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‘High-G maneuvers’ amid enemy missiles earn USAF pilot Silver Star

An Air Force squadron commander who led a history-making deployment to the Middle East was presented with the military’s third-highest combat award.

By Hope Hodge Seck

4 weeks ago

Opinion

Valor may not expire, but award recognition should have limits

Opinion: The Valor Has No Expiration Act ignores why limitations on valor awards like the Medal of Honor matter.

By Dwight S. Mears

6 months ago

Marine gets highest noncombat award for acts in fatal Osprey crash

The captain bravely ushered about two dozen Marines to safety from the burning aircraft.

10 months ago

A Marine’s legacy as first Puerto Rican Medal of Honor recipient

Pfc. Fernando Garcia is the only Puerto Rican Marine to have received the award.

By Jon Guttman

12 months ago

Tom Cruise awarded top Navy honor for military movie roles

Cruise was awarded the U.S. Navy’s top civilian honor for “outstanding contributions to the Navy and the Marine Corps” with “Top Gun” and other films.

12 months ago

First-ever children’s museum on a military base gets top service award

Other nonprofit winners range from musicians performing at veterans' bedsides, to volunteers bringing delivering groceries to military families.

By Karen Jowers

14 months ago