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A federal monument to Iraq and Afghanistan vets is years away, but states are erecting their own
KPBS San Diego· 22 hours agoNot long after the withdrawal, Army veteran David Vieira began batting around ideas for a monument...
Western fighters in Ukraine are getting killed because they assumed the war would be easy, says a US...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWestern militaries training Ukrainians have adapted their practices as they...Yevhenii Zavhorodnii...
Leadership: Russia Travels Light In Syria
Strategy Page· 16 minutes agoNot included are contractors, who are civilians, even if they took on some of the most dangerous jobs and suffered more casualties than the military personnel. Out of those 63,000 Russian military ...
Army veteran from Adrian uses Iraq War experiences to help others
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBlast effects Espinoza has been part of a couple of news stories, one in 2010 in the military...
What’s to become of the keepsakes left at Arlington Cemetery?
Washington Post· 3 days agoDuring one of their winter visits to Arlington National Cemetery, Mark and Nancy Umbrell placed a colorful patchwork quilt beside their son Colby’s grave. It had arrived in ...
Memorial Day is one day of the year for us, but it is every day for them
The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSr., wrote, “It sometimes seems that no one remembers.” It was true then. It’s even more true now...by mothers of those we lost During the years of our wars in Iraq ...
The inspiring name behind Piestewa Peak: meet the first native woman to die in combat
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe 2,600-foot-tall peak is just one of many memorials around the state that honors the life and death of the Hopi soldier...December 14, 1979 in Tuba City ...
Heroes or “losers”: Trump taints Memorial Day with divided memories
Salon.com· 3 days agoTo many, Memorial Day is a vague acknowledgment of loss. N.Y. resident, died in Afghanistan in 2013....
Bangor’s war memorials can teach us about those who died in the line of duty
Bangor Daily News· 4 days agoThere are a number of Bangor-area Civil War veterans buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, including many...
War-Weary Iraqis Feel for Gaza, but Fear Spread of the Conflict
New York Times· 2 days agoThis was daily life for many Iraqis for years as an insurgent struggle against the American...