Operating directly under the National Command Authority, a relatively unknown entity of handpicked warriors are selected when it is crucial that a mission must not fail. They are the Tier 1 Operators.

Former President Donald Trump received an immediate backlash Thursday when he said the Presidential Medal of Freedom he awarded to Dr. Miriam Adelson, the widow of Republican mega-donor Sheldon ...

With the exciting news that a National Medal of Honor Museum is now open in Arlington, Tex., I think many people are asking, ...

Service members and veterans who earned the Medal of Honor for their actions will see a sizable increase in their special pensions. Their special annual pension will more than quadruple under a new ...

Living Medal of Honor recipients will now receive around $67,500 in annual honorarium under a new law signed Monday by President Donald Trump. (DVIDS) Editor’s note: This story was updated to ...

John Levitow, shown here in 1996, was the first enlisted airman to receive the Medal of Honor, earning the award for his actions during the Vietnam War. (National Archives) The Vietnam War was nothing ...

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that could pave the way for troops and veterans to receive the Medal of Honor many years after their heroic acts. Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican, ...

The page dedicated to Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers was indeed deleted, but restored soon afterward. The Pentagon said it had been scrubbed during an "auto removal process." Amid the ongoing ...

A petition calling for the National Medal of Honor Museum to include a dedicated exhibit for Air Force Master Sgt. John Chapman has revived longstanding criticism that the Navy SEAL community sought ...

The best stories need a few key elements: conflict, bad guys and, above all, heroes. The combination is even better if the story has all three and happens to be true. This is what makes Medal of Honor ...

What is the Medal of Honor? Also referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Medal of Honor is the highest individual award available in the United States Military. There are three different ...

A post celebrating a Black Medal of Honor recipient was deleted from the U.S. Department of Defense website and “DEI” (diversity, equity and inclusion) to the page's former URL on or about March 15, ...