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America’s 25-year War on Terror: Nearly 45k U.S. service members, personnel dead

(The Center Square) – Approaching the 25-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an entire generation of young Americans are alive who were born after Sept. 11, 2001, and t...

Vice Chairman Presents Purple Heart to Operation Iraqi Freedom Vets

Marine Corps Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented the Purple Heart to six service members — four retired, one on active duty and one r...

More Than 750 U.S. Service Members Wounded in War

“The number of U.S. service members wounded since the start of the Iran war has passed 750, according to the Defense Department’s war casualty database,” CNN reports.

Iran war renews concerns about lasting toll of traumatic brain injuries to US troops

WASHINGTON — When Joe Shearer was a Marine fighting in Iraq, a blast from an enemy mortar round knocked him down and made him vomit. He got up and kept going despite a searing head...

More than 750 US troops wounded in Iran war, nearly half since July 

341 service members, overwhelmingly soldiers, have been wounded in action since July 7, according to the Pentagon’s casualty database. The post More than 750 US troops wounded in I...

Honoring the Fallen from Global War on Terrorism Memorial 25th Anniversary

The Remembering Our Fallen National Traveling Memorial, which honors U.S. Armed Forces members lost in the Global War on Terrorism, is on public display at the County College of Mo...

Special Operations Forces Tackle Unseen Threat of Blast Exposure

The U.S. special operations forces community is actively tackling the invisible threat of repeated blast overpressure to protect warfighters' brain health without compromising comb...

Tracking America’s latest conflict: The Iran war timeline

To date, 18 American service members have been killed and hundreds more wounded. The post Tracking America’s latest conflict: The Iran war timeline appeared first on Task & Pur...

Marines Receive Upgraded Awards for 2021 Abbey Gate Attack Response

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth presented three retired Marines with upgraded awards for valor during a ceremony at the Pentagon. The upgrade was as a result of their heroic actions...

South Korea honoring veterans of war that secured its existence

Almost 1.8 million Americans served in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953, with more than 36,000 giving their lives for a struggling country on the other side of the world that most...

Their military careers were cut short in combat. Now they’re fighting Congress for their full benefits.

Combat-injured veterans argue they shouldn’t be penalized after war injuries cut their careers short, but the cost could reach $78 billion.

Special Operations Forces Tackle Unseen Threat of Blast Exposure

The U.S. special operations forces community is actively tackling the invisible threat of repeated blast overpressure to protect warfighters’ brain health without compromising comb...

Marines at Abbey Gate awarded Bronze Star medal upgrade

Two Marines caught in the attack received upgraded Bronze Stars with "V" devices, a third an upgraded commendation medal. One Marine hid shrapnel wounds from medics to remain at th...

Boys Nation Delegates Visit Pentagon, Lay Wreath at 9/11 Memorial

Nation's Leaders Honor the Fallen During Dignified Transfer

Combat grief is the wound veterans never mourn

Jack, a seventy-six-year-old hospice patient and veteran of the Vietnam War, had time on his hands. Stuck in a hospital bed, looking back on his life, he was increasingly focused o...

Teaching Veteran Students

Veterans and active-duty military members together make up about 5% of college students in the U.S. Educator and retired Major General Matt Smith shares tips for connecting with th...

Combat Veteran, Navy Orthopaedic Surgeon Receives OREF Clinical Research Award for On-the-Ground Research

Combat Veteran, Navy Orthopaedic Surgeon Receives OREF Clinical Research Award for On-the-Ground Research

Hegseth Presents Mexican Border Defense Medal to Service Members

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recognized 50 U.S. service members — including for the first time, Marine Corps personnel — with the Mexican Border Defense Medal.

Warriors Heart Opens New Roles Ahead of National Hire a Veteran Day

The mission-driven treatment facility is accepting applications for open positions and encourages the military-connected community to apply. BANDERA, Texas, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswi...

Pentagon reveals hundreds of new Iran war casualties

More than 600 troops have been wounded in the Iran war, officials disclosed Saturday, almost 200 more than previously known. The post Pentagon reveals hundreds of new Iran war casu...

Generation Jihad | Seeking forgiveness from the Taliban

Former Marine and New York Times journalist Thomas Gibbons-Neff recently returned to Afghanistan to find accountability and closure, specifically seeking out a Taliban commander he...

Boys & Girls Clubs Honor Military Youth

Five young Americans from across the War Department were honored as finalists during the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's 2026 National Military Youth of the Year celebration in...

Dozens more troops added to tally of wounded in Iran war amid new strikes

Pentagon officials now say 794 service members have been wounded since the war started on Feb. 28, most of them soldiers in the Army. The post Dozens more troops added to tally of...