88-Year-Old Veteran Receives His High School Diploma After 70 Years
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Vince Golembiowski had to leave high school at 17 to serve the in Korean War, so he never had the chance to graduate. He never expected that 70 years later his dream of graduating would become a reality.
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Veteran Celebrates His 100th Birthday By Skydiving For The First Time
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Being a century-old doesn't seem to be stopping him from much.
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Cashier with Autism Steps Up to Help Veteran Who Couldn’t Pay His Full Grocery Bill
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The elderly veteran used a $25 Market Basket gift card to pay for most of his groceries but had come up about $3 short of his total.
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Hell Near the DMZ: A Medal of Honor Story
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Lcpl. Richard Pittman moved into the heat of the battle to help because "that's what Marines do."
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New Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier to Be Named for Mess Attendant 1st Class Doris Miller
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We are proud to remember his name and his story here, precisely because he models "everything that is good [and noble] about our nation."
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Medal of Honor Recipient
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Theodore Junior was a great leader and hero in both WWI and WWII.
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The Navy Has Made History Again: First Female SWCC
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The SWCC training program has a 60-65% attrition rate. Only about a third of the people who enter it will make it to graduation.
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A Soldier Who Understands The Real Meaning of The Oath We Take
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"That's the reason I wear the uniform. So anyone can live free in this country."
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Air Force Academy Cadet Donates 19-Inch Afro and Fundraises $39,000 for Kids with Cancer
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Kieran Moïse has been growing his Afro for the past six years. The impressive hairstyle stands tall and...
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Samuel L. Felton, Jr., Navy Cross Recipient
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Samuel Felton, Jr., was a man for others in every sense of the word.
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