The military-wide review of more than 1,300 valor decorations awarded since 9/11 continues to pay dividends by recognizing the nation’s heroes for their incredible courage on the battlefield.
Staff Sgt. Christopher Lewis was attached to a platoon of Navy SEALs as a joint terminal attack controller escorting more than 300 Kurdish peshmerga forces.
Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein says sequestration would be worst case scenario for the service, but a long-term continuing resolution would also have serious implications.
A 23-year veteran of the U.S. military now serving as the top enlisted leader of the New York Army and Air National Guard is the first woman to hold the position.
Interviews with local villagers have cast a disturbing story of U.S. troops outnumbered, outgunned and alone the night a force of nearly 200 enemy forces launched a well-coordinated attack using trucks, motorbikes and heavy weapons.