Trump Celebrates West Point Alumni Group Canceling Award Ceremony to Honor Tom Hanks
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump celebrated news on Monday that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor Tom Hanks, with the president calling the famous actor “destructive” and “WOKE.” Hanks was scheduled to receive the 2025 Sylvanus Thayer Award on Sept. 25, but the U.S. Military Academy’s alumni association […]
Alabama Military Base Redesignation Ceremony Set for This Week After Hegseth Orders Renaming
Fort Rucker is making its name change official Thursday – its second in two years’ time. An installation redesignation ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum at the newly-renamed Fort Rucker in Dale County. Only this time, the installation takes its name not from a Confederate figure but a World […]
Bragg to Liberty and Back Again: Ceremony to Rechristen Army Post Once Named for a Confederate
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty is set to an end Friday when the nation’s largest Army installation officially returns to its former name: Fort Bragg. Christened a century ago in honor of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, the post in North Carolina was renamed in 2023 amid a drive to remove symbols […]
Congress Honors Deceased Korean War Hero With Lying in Honor Ceremony
WASHINGTON — Congress gave one of its highest final tributes on Monday — a lying in honor ceremony at the Capitol — to Ralph Puckett Jr., who led an outnumbered company in battle during the Korean War and was the last surviving veteran of that war to receive the Medal of Honor. Puckett, who retired […]
Cobra Pilot Who Lifted Troops to Safety in Vietnam Is Awarded Medal of Honor at White House Ceremony
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday to Capt. Larry Taylor, a Vietnam War pilot who flew his attack helicopter into heavy enemy gunfire until he ran out of ammunition, then led a daring rescue of a small team of soldiers who had been left for dead. It was June 18, 1968. […]