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A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a Silver Star Medal to a Medal of Honor for a recon Marine who fought through severe injuries while under attack on a mission in the jungles of Vietnam in 1967. Retired Maj. Jim Capers received the Silver Star in 2010 for those actions, but supporters believe his valor deserves the nation’s highest military honor. House Resolution 3377, sponsore...[Read More]

A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a Silver Star Medal to a Medal of Honor for a recon Marine who fought through severe injuries while under attack on a mission in the jungles of Vietnam in 1967. Retired Maj. Jim Capers received the Silver Star in 2010 for those actions, but supporters believe his valor deserves the nation’s highest military honor. House Resolution 3377, sponsore...[Read More]

LGBTQ advocates are urging lawmakers to vote against the annual defense authorization bill because of language barring military health care from providing specialized care for minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria. But most other controversial social issues have already been stripped from the must-pass defense budget measure, which includes a massive pay raise for junior enlisted troops and a hos...[Read More]

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) conducted a Command Post Exercise (CPX) at Naval Medical Center San Diego, October 29-31, as part of Exercise Keen Sword 25, highlighting Navy Medicine’s readiness and expeditionary medical capabilities.

On Sept. 15, 1944, the 31st U.S. Infantry Division landed on the southwestern beach on the island of Morotai, Indonesia, which was deemed necessary as a base to support the upcoming campaign in the Philippines. This step across the South Pacific was garrisoned by only 500 Japanese soldiers and was virtually taken without a fight. In contrast, the nearby island of Halmahera had 37,000 Japanese troo...[Read More]

Editors Note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. It was horrifying every time it happened, every time Kylie Briest’s father choked on his food and started to turn blue, every time her mom, Jenny, sprang out of her own dinner chair to attempt the Heimlich maneuver on her ...[Read More]

Making a Qatar-gifted Boeing 747 secure enough to serve as a presidential aircraft will require “significant modifications,” Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers Tuesday. Meink said in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that the Air Force is now looking at what it will take to adapt the 747 aircraft, which the Qatar royal family is offering to the Trump administration, into an Air ...[Read More]

The Mexican navy said that an academy training vessel was damaged in an accident with the Brooklyn Bridge.

NORFOLK, Va – Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) is exploring the use of virtual reality (VR) technology to enhance training for suicide prevention and sexual assault prevention. The training immerses Sailors in realistic, interactive training scenarios designed to improve their response to these critical issues.