An Alaska Veteran Is Finally Getting His Benefits — 78 Years After the 103-Year-Old Was Discharged

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 103-year-old World War II veteran who’s been paying his medical bills out-of-pocket is finally getting his veterans benefits from the U.S. government after 78 years. Louis Gigliotti’s caretaker says the former U.S. Army medical technician has a card from the Veteran Administration but he never realized he could use his status […]
Lewiston Commission Finally Interviews Army Social Worker, Finds She Had No Contact with Shooter

The state commission investigating the Lewiston mass shooting finally succeeded in interviewing an Army social worker, but Thursday’s hearing quickly revealed that she had little to nothing to do with the case. Patricia Moloney, a contracted civilian medical professional who helps run the Army Reserve’s psychological health program, told the commission she received a call […]
A Black Medic Wounded on D-Day Saved Dozens of Lives. He's Finally Being Posthumously Honored

WASHINGTON — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of the heroism and determination he showed treating troops under heavy enemy fire. The announcement was […]
Air Force's New Physical Training Uniform Finally Set to Hit Exchange Store Shelves this Summer

Airmen at basic military training have finally started to receive new physical training clothes, nearly two years after they were promised to service members. Sarah Fiocco, an Air Force spokesperson, told Military.com on Thursday that airmen at basic training began receiving the remodeled physical training clothes last month. Chris Ward, a spokesman for the Army […]
The Army Has Finally Fielded Its Next Generation Squad Weapons

The Army has officially fielded its brand-new Next Generation Squad Weapon rifles to its first unit, bringing an end to the service’s decades-long effort to replace its M4 and M16 family of military firearms. Army Futures Command announced Thursday that soldiers from 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, accepted […]
Tuberville Blockade Finally Concludes with Confirmation of 11 Remaining Four-Star Generals and Admirals

All four-star military officers whose promotions Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., vowed to continue delaying have now been confirmed by the Senate, ending a nearly yearlong saga where Tuberville entangled the military chain of command in his protest over the Pentagon’s abortion policy. In a voice vote Tuesday evening, the Senate confirmed the 11 four-star general […]
An Unlikely Alliance: How Mitch McConnell and I Took on the Pentagon and Finally Won

If you watch cable news, you may feel dispirited by the current state of our political affairs. We are constantly told we’re too left, too right, too this and that. Partisanship exists, but seeing eye to eye isn’t a condition for finding common ground. Take, for example, my 30-year friendship with Senator Mitch McConnell. The […]
Democrats Circumvent Tuberville as Senate Moves to Finally Confirm Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs

The Marine Corps, Army and Joint Chiefs of Staff are poised to get full-time leaders as a months-long stalemate in the Senate centering on the Pentagon’s abortion policy begins to soften. The Senate on Wednesday began a series of votes that could end in the confirmations of Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown to be chairman of […]
Wagner Handoff, DNA Tests: Remains of Special Forces Vet May Finally Be Coming Home from Ukraine

The remains of a Special Forces veteran killed in Ukraine this spring appear to be finally headed back to the U.S., according to his family. Nick Maimer, 45, a retired staff sergeant, was killed in the eastern city of Bakhmut in mid-May when the building he was in collapsed after an artillery strike. His death […]
Army Says Its Long-Troubled Tuition Payment System Might Finally Be Getting Fixed

The University of New Mexico stopped accepting provisional Army tuition payments for its students last month after the service fell behind on paying its bills to the university. Students there who were using Army scholarships were told by the university to pay out of pocket or drop out. The Army had eight outstanding invoices but […]