Medal of Honor Monday: Army Cpl. Jake Allex
Army Cpl. Jake Allex earned the Medal of Honor for extraordinary courage while leading his men forward under heavy fire during the Battle of Amiens in World War I.
Face of Defense: Marine Caps Full-Circle Journey With Instructor of Year Honor
Marine Corps Sgt. Kade Prentice, a course supervisor at the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit North Island in California, was named the CNATT domain’s Junior Instructor of the Year in fiscal year 2025.
Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Virginia, Part 2
Learn how three of Virginia’s seven delegates who signed the Declaration of Independence — Benjamin Harrison V, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Carter Braxton — helped shape America.
CPJ urges Tanzania to commit to press freedom at UN rights review
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tanzanian authorities to enact comprehensive reforms to support press freedom in a report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ahead of the country’s November 1 Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR is a peer review mechanism of the UNHRC, through which the human rights records […]
Airmen Participate in the World’s Largest Multiday March
Airmen walked in the 108th International Four Days Marches in Nijmegen, Netherlands, a long-standing, 100-mile event that brought together 47,000 participants, including 6,455 military members from 38 nations.
Medal of Honor Monday: Army Tech. Sgt. Ted Takayuki Tanouye
Army Tech. Sgt. Ted Takayuki Tanouye posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in western Italy during World War II.
Medal of Honor Monday: Army 2nd Lt. Robert Craig
Army 2nd Lt. Robert Craig was an infantryman during World War II. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in Sicily during Operation Husky in 1943.
Maintainers Work Quietly Behind Scenes Ensuring Global Power
Crew chiefs assigned to the Air National Guard’s 171st Air Refueling Wing, based near Pittsburgh, keep two aerial refueling flying squadrons of KC-135 Stratotanker refueling tanker aircraft mission ready.
Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Virginia, Part 1
Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father who drafted the Declaration of Independence and who doubled the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase while serving as the third president.
Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Delaware
The 56 delegates who signed the Declaration of Independence are all considered Founding Fathers; three — Thomas McKean, George Read and Caesar Rodney — represented Delaware.