaging and campaign promises. If Hegseth can navigate the nomination process, a gauntlet made up of naysayers hell-bent on
- Here's our Stars and Stripes front page from June 6, 1944. Today is the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings.
- U.S. Army leaders rallied around a soldier featured in a recruitment video clip that Sen. Ted Cruz mocked as representative of an “emasculated military.” stripes.com/news/army/army…
