President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, the first Black soldier to be honored for service during the wars following 9/11.

Fort A.P. Hill was redesignated in 2023 as Fort Walker, in honor of the Civil War-era Medal of Honor recipient Dr. Mary E. Walker. The base will once again be Fort A.P. Hill following an order by ...

During the Vietnam War, Al Michaels, 82, was one of approximately 3,400 Dustoff helicopter crew members responsible for evacuating around 900,000 soldiers and civilians.

To allow McCloughan to be awarded the medal, members of Congress, including former U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Ted Cruz of Texas, worked together to pass the statutory changes.

Defense Secretary Hegseth announces Navy oil tanker renaming from gay rights leader Harvey Milk to Medal of Honor recipient Oscar V. Peterson to take "politics out of ship naming." ...

(U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON — A Navy replenishment ship that previously honored a gay rights icon will be renamed to recognize a Navy chief who received the Medal of Honor, the Pentagon announced Friday.

President Joe Biden noted at a Dec. 16, 2021, White House ceremony that Cashe’s family had been waiting 16 years for the moment when he would finally be awarded the Medal of Honor, and Biden ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the decision was “taking the politics out of ship naming.” The vessel will be renamed for Oscar V. Peterson, a Medal of Honor recipient.

Vietnam War veteran Jim McCloughan, a Medal of Honor recipient, to speak at the Army's 250th birthday ball in Detroit. Years later, the Army medic and coach received a letter from a stranger that ...