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Airmen can nab awards, faster promotions for referring new recruits
The Air Force is entering the crucial summer push to hit its enlistment goals by the end of the fiscal year.
National Defense Service Medal won’t be awarded after December
The National Defense Service Medal is going into retirement on Dec. 31.
Korean War hero to receive Medal of Honor this week
The ceremony for retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett will be held May 21 at the White House.
A 99-year-old World War II veteran finally gets his medals
Soldier served in Allied invasion of Italy.
By Todd South
Iraq War hero Alwyn Cashe should get Medal of Honor, Esper says
Cashe died after suffering severe injuries while pulling fellow soldiers out of a burning vehicle after an ambush in Iraq in 2005.
Rescue swimmer awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for swimming through hell to rescue 59 others
He swam at night through 80 knot winds, ripped through a roof without the aid of a chainsaw and was repeatedly hoisted more than 100 feet into the air while battling turbulence and dangerous power lines around him as he aided in the rescue of 59 others in Houston, Texas, as Hurricane Harvey battered the area in August 2017.
By Shawn Snow
They ‘weren’t going to get beat that day’ — the Medal of Honor recipients who held COP Keating against all odds
It was the first time a single engagement resulted in two Medals of Honor since the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
By Jon Simkins
Isleta Pueblo members receive lost Vietnam War decorations
Both men say they rarely thought about their missing medals until family members asked about them.
Navy CNO takes over Gallagher court-martial amid controversy
"Any previous post-trial action has been rescinded,” read a statement emailed to Navy Times by the Pentagon.
By Carl Prine
Medal of Honor announced for soldier who fought through three floors of insurgents in Fallujah
During the battle, Bellavia single-handedly killed multiple insurgents, including one during hand-to-hand combat.
By Kyle Rempfer
B-1 crew awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for heroic response to fire, ejection seat failure
With the plane on fire, an ejection seat failure trapped one of the airmen — so the crew fought to bring the stricken plane to the ground together.
By Tara Copp, AP