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Thousands stood in respect on Vilnius' streets as hearses carried the bodies of the four soldiers to the airport before being flown to the U.S. for burial.

A series of pilot studies will examine how the Army's all-around health and fitness program can be implemented among dispersed units.

The Army's list of 27 mandatory training tasks has been whittled down to 16.

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Wilfred "Jasper" Holmes, a U.S. Naval officer, personally sent expensive scotch to any U.S. skipper who sank a ship of the Kido Butai.

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Phillips spent 20 months in prison, half of that in solitary confinement.

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A bill introduced in the House this week proposes to end federal taxes on bonuses given to troops for joining or re-enlisting in the military.

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With his final breaths, one of the aviators provided information to give Allied artillery accurate coordinates to target German forces.

Sgt. Jose Duenez, Sgt. Edvin Franco and Pfc. Dante Taitano were recovered Monday from a peat bog. The fourth soldier's identity has not yet been released.

Both Norman Scott and Daniel J. Callaghan would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the intense naval battle.

The recovery of the fourth soldier ends a weeklong search for four U.S. soldiers whose armored vehicle was found submerged in a Lithuanian peat bog.

President Donald Trump has said Caine wore the hat and expressed political support during a 2018 visit to Iraq.

Plans to cut more than 80,000 staffers from VA offices would severely hurt benefits delivery, said Arizona Democrat Sen. Ruben Gallego, a Marine Corps vet.

VA planners want to speed the rollout of their controversial electronic health records overhaul project with more than a dozen new sites in 2026.

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Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes but acquitted of seditious conspiracy.

When his company was ordered to take a hill during the Korean War's Operation Ripper, Sfc. Nelson Brittin led the way.

Women already must pass gender-neutral physical fitness requirements for combat posts, but Hegseth contends the standards for women are lower.